Analysis of the impact of the presence of mobile phone towers on houses' prices in the city of Erbil 2021

الملخص EN

This paper aims to explore the economic effects of cell phone towers being placed on the top of houses.

Erbil has been chosen as the case study area to reveal the effects of these towers on houses' prices as well as the consciousness of individuals in regards to this issue.

Primary data type was used in this paper by creating and distributing a questionnaire form over one hundred twenty real estate agencies in Erbil to obtain and collect the data needed for drawing the conclusion.

For analyzing the data that gathered from the real estate agencies a software package called (SPSS) has been used to illustrate whether cell phone towers have statistically significant effects on houses' prices or not.

Overall, it was found that cell phone towers have positive and significant effects on houses' prices.

Furthermore, the study provides policy for the reduction of side effects of communication towers.