Purpose of Visibility Analysis
This page explains how residential listings create a visible layer through which Cairo’s housing environment is often interpreted. The focus is not on market behavior, outcomes, or preferences, but on the structural mechanics that determine which properties appear and how they are framed.
Listing visibility is treated here as a representational phenomenon rather than a proxy for residential reality.
Listings as Curated Exposure
Listings reflect properties that are actively published on platforms at a specific moment. Their presence depends on contributor decisions, platform eligibility rules, and presentation incentives. As a result, visibility is selective by design.
This curated exposure means that what appears in listings is shaped by publication behavior rather than by the full set of existing residential properties.
Distortion Through Partial Coverage
Because listings do not capture off-platform properties, informal housing, or unpublished inventory, the visible layer is incomplete. Areas or housing forms that rely less on digital platforms may appear underrepresented or absent.
Such distortions arise from coverage limitations, not from underlying residential conditions.
Separation Between Visibility and Market Structure
Listing visibility should not be equated with market structure, balance, or composition. The dataset does not reveal how housing is occupied, transferred, or utilized.
This separation is critical to prevent the misinterpretation of exposure patterns as evidence of residential dynamics.