Dr. Song Shi is an Associate Professor of Property Economics at the School of Built Environment, UTS. His research focuses on housing market dynamics, with interests in house price forecasting, sustainable real estate, environmental studies, and social justice, specifically in relation to housing affordability, inequity, and accessibility in urban development. He has widely published in leading academic (A*, A or Q1-ranked) journals in the fields of finance and real estate.

His 2023 article, "How much did Chinese investors drive up Sydney home prices? It’s less than you might think", published on The Conversation, attracting nearly 40,000 reads. More recent The Conversation articles include “We pay less for houses in one-in-100 year flood zones – but overlook risks of more devastating floods” (2024) and “Many rooftops are perfect for solar but owners and renters can’t afford it. Here’s our answer” (2025), further demonstrating his research impact on policy and practice.

To date, Song has made over 140 research contributions, including 1 book, 38 refereed journal articles, 5 professional articles, 4 expert witness reports, 36 conference papers, 23 invited seminars/keynote presentations, and 33 media engagements. Key publications include studies on the effectiveness of interest rates in controlling house prices (Journal of Banking and Finance), animal spirits in the housing market (Real Estate Economics), ripple effects of local house price movements (Journal of Property Research), and price-volume dynamics (Journal of Real Estate Research). His recent work focuses on environmental risk and social justice, with articles published in Journal of Regional Science, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Housing Studies, Cities, Energy Research & Social Science, and Humanities & Social Sciences Communication.

Currently, Song is developing an AI-powered housing market forecasting tool, with plans for future commercialisation. This tool aims to support property investors, homeowners, buyers, real estate agents, professionals, and policymakers by providing real-time insights into housing market conditions, including suburb-level forecasts of prices, rents, and interest rates across Australia’s capital cities.

Song received the DAB Faculty Award for Highest Impact Research Project or Achievement in 2023, UTS Australia-China Relations Institute Research Grants in 2020 and 2022, and the UrbanGrowth NSW University Roundtable Research Grant ($127,954) in 2019. He serves on the editorial boards of Property Management, Journal of Regional Economics, International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis, and Pacific Rim Property Research Journal. He was the keynote speaker at the 2025 Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference PhD Colloquium and is regularly invited to seminars and workshops. He also frequently appears on SBS Radio for housing market commentary.