Realtor.com adds climate risk to listings

By: James Powel
USA Today

..... Relator.com announced Wednesday [03/13/2024] that is is beefing up its listing with climate risk information.
..... Listings current;y show a property's fire and flood risks. Soon, they will also show heat, wind and air quality risks, Realtor.com said in a news release that over 40% of homes are at severe or extreme risk from those three factors.
..... A 20023 report form Harvard University estimated that 60 million U.S. homes are currently vulnerable to climate disasters.
..... Climate change has already become a factor in residential development and home ownership. In 2023, insurance companies State Farm and Allstate decided to not offer new homeowner polices in California. Some insurers have made similar decisions in Florida.
..... Realtor.com said its new Heat Factor feature will show how many days the property area experiences a heat index at or above the local definition of a "hot day," and the average high "feels like" temperature today and 30 years into the future. The Wind Factor feature will show the risk of being exposed to wind gusts exceeding 50 mph.
..... The air factor feature will show the expected change in poor air quality days - considered days with an "Air quality Index over 100 - today and 30 years into the future.
..... The research at USA Today Home-front ranked 96 of the 1000 most populous U.S., cities across eight metrics to determine the most climate-resilient cities. The top five areas Richmond and Arlington, Virginia; Spokane, Washington; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Boise, Idaho. At the bottom; New Orleans, San Diego and Chula Vista, Irvine and Santa Clartia, California.

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