Climate change-fuelled risks have now become a “crucial factor in home-buying decisions” for more than 80 per cent of potential buyers.
That’s what Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listings site, said in September last year as it launched a new online tool in collaboration with environmental nonprofit First Street.
The Zillow climate risk score allowed potential buyers to assess the risk of wildfire, flood, extreme heat, wind and poor air quality for around one million properties through a colour-coded interactive map.
