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Interactive: Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values

The New York Times

New research shared with The New York Times estimates the extent to which rising home insurance premiums, driven higher by climate change, are cascading into the broader real estate market and eating into home values in the most disaster-prone areas. Since 2018, a financial shock in the home insurance market has meant that homes in the ZIP codes most exposed to hurricanes and wildfires would sell for an average of $43,900 less than they would otherwise, part of a rapid shift that’s sending tremors through real estate markets across the country.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/19/climate/home-insurance-costs-real-estate-market.htmlRead more...

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