As extreme weather events become more common, climate risks play a role in many people’s long-term decision-making. And few things are more long-term than buying real estate. The answer is Zillow New partnership to bring climate risk data to sales listings.
Property listing pages in the US will include information about flood, wildfire, wind, heat and air quality risks in that location. This section will also list any climate related insurance requirements for that property. Provides information specialist in financial modeling of climate risk. Weather data is rolling out to Zillow’s website and iOS app this year, while Android will receive an update early next year. Some locations have already been updated to display climate information online.
These five risk categories also apply to Zillow’s interactive map search view. Each of the different climate challenges has a color-coded visualization to show risk levels within a country or a smaller region. This is valuable information for anyone who can make the big home buying leap. For everyone else, it might just add a touch of grim reality to the joyous experience of wandering through absurd and/or overpriced houses.
Zillow also presented to the AI search feature earlier this month.
