Mass. Real Estate Agents Confront Climate Risk
When Massachusetts homebuyers and sellers aren’t too worried about climate risk, despite increasingly severe floods, where does that leave their real estate agents?
When Massachusetts homebuyers and sellers aren’t too worried about climate risk, despite increasingly severe floods, where does that leave their real estate agents?
Zillow has removed climate risk scores from its listings nationwide, but Massachusetts homebuyers could get at least one major safeguard from a bill before the state Legislature.
Worsening extreme weather, linked to climate change, is bringing catastrophic flooding to homes that have never seen it before, and it’s putting financial institutions risk of serious losses.
A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says.
On the 30th anniversary of the last hurricane to make a direct hit on New England, the region warily braced Thursday for Tropical Storm Henri as it gathered strength and headed for the northeastern U.S.