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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
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You have got to be kidding me.  Maybe they know where tornados will hit too.  This is asinine.

Oct 10, 2024 09:04 AM
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Don Baker
Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA
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LOL  

Oct 10, 2024 08:44 AM
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Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
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Seems silly to me. 

Oct 10, 2024 09:59 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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Hysterical.  Good Lord, Help US. 

Oct 10, 2024 09:19 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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HAHAHAHAHAH! 

Oct 10, 2024 08:51 AM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
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Bahahaha! Thanks for the laugh!

Oct 10, 2024 10:50 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
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Absolutely RIDICULOUS! What on EARTH does that information have to do with home sales?

Oct 10, 2024 11:55 AM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® CRS,ABR,PSA,RCS-D, ePRO
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
Serving Coastal San Diego, Veteran's & Seniors

Article is blocked. Can you make it a.pdf so we can read it?

Oct 10, 2024 04:45 PM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Is Z running out of things for their programmers to do?

Oct 10, 2024 12:50 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Yes.  More BS pushed by Blackrock et al.  The article I saw talked about the data source, which used "future modeling" which, in other words, is lies since no modeling to date has been even remotely accurate.

This is just one more reason we as agents need a site of our own to put away zillow.  Too bad NAR f'd us on this as well.

Oct 10, 2024 11:15 PM
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J.R. Schloemer
Kentucky Select Properties - Louisville, KY

Yes. They were talking about it on NPR last week.

Oct 10, 2024 08:50 PM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I guess I would want to know about risks to a property or neighborhood I was moving to Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI, SRES . That being said I was told the house I'm in would never flood again after measures taken after the last 100 year flood... 50 years later we had a 1,000 year flood and it destroyed my house again.

Oct 10, 2024 05:13 PM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

And insurance companies will use this report to deny coverage or raise premiums in the impacted areas.

Oct 10, 2024 04:16 PM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
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 With commentary by Greta Thunberg?    Morons.

Oct 10, 2024 02:07 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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I avoid clicking on mystery links, however from those who got it to open it sounds like some sort of risk modeling program.

Most will think it bs and all will ignore the warnings.  If people paid any attention to warnings then Florida would have been vacant decades ago, yet people continue to line up to enjoy the many hazards of that and similar locales.

Oct 11, 2024 05:50 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

With regard to insurance claims that information is available through a CLUE report. Assigning a risk factor to a location based on probability is simply ridiculous. When the smoke clears more insurance companies will deny insurance on many properties.  

Oct 11, 2024 04:36 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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Wait for the law suits when their predictions turn out to be wrong!

Oct 11, 2024 04:14 AM
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Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

How much extra money to be made from insurance agents paying in for better higher up platform positioning spots. Like real estate agents Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI, SRES . The all knowing Z. Not just providing blind folded absolutes on what's everyone's home is really worth, but now predicting your local weather ahead.  "Zillow also plans to offer tailored insurance recommendations to users alongside the risk information." 

Oct 11, 2024 03:02 AM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

This will definitely have an impact on home prices and home buying. Many north easterners are regretting their moves south. NE will become more attractive, in spite of our winters, which can be beautiful, and safe if we're careful.

Oct 10, 2024 08:15 PM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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Can't open the link without signing up. But from the other answers it sure looks like more BS from Zillow.  Not surprising.

Oct 10, 2024 02:56 PM
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Adam Feinberg
Elegran - Manhattan, NY
NYC Condo, Co-op, and Townhouse Advisor

Zillow is always seeking new ways to generate a new channel for income- and as climate change makes obtaining insurance more difficult and expensive- they are hoping people will turn to them as that new vertical. 

Separately, most people tend to ignore risks in front of them- so I doubt they will factor this into their decision making. The reason why we have stock market crashes isn't because of some massive new aspect that changes the dynamic of the market. No, typically there are lots of warning signs of an impending collapse - and at some point the straw breaks that camels back- and everyone freaks out. It's foreseeable that this will be the case for too many people as it relates to climate change. Lots of regular posters here won't agree with me- that's ok- time will tell the tale.  When I graduated in the mid 90's, my first job was with the trading division of a Fortune 100 company (I think it was even top 50)- an insurance company. Even though we were largely separate from our insurance parent, we did get the benefit of insights from corporate management. They were providing warnings of climate change and offered insight on how that was going to impact our business in the long term. They told us in the late 90's that over the next 20-30 years we would see insurance starting to skyrocket- while insurers would be pulling back their offerings. Isn't that exactly what's happening now? This isn't a crystal ball- but they were merely following where the data and reasonable projections took them.  

Now, I am not saying I support Z's new vertical, but if I was working for them, I probably would have suggested that this might be worth a try. 

Oct 25, 2024 10:27 AM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

On't Zillow could get away with this.  We all know the chance of being sued for misinformation.

Oct 12, 2024 01:33 PM
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Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

I can see it could apply in some locations.  In HI we. now have a tool to forecast sea level rise going forward and we have to disclose this possibility to buyers near the shoreline.  Disclose, disclose, disclose.  Better that the buyer has been made aware, so they don't think you're trying to hide something.

Oct 11, 2024 01:46 PM