California Homeowners Face Price Disaster

By Douglas McIntyre  •  January 21, 2026

California homeowners got lucky. Realtors got Zillow to drop its climate risk rating on listings. Homes with high fire or flood risk were getting hit with price downgrades. Now, another company plans to replace Zillow, triggering the same problem again. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains.

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