If you’re in Oregon or Washington and west of the Cascades your house is worth what it’s valued. The wildfire threat almost entirely stops at the mountains.
Unfortunately the smoke doesn’t but it looks like the rest of the continent is getting it lately too.
True, but as far as anyone knows that’s not a risk amplified or mitigated by climate change. Shouldn’t affect prices like a growing wildfire or hurricane threat would
It’s not affected by climate change, but it’s a risk which wasn’t known when a lot of the area was built up. There’s a very real potential of people realizing the risk and making decisions to reduce their exposure.
If you’re in Oregon or Washington and west of the Cascades your house is worth what it’s valued. The wildfire threat almost entirely stops at the mountains.
Unfortunately the smoke doesn’t but it looks like the rest of the continent is getting it lately too.
That area has its own hazard, in the form of earthquake risk.
True, but as far as anyone knows that’s not a risk amplified or mitigated by climate change. Shouldn’t affect prices like a growing wildfire or hurricane threat would
It’s not affected by climate change, but it’s a risk which wasn’t known when a lot of the area was built up. There’s a very real potential of people realizing the risk and making decisions to reduce their exposure.