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Climate Risk Cuts Home Values
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03/16
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Executive Summary
Rising climate disasters are pushing insurance costs higher and eroding home prices in exposed US and UK housing markets
- US homeowners insurance premiums rose sharply from 2014 to 2024 in high-risk ZIP codes
- Reinsurance price increases were linked to lower home values in the riskiest US areas
- Homes in the top decile of catastrophe exposure saw about an 11 percent relative price decline
- Flood and hurricane risk is driving premium spikes, market exits, and wider insurance stress
- Higher insurance and lower property values are weakening municipal tax bases and raising borrowing costs
- UK studies found homes in high flood-risk areas sold 2 to 6 percent below local values
- MIAC modeling found climate risk data increased projected losses and cut London values by 30.9 percent
Quick Facts
- What: Climate risk is raising premiums and cutting property values
- Where: High risk housing markets in the United States and United Kingdom
- Why: Wildfires hurricanes floods and subsidence are increasing loss expectations
- Who: US and UK homeowners insurers lenders and local governments
- When: Findings draw on 2014 to 2024 data and 2024 studies
Coverage Timeline: 208 Days
Featured Article
PriceHubble UK and MIAC Analytics report climate risk lowering UK housing values in flood and subsidence hotspots in 2024 and beyond.
Additional Articles
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UK lenders and insurers assess property level risk using granular climate analytics in 2024 in the United Kingdom.
In a 2024 National Bureau of Economic Research study, economists link rising US climate disaster risk to higher homeowners insurance premiums, falling high-risk property values, and growing municipal finance pressures.
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Climate and insurance experts warn that intensifying US extreme weather is driving a 2020s homeowners insurance crisis, with mounting losses, premium spikes, and uneven state regulatory responses.
PriceHubble UK and MIAC Analytics report in 2024 that climate risk lowers UK housing values due to flood and subsidence.