In The News: Molasky Family Department of Economics and Real Estate
The immediate impact of wildfires will clearly have an impact on buyers considering areas prone to blazes but not for long.
Historically, the occurrence of wildfires has dampened home-value appreciation in the immediate area of the fire. This holds true even in neighborhoods with no evacuations or property damage. However, the 2018 wildfire season appears to be a different case entirely.
New research says wildfires that threaten or even burn homes don’t scare off potential new homeowners.
If land acquisition and real estate investment strategists didn't already have enough on their plates, what with polar opposite mixed-signals on the economic horizon line, now there's this.
Land valuation calculations get more complex as the pace and severity of natural disasters intensify.
The risk of wildfires isn’t deterring some home buyers from purchasing in an area, even if the area has been struck by blazes in recent years. Real estate prices in wildfire-prone areas are in line with homes in low-risk areas, even immediately after fires, according to a new study.
The recent string of massive wildfires in the western United States might have made people more hesitant to buy homes in high-risk areas, but a new study has found that this is not the case.

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