Sorry, prospective homebuyers. Just over a year after adding climate risk scores, Zillow has removed them from more than 1 million listings after real estate agents complained that the information was causing them to lose sales. But last month, following objections from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), Zillow removed the listings' climate scores. In their place is a subtle link to their records at First Street, the climate risk analytic startup that provides the data. 'When buyers lack access to clear climate-risk information, they make the biggest financial decision of their lives while flying blind,' First Street spokesperson Matthew Eby told TechCrunch via email. 'The risk doesn't go away; it just moves from a pre-purchase decision into a post-purchase liability.' Art Carter, the CRMLS CEO, told the New York Times that 'displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the...
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