"For sure, I would say consumers should consider where they're buying, and what they're buying, in the context of climate risk," he told CBC News. Chris Chopik is a real estate agent in Toronto who for years has called for climate risk scores to be added to property listings. The Climate Check website provides a free climate risk assessment for any address in the U.S. Real estate services company Pillar 9 provides flood mapping data to realtors through the Calgary Real Estate Board. Other experts and academics, however, say climate change may already be reshaping some housing markets and could even create new types of gentrification.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 07:52 UTC