Realtor.com Becomes First Listings Site to Map Flood Risk
Realtor.com has become the first major home listings site to integrate a flood risk map into each property in its database. The new feature, called “Flood Factor” and developed by the nonprofit research group First Street Foundation, gives properties a...Disaster Coverage is a Disaster for Most
Many – if not most – homeowners aren’t prepared for a flood, tornado or other natural disaster. And neither, apparently, are their insurance companies. Take California, where the California Earthquake Authority estimates $175 billion in residential damage would...
Coastal Mansions May Become Eligible for Disaster Aid
A proposed massive overhaul of the federal government’s disaster aid system to correct mapping mistakes and other errors would lift the prohibition on aid for more than 900 structures along the East Coast from New Hampshire to Virginia. That would allow the owners to...This Week’s Paper: Digital Edition
