OJO Labs adds climate risk assessments to portal listings

ClimateCheck’s risk assessment scores for a variety of factors like flooding and droughts will now be integrated into listings featured on Movoto, OJO Labs’ real estate search portal. Continue reading

Looking Back at the First Earth Day 50 Years Ago — and Ahead

At 59, Heidi Carle is just about old enough to remember the first Earth Day with clarity. “I remember how exciting it was,” says the Rensselaerville, N.Y. librarian, with lingering enthusiasm. It was April 22, 1970, and Carle was among the third grader… Continue reading

WATCH: Climate change will impact real estate ‘whether you like it or not’

Miami agent Nick Quay argued Thursday that real estate professionals can thrive by helping their clients understand how climate change will impact them. Continue reading

Climate change will impact real estate ‘whether you like it or not’

Miami Agent Nick Quay argued Thursday that real estate professionals can thrive by helping their clients understand how climate change will impact them. Continue reading

Do You Have Existential Anxiety?

(Editor’s Note: This story originally ran on Rewire.) National and international politics are reaching a cacophony. It’s hard to cut through the chatter to know where our country, and planet, is really headed. To top it off, we’re living with feelings … Continue reading

BlackRock’s environmental strategy could shake up real estate industry

BlackRock, among the world’s largest asset managers and a significant investor in publicly traded real estate companies, including Realogy, Zillow and RE/MAX, drew attention after its CEO announced environmental sustainability would influence future in… Continue reading

NAR president applauds Trump’s planned environmental rule change

Vince Malta applauded the White House’s proposal to “modernize” a rule that governs an array of infrastructure projects, though the move also drew condemnation from the left. Continue reading

Car-free cities, bidding wars and climate change will rule 2020

Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather shares what real estate trends she expects over the next year and beyond. Continue reading

This ‘Big Short’ investor is betting against mortgage market again

David Burt, founder of DeltaTerra Capital, told Vice that a lot of real estate is massively overpriced and there’s a risk of another foreclosure crisis. Continue reading