Housing Equality & Policy
Climate Change
Fire-Prone Parts of Rural Northern California Are Losing Residents, Bucking National Trend
Tuolumne County, CA, in the Yosemite foothills, lost more residents than any other fire-prone U.S. county in 2025. It was followed closely by Sutter County,
Flood-Prone Parts of America Are Losing Residents at Nearly Twice Last Year’s Rate
High-flood-risk U.S. counties lost over 63,000 more residents than they gained in 2025–nearly double the prior year’s outflow. Flood-prone places are losing residents partly because
Vacant Lots for Sale Are Piling Up After the L.A. Fires; Investors Are Buying 40% of Those That Sell
Investors purchase roughly 2 in 5 lots that sell in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Malibu areas; many of these lots once held homes destroyed
Washington Flooding: Redfin’s Latest Flood-Risk and Housing Data as Atmospheric River Sweeps State
This report outlines county-level flood-risk data and housing statistics for Washington State in light of this month’s devastating flooding. Our hearts go out to Washington
Homebuyers Are More Likely to Click on Climate-Risk Data After Major Disasters—But the Urgency Is Fleeting
The share of Redfin users clicking into the climate-risk section of home listings nearly doubled after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires started burning. The same
Flood-Prone America Is Seeing More People Move Out Than In for the First Time Since 2019
An analysis of domestic migration data shows high-flood-risk counties lost nearly 30,000 more residents than they gained last year, driven largely by outflows from Miami
Fire-Prone Parts of Rural Northern California Are Losing Residents, Bucking National Trend
Tuolumne County, CA, in the Yosemite foothills, lost more residents than any other fire-prone U.S. county in 2025. It was followed closely by Sutter County,
Flood-Prone Parts of America Are Losing Residents at Nearly Twice Last Year’s Rate
High-flood-risk U.S. counties lost over 63,000 more residents than they gained in 2025–nearly double the prior year’s outflow. Flood-prone places are losing residents partly because
Vacant Lots for Sale Are Piling Up After the L.A. Fires; Investors Are Buying 40% of Those That Sell
Investors purchase roughly 2 in 5 lots that sell in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Malibu areas; many of these lots once held homes destroyed
Washington Flooding: Redfin’s Latest Flood-Risk and Housing Data as Atmospheric River Sweeps State
This report outlines county-level flood-risk data and housing statistics for Washington State in light of this month’s devastating flooding. Our hearts go out to Washington
Homebuyers Are More Likely to Click on Climate-Risk Data After Major Disasters—But the Urgency Is Fleeting
The share of Redfin users clicking into the climate-risk section of home listings nearly doubled after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires started burning. The same
Flood-Prone America Is Seeing More People Move Out Than In for the First Time Since 2019
An analysis of domestic migration data shows high-flood-risk counties lost nearly 30,000 more residents than they gained last year, driven largely by outflows from Miami
