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Home values suffer $42 billion loss in flood zones

Home values suffer $42 billion loss in flood zones

Update: 2025-10-21
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More than one in 10 houses in Australia are in flood risk zones, tanking market values as the impacts of climate change worsen.

A new report out today by the Climate Council and property insights firm PropTrack puts a dollar figure on it for the first time at $42 billion dollars. 

  • Guest: Nicki Hutley, independent economist with the Climate Council 
  • Producer: Eddy Diamond
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Home values suffer $42 billion loss in flood zones

Home values suffer $42 billion loss in flood zones

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