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Wildfire risk and real estate — the buyer's view

Pre-offer due diligence on insurability is now as consequential as the home inspection. The disclosure forms capture the fire-zone band but not the property-level evidence. This is the index of fire-risk real-estate coverage on Satelife.

Malibu, California hillside — intact tile-roofed homes surrounded by burned vegetation after the 2007 wildfires. The properties that survived because of documented mitigation
Source: FEMA, photo by Susie Shapira, November 16, 2007 — Pepperdine University area, Malibu, California. Mitigation that worked. Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
18,000+ structures destroyed in the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires
§1103 California Natural Hazard Disclosure required at every residential sale
3 paths investors actually have on a fire-zone California property
Fire-risk real estate coverage

In this section — pages and reports

Related coverage

Across the Satelife wildfire-risk site

Run a pre-offer wildfire risk report

PDF + property-level risk score + the specific mitigation actions a future buyer or carrier will look for. Built to price into the offer.

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