Sea Level Rise and Home Prices: Evidence from Long Island

Justin Tyndall

The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2023, vol. 67, issue 4, No 1, 579-605

Abstract: Abstract Global sea level rise is a known consequence of climate change. As predictions of sea level rise have grown in magnitude and certainty, coastal real estate assets face an increasing climate risk. I use a complete data set of repeated home sales from Long Island in New York State to estimate the appreciation discount caused by the threat of sea level rise. The repeat sale methodology allows for time-invariant, unobserved property characteristics to be controlled for. Between 2000 and 2017, I find that residential properties that were exposed to future sea level rise experienced an annual price appreciation rate of roughly 1% point below unexposed properties. I provide numerous robustness checks to confirm this result. I also find evidence of demand spillovers by estimating an appreciation premium for properties that are near the coast but are relatively safe from sea level rise.

Keywords: Housing markets; Climate change; Sea level; Flooding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G10 Q54 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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