Disaster Impact on Property Values

Hurricanes Andrew and Wilma

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Metric: mean price per sq.ft of homes of given type (excluding outliers) sold during a calendar quarter in the Census Block Group or Census Tract. Map shows % change between two pre- and post-event quarters.
Example: The map shows immediate value drop in the path of the September 1992 Hurricane Andrew. Over two years, however, the difference between areas in the Hurricane path and other areas lessened.



This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF Terra-map) under Grant Numbers IIS-1052625 and CNS-1057661. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF. NSF Program Directors: Dr. Rita Virginia Rodriguez and Dr. Maria Zemankova. TerraFly Project Director: Naphtali David Rishe at the NSF I/UCRC and CREST NSF Centers at FIU.