More In U.S. Expect Local Home Values To Rise

Americans are still buying homes in areas with high risk of natural hazards and the homes in those cities continue to appreciate in value far faster than homes in low natural hazard locales. These expectations largely mirror what has happened to U.S. home values over the past 10 years, with declines between 2007 and 2011, and increases beginning in 2012 and continuing since then. In San Bernardino County, the median was up 12.3% to $320,000; in Riverside County, 7.5% to $357,000; in Ventura County, 2.7% to $565,000; and in San Diego County, 9.8% to $543,500. I’ve found in reviewing my own property value on Zillow’s web site over the past few years it just depends what month it is as to what Zillow value on my home is. I find that a $150,000 difference higher and or lower is quite alarming on a 30 day revalue estimate.

However, in the …