How do natural disasters — earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods, for example — affect home values?
Since the Zestimate is primarily affected by actual house sales, it will only change in response to events like these when homes in the affected area change hands after the disaster. Also, we don’t know what homeowners may have done to fix any damage to their houses since that last time they were sold, so the Zestimate may be inaccurate following a major event.
