California real estate industry is pressuring Zillow and other sites to nix extreme weather risk data buyers have come to rely on

By By Ella Nilsen, CNN

Zillow, the nation’s largest real estate listing website, has removed extreme weather risk data meant to help buyers figure out if the biggest purchase of their life is particularly susceptible to floods, high winds or wildfires.

Now, other major real estate listing websites are facing pressure to do the same.

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