Flood risk

Flooded houses

Warning over hidden flood risk as buyers dash to beat stamp duty deadline

  • 530,000 properties in England face a more extreme risk of flooding than official maps suggest, according to Zurich UK
  • A home with a 3% chance of flooding in any year has a 63% likelihood of being inundated over a typical 30-year mortgage
  • Calls for Environment Agency to update the way it communicates flood risk to help households better understand their flood
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