Property values are shifting in once sought-after coastal areas of Florida, where the effects and threat of climate change are no longer theoretical - or debatable.
The trend was detected in a much-cited study published in April last year, in which data from Miami-Dade County gathered by Harvard Graduate School of Design researchers showed that homes at lower elevations were selling for less than expected, and that their values were increasing more slowly than those of homes on higher ground.
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