Chief Economist Svenja Gudell of Zillow discusses recent estimates that sea level will rise up to six feet over the next 100 years, threatening oceanfront properties in major coastal towns around the U.S.

For more information on the effects of sea level rise on California real estate, see: Sea level rise to increase California inland flooding.

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