In certain areas, it is making buyers more wary. But conversely, when a fire takes out a lot of homes in an area, it makes the value of existing homes go up because of the laws of supply and demand. We sold our larger house about six months after the Valley Fire took out about 1200 homes in our county for about 40K over what realtors recommended for a selling price, and had multiple offers the first day it was listed.
The last fire, up in the town of Paradise, was a long way from here, but it still sent some buyers our way. The manager in our mobile home park, who is also a realtor, sold her place for about 20% more than she would have asked before that fire. I think I could do the same with ours.
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