MLS Pressure Silences Climate Scores

Major real‑estate intermediaries can force platforms to hide or downgrade climate‑risk metrics if those metrics threaten short‑term sales, shifting risk information out of the pre‑purchase market and into post‑sale litigation space. The result is asymmetric transparency: buyers may be kept 'blind' while liability risks accumulate for later discovery. — This matters because it transforms how climate exposure is priced, who bears disclosure costs, and how platform governance and industry self‑interest interact to shape public access to climate information for a major asset class.