I was talking with an agent the other day about the "new" Houston flood plain maps. Apparently there are a significant number of properties that are now in the flood plain that werent previously based on the old maps. The cost of flood insurance has doubled or tripled for many people, and Im sure it is going to lower the value of their property. Apparently if individual home owners want to have an individual elevation survey performed on their property, they could get back into "preferred flood insurance" status providing they meet the minimum elevation requirements. Does anyone know anything more about this, and if the individual surveys have proven to be effective, as in proving the LIDAR mapping inaccurate.


Look at my posts number, I finally bowled the perfect game!
Still a small percentage of Jerry P though.