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Is the U.S. Home Buying Market Going to Drop in 2025?

04 Jul
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Housing Crisis, Low prices. Graph, Residential Building, Built Structure, Chart, Home Finances, Recession, Arrow, Real estate. The housing market is falling. A recent report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies found that U.S. homebuying has dropped to its lowest levels since the mid-1990s. The report, The State of the Nation’s Housing 2025 blames record high […]

Florida Homeowners Are Concerned About Property Insurance Crisis

01 Jul
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Insurance rates are rising at unprecedented rates, causing millions of people to struggle with the new premiums.  In the last three years, insurance rates have doubled in some areas. Homeowners fear for their houses while their representatives in Congress struggle to help.  Insurers are pulling out of states like Florida as damaging hurricanes and powerful […]

Upgrading Your Home Against Disasters Can Help Save You Money On Your Insurance

26 Jun
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Ron Watson’s roof on his Alabama home looks the same as all his neighbors’ roofs. Yet his is saving him money every year.  With the help of nails specifically designed to stay in place during high winds, along with other construction elements, Watson’s roof is less likely to be damaged in natural disasters, like hurricane […]

New Home Insurance Company Launches in Florida, Shows Signs of Improvement

13 May
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According to Office of Insurance Regulation and leaders in the industry, Florida may finally be emerging from the insurance crisis that it has suffered through for the last decade. Insurance companies operating in the state are starting to stabilize rates and new insurance companies are entering the Florida market.  Recently, the Office of Insurance Regulation […]

Higher Premiums and Claim Handling Causes Poor Customer Satisfaction for Insurance Companies

09 May

According to the recently released J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study, higher premiums and longer wait time for claim handling are making property owners less satisfied with their homeowners coverage. “Customers are, in essence, paying higher prices for slower service,” said Mark Garrett, director of insurance intelligence at J.D. Power in a press release. […]

Affordable Home Insurance Is Getting Very Hard to Find

06 May
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According to a recent ValuePenguin study, homeowners are having a harder time finding affordable insurance due to the property insurance crisis spreading around the country.  The report found that a shocking two-thirds of homeowners have seen premium increases in 2024. Another 25% of homeowners said they were dropped by their insurance company which is a […]

Which state pays the highest home insurance premiums in 2025?

24 Apr
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Recently, Insurify released its third annual American Homeowner Insurance report which offers a detailed forecast of insurance trends in the U.S. for 2025.  States that have a high risk of wildfires and severe weather will see the largest increases in homeowners insurance premiums. According to the report, Louisiana will see the largest premium increases with […]

Homeowners Now Use This Strategy To Save Money on Home Insurance. Is It a Good Idea?

26 Mar
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According to a new Market Watch article, homeowners who are struggling with the cost of higher homeowner insurance premiums are making the move to policies with higher deductibles to help lower their costs. While this strategy may work for some, it is not the best idea for everyone.  Data from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) showed […]

Florida Homeowners With Insurance Are Struggling to Get Claims Paid – Why?

19 Mar
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According to a recent Moneywise article, homeowners with insurance coverage in Florida are struggling to get claims paid.  Chad Zalva, a single dad in Riverview, Florida, was cited as an example in the article as a homeowner who is carrying homeowners insurance but was recently surprised to learn that the damage to his home from […]