California homeowners aren’t imagining it—the insurance market has gotten significantly tougher over the past few years. What started as a wildfire-driven problem has now evolved into a full-scale availability and affordability challenge. As a professional homeowners insurance agent, I can tell you this: while the situation is difficult, there are still smart ways to secure solid […]
If you own a home along the Texas coastline, understanding Coastal Texas home insurance rates is critical to protecting both your property and your financial future. As a professional home insurance agent, I always explain to coastal homeowners that insuring a home near the Gulf comes with unique risks — especially from hurricanes, tropical storms, […]
Homeowners insurance rates continue to vary widely across the United States in 2026, influenced by severe weather risks, property damage costs, litigation environments, state insurance regulations, and the availability of local carriers. Some states still pay thousands more per year than others for the same amount of dwelling coverage. In this article, we compare average homeowners insurance […]
According to a recent report by The Zebra, the average homeowner is paying roughly $3,000 a year for homeowners insurance. Unfortunately, this is just the nationwide average, in many states premiums are dramatically higher for most homeowners. According to the Zebra report, the most expensive states for homeowners insurance are: Nebraska: $7,920 Oklahoma: $7,426 Kansas: […]
While states like Florida, California and Louisiana have seen climbing insurance costs for years due to severe weather, flooding and hurricanes, other states, Colorado and Illinois are good examples, are seeing climbing rates as well due to hailstorms and wildfires. As homeowner’s insurance premiums skyrocket, for some policyholders, the math no longer makes sense forcing […]
Owning a home is becoming harder to afford for many Americans, in many cases due to the high cost of homeowners insurance. A recent report found that energy companies are responsible for a large amount of the pollution that is leading to climate change and more extreme weather, wildfires and flooding. A report recently released […]
According to a recent Realtor.com article, homeowners in Florida, at least some of them, may finally seem some relief from higher homeowner insurance costs. Florida Peninsula Insurance which is one of the largest private party property insurers recently announced that it is hoping to significantly lower premiums for roughly 170,000 policyholders. Florida Peninsula has filed […]
According to a recent study by Insurify, homeowners in every state will be paying more for insurance coverage by the end of the year. The study found that climate change fueled natural disaster are the main cause of ever-increasing homeowner premiums. Wildfires out west, hailstorms in the Midwest and hurricanes and flooding in the South […]
According to a recent study that was reported on in the Houston Chronicle, almost half of all Texas homeowner insurance claims were closed without any payment to the homeowner. A company called Weiss Ratings was in charge of the study and they found that 47% of claims filed by Texas homeowners have been closed by […]
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 real estate prices combined with higher interests for the drop in home sales. While high home prices and elevated interest rates […]