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Homeowners blindsided after policies dropped in wake of devastating disaster: ‘It’s very unfair’

Photo Credit: Getty Images Even though it happened on September 27, homeowners still face the repercussions of Hurricane Helene. However, this damage isn't from the high winds and flooding. Western North Carolina homeowners, like Rene Schiffhauer's family, are receiving policy cancellations from their insurance...

Colorado wants to add fees to homeowners insurance to lower rates

The plan to lower the cost of homeowners insurance in Colorado sounds counterintuitive. But state Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway and Democratic lawmakers believe adding a 1% fee to policies sold statewide could, in the long run, make premiums less expensive. That fee likely would...

‘Going to see continued challenges’

Finding home insurance in Florida is becoming more difficult, with companies steeply raising prices and declining coverage.  What's happening? An exceptionally tough insurance market is pricing people out of Florida, forcing some to sell their homes and move to more affordable states. This issue especially...

More Colorado houses hit the market, but sitting around longer 

Quick links: March housing data | Condo market | Colorado imports vs. exports | Denver’s youth summer jobs | Reader poll | Other bits After sitting on the sidelines and watching interest rates rise since 2022, a wave of Colorado homeowners put their...

In fight over insurance, neighbors crowdsource Los Angeles fire contamination data

Los Angeles-area residents whose homes survived the Eaton wildfire in January face a whole different set of struggles to their neighbors whose homes were burned to the ground. All sense of survivors’ guilt was fleeting for those residents whose homes remained standing after wildfires...

Why Homeowners Insurance Has Gotten So Very Expensive

You may have noticed a trend that is making it more difficult and more expensive to insure your home. So what is up with homeowners insurance? Why is it getting so difficult to buy, and why is the price going up, up, up...