Housing Wire
MARCH 13, 2024
As recently as five years ago, homeowners insurance was certainly not top of mind for most homebuyers and their real estate agents , but the rapidly rising cost of insurance premiums is changing that. Before, insurance was kind of an afterthought. nationwide in 2023, with Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. and Utah at 20.3%.
Housing Wire
MARCH 14, 2024
The dream of homeownership is becoming increasingly elusive for many Americans as both home prices and insurance premiums are on the rise. Homeowners insurance premiums are climbing too. The average cost of insuring a $300,000 property surged by 12% in 2023, reaching $1,770 per year, according to a recent Insurify report.
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Housing Wire
APRIL 12, 2024
We have an insurance problem,” said Charlotte Johnson , a Keller Williams agent based in Mandeville. Our insurance is pricing people out of their homes.” Between 2018 and 2023, homeowners insurance rates in Louisiana jumped 24.9%, according to an analysis by S&P Global. From 2022 to 2023 alone, rates jumped 21.2%.
Housing Wire
MAY 14, 2024
The firm attributed its stronger results to better performance from both its F&G segment and its title insurance segment. In addition to sharing his thoughts on the housing market and macroeconomic landscape, Nolan also had some things to say about the recent title insurance proposals announced by the federal government.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 24, 2024
Even as home prices began to decrease last year, mortgage rates remained high, leading both buyers and sellers to stay out of the housing market. Lower interest rates will not only improve the market for buyers, but it will also encourage more refinancing, particularly for recent homebuyers who stretched their budgets on higher rate loans.
Housing Wire
APRIL 30, 2024
Last month, the Biden Administration announced the revival of a previously abandoned pilot program that would waive the requirement for lender’s title insurance on certain home refinances – part of a misdirected effort to address housing affordability. Title insurance is significantly different from other lines of insurance.
Housing Wire
MARCH 22, 2024
Local real estate professionals attribute the slower market to a variety of factors including higher home prices, which have remained steady despite the slowdown, higher interest rates , and rising costs for homeowners and flood insurance. homeowners insurance policy was roughly $1,700 in 2023. In comparison, the average U.S.
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