Home insurance is changing the cost of owning a house before some buyers even reach closing and before some current owners finish a renewal. The U.S. Treasury Department found that homeowners insurance premiums rose 8.7% faster than inflation from 2018 to 2022. Consumers in the 20% of ZIP codes with the highest expected annual losses …
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Homeowners in Georgia and across the country are blaming a water pipe manufacturer for tens of thousands of dollars in damage to their homes, according to an Atlanta News First investigation. The investigation found widespread complaints from homeowners and a string of federal lawsuits against the company. All of them point to PEX water pipes …
A Fort Lauderdale homeowner is disputing more than $60,000 in water bills after an underground irrigation pipe at the property broke and ran for weeks before anyone noticed. The City of Fort Lauderdale says the meter accurately recorded the water that left the system. But the homeowner, is adamant that the math doesn’t work out. …
An Ellsworth, Maine veteran got a new front porch last week after a friend of his wife rallied two local businesses and the Maine Veterans Project to do the job. The retired firefighter’s old porch was about 30 years old. He’d been patching it together to keep it from falling apart, so the upgrade was …
A first-time homeowner in Riverdale, Illinois, is facing a property tax bill of nearly $17,000 a year on a home she bought for $207,000. The new bill represents a jump of close to $2,000 a month over what she had been expecting. She told a local television station she may have to move. According to …
A vehicle in Wilmington, California, came to rest standing nearly vertical against the front porch of a home early Sunday morning after striking a utility pole, a parked car, and multiple fences along the Pacific Coast Highway. The homeowners were inside the residence at the time. They told reporters they heard a loud bang when …
Durham County homeowners will see a higher county property tax rate after commissioners approved a $1.05 billion budget for the next fiscal year. The Durham Board of County Commissioners adopted the FY 2026-27 budget on Monday, June 8. The countywide property tax rate will rise by 2.5 cents to 57.92 cents per $100 of assessed …
A former NBA player has filed a lawsuit in central Indiana, accusing a Zionsville Town Council member and her husband of pressuring his dying grandmother to sign over a seven-acre family property a week before she died. The grandmother had dementia, thus she may not have been of sound mind when signing the deed. The …
A red flag warning is putting gutters, decks, doormats, firewood, garbage bins, dry grass, and patio items back on the checklist for homeowners in parts of Northern California. The National Weather Service San Francisco office issued a red flag warning for the East Bay Hills and North Bay interior mountains from 11 p.m. Wednesday, June …
Warmer weather in Connecticut is bringing rodents, termites, ants, wasps, and mosquitoes back toward foundations, garages, decks, gutters, sheds, trash areas, and damp corners of the yard. A recent FOX61 report said pest activity is increasing as temperatures rise, with rodents and insects moving in search of food, water, and shelter. The warning gives homeowners …