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Home insurance now takes a record 9% of your mortgage payment, the highest ever

Quick Read Average homeowners insurance reached $1,952 annually, up 8.5%. Insurance now represents 9% of typical monthly ...

New Study Finds Severe Weather Now Influences Homeowners’ Insurance Prices

Insurance prices spike with severe weather forecasts and plummet after storm season ends—shopping in early spring could ...
The New York Times

America’s Home Insurance Affordability Crunch: See What’s Happening Near You.

Insurance premiums are rising fast in the parts of the United States most exposed to climate-related disasters like wildfires and hurricanes. New research shows that, as insurance has sharply pushed ...
Fox Business

Average home insurance rates are rising faster than inflation — and they're not likely to slow down

Average home insurance costs rose 11.4% between 2017 and 2020, outpacing inflation and driving up the price of homeownership for Americans across the country. (iStock) The average cost of home ...
Sun Sentinel

Homeowner insurance cost hikes grind to near stop in September, latest data shows

After a long run, home insurance price increases in Florida slowed to a near halt between August and September, raising the question: Now will prices go down? Statewide average costs for all-perils ...

Home insurers’ math changed. We’re all paying the price.

Home insurance costs are rising because disaster costs have risen. It is shaping up to be the next housing-affordability ...