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The hidden costs of homeownership

June 24, 2020 Lauren Ward

If you are in the market to buy a new home, there are a lot of costs to consider than a house’s list price. Interest rates, moving costs and livi…

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June 24, 2020 Elizabeth Rivelli

If your home is destroyed or damaged beyond repair, you have two choices—buy a new home, or rebuild. If you decide to rebuild your home from the…

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June 24, 2020 Mary Van Keuren

You might think this would be a simple “yes” or “no” question, but it’s not quite that easy. Tree removal is sometimes covered by your homeowners…

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June 18, 2020 Elizabeth Rivelli

Buying a home is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make and comes with several ongoing costs, one of which is homeowners insurance. Home…

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June 16, 2020 Elizabeth Rivelli

When you purchase home insurance, you can choose an all-risk or named perils. All-perils policies, also called open perils or HO-5 policies, offe…

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June 12, 2020 Elizabeth Rivelli

Lis pendens roughly translates to “a suit pending” in Latin. In layman’s terms, it means that there is a pending lawsuit over a piece of pr…

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June 10, 2020 Kacie Goff

If you buy or build a home in an area prone to flooding, you might need a special kind of documentation when buying flood insurance. If you buy a…

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June 10, 2020 Julian Dossett

After completing a home insurance application, the provider may require a home inspection. That means an inspector from the insurance company wil…

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June 9, 2020 Mary Van Keuren

If you’ve moved recently and haven’t sold your old house, or own a vacation home you visit only in the summer, or for some other reason will be l…

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