by Admin | Apr 20, 2020 | Banking, Residential
Mortgage rates recently dropped to near record low rates, which has spurred interest in mortgages. Homeowners have been exploring refinancing their mortgage. Home buyers continue to look at purchasing a home to take advantage of the low rates. This activity has been...
by Admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Insurance, Residential
Repairing and replacing vintage homes can be more challenging than work on homes of modern construction. This is true even if the vintage and modern homes are of similar size, quality and style. This is due to the complexity in repairing or replacing vintage...
by Admin | Dec 12, 2019 | Natural Disasters, Residential
As the 12-month mark approached after the Camp Fire, United Policyholders (UP) took a survey of survivors. Of the households that completed the survey, 67% reported that they had reached a settlement on the dwelling portion of their claim. Only 30% reported having...
by Admin | Oct 8, 2019 | Residential
The number of new single-family homes sold in 2018 is only about half of the number sold prior to the housing crisis. According to the census bureau, in 2005 1,283,000 homes were sold. During the following years fewer and fewer were sold until 2012 when the numbers...
by Admin | Jul 25, 2019 | Insurance, Residential
There are many misconceptions by property owners about what homeowners insurance covers in general and many homeowners do not know specifically what their policy includes and – more importantly – what it doesn’t cover. Here are two resources that can be shared with...
by Admin | Jul 11, 2019 | General Information, Residential
The Census Bureau recently released their Characteristics of New Housing for 2018. For single family homes sold in 2018, the Census Bureau highlighted the following: 617,000 single-family homes were sold in 2018.548,000 were detached homes and 69,000 were attached...
