Homeowners insurance can protect you from a financial blow if your house gets damaged or a visitor gets injured. Premiums for homeowners insurance are based on a host of factors. Location Insurance companies set rates based on perceived risk. If you ...

Homeowners insurance can protect you from a devastating financial blow if your house or its contents get damaged or destroyed. People sometimes get confused about what homeowners insurance covers or assume that things are covered when they aren’t. He...

Depreciation is a fact of life. It refers to the process in which owned goods lose value, or depreciate, over time. Your car isn’t worth the same amount it was before you picked it up from the lot because of depreciation, even if it still looks shiny...

Buying a home is often an enormous learning experience. You may, for the first time, learn about everything from radon to flood zones to mortgage points. When it comes to insurance, there are several types you need to consider: specifically, homeowne...

If you own a property that sits vacant some (or all) of the time, it’s important that you take steps to secure the property. Vacant homes are a common target for thieves, partiers, and squatters, and they have a sixth sense for finding these empty pr...

Most homeowners know that having a home insurance policy is important as it protects you in case anything happens. If your home is mortgaged with a bank you may be required to carry insurance by law. But it’s also important to know what your policy d...

As any homeowner knows, the amount of projects to do around the house never ends. But getting a list together to get them done and crossed off the list is usually the hardest part of the battle. Here are a few projects that you can do just once and f...

The rapid expansion of the so-called “sharing economy” is changing the accommodations industry. In recent years, there has been a significant proliferation of home-sharing properties for internet-based rentals via websites such as Airbnb, VRBO, and o...