Rising insurance costs push Fannie, Freddie to adjust mortgage rules

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are loosening homeowners insurance requirements in an effort to lower one of the "hidden costs" of homeownership. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which ...
CNBC

Homeowners insurance is averaging nearly $2,500 a year, but you can still save

The average cost of homeowners insurance in the U.S. is $2,424 per year for $300,000 in dwelling coverage, according to Bankrate data. Of course, that's just a nationwide average: In states like ...
NPR

It's harder to get home insurance. That's changing communities across the U.S.

Home insurance is getting more expensive in the United States, and insurers are pulling back from some regions as the cost of disasters grows. That trend is stretching the limits of what ordinary ...