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Severe storm fallout could destabilize the intersection of mortgage and insurance

Housing Wire

The home insurance marketplace has been facing a reckoning. The challenges that higher costs place on carriers, regulators , lenders and consumers has been well documented this year, and the acceleration of extreme weather events has only made things worse. Stork relayed a personal anecdote.

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To emphasize flood insurance costs, senator cites reverse mortgage borrower

Housing Wire

With flood insurance premiums commanding ever-higher prices, a U.S. senator recently described a hardship faced by a constituent who endured challenges with higher flood insurance costs while keeping a reverse mortgage in good standing. That’s on top of what they pay for homeowners insurance.” Bill Cassidy (R-La.).

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The great contradictions of the real estate market moving into 2025

Housing Wire

Yet ‘renting by choice’ is also on the rise as it offers flexibility, less financial commitment, and freedom from the burdens of property taxes, maintenance, and insurance. In Florida, rising insurance premiums tied to natural disasters like hurricanes can make homeownership more of a liability than an asset.

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Hurricane Helene has exposed $96B in RMBS loans to delinquency

Housing Wire

As of this week, the death toll has surpassed 230 and thousands of homes, many without flood insurance , have been destroyed. Insurance and inventory An alarming statistic is that most homeowners in these areas are not insured by the private insurance market or by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

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Investors turn their eyes to affordable housing opportunities

Housing Wire

There’s a growing sense that affordable housing is a stable investment class for banks and insurance companies; even in the 2008 – 2009 recession, it held up well.”. For instance, it’s possible that housing tax credits and other supports for affordable housing could be sacrificed or functionally negated by property tax increases.

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California HAF requirements extended in bid to entice more beneficiaries

Housing Wire

1 and are still in arrears, or who’ve missed at least one property tax payment by Feb. Within the reverse mortgage industry, HAF has been primarily utilized by Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) borrowers who fell behind on their property taxes, homeowners insurance or other charges due to the pandemic.

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Did new home sales really just crash?

Housing Wire

When I notice a significant increase or decrease compared to estimates, I often suspect that revisions will be made or that a one-time event may have influenced the figures. New home sales reports can be quite volatile from month to month. In this case, several factors contributed to the substantial decline in new home sales.