If you need a mortgage for a home in a flood zone, your lender will likely require you to purchase flood insurance. Here’s why, how much coverage you’ll need, what it’ll cost and more. Typically, you ...

Owning a home in Santa Fe means more than having a place to live—it’s a lifestyle choice steeped in beauty, tradition and high-desert serenity. But whether you’re settling into a historic adobe or ...

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 ...

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 ...

(NerdWallet) - With natural disasters and homeowners insurance costs making headlines, many homeowners may find themselves dwelling on "what-ifs." In at least one area, turning that anxiety into ...