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...Including mortgage payments, mortgage insurance and property taxes, he pays $3,500 per month more today than what he spent on rent at the family’s last home....
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...This has been required to list a property on a database known as the multiple listing service (MLS). The latter aggregates properties for sale regionally and is controlled by the NAR....
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...The flood maps that Fema uses to set premiums for its federally underwritten National Flood Insurance Program — which is how most Americans get flood insurance — are outdated....
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...Diabetes Association annual meeting in June....
...Europe’s second-biggest insurer, which cemented its focus on property and casualty insurance with the $15.3bn acquisition of XL in 2018, said it would prioritise dividend growth and annual share buybacks...
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...This offers customers up to £10,000 to fund resilience measures when they repair their properties. Holiday and caravan parks have been left submerged by days of heavy rainfall....
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...The move will make Sampo the largest pure property and casualty insurer in the Nordic region....
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