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34.8% of Couples Regret Starting Home DIY Projects Together
A home renovation can be both rewarding and (extremely) frustrating. With project costs still elevated versus pre‑pandemic and remodeling spend cooling per Harvard’s LIRA, many owners are prioritizing smaller DIY tasks alongside hiring pros, as documented by Angi’s State of Home Spending—yet scope creep, rework, and budget overruns remain common enough that plenty of people ...
What Is Flood Insurance?
Flood insurance protects a home or other structure from damage caused by a flood. A flood is defined by FEMA as “a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land affecting two or more acres or two or more properties.” Floods can be caused by an overflow of tidal or ...
Twitch and your 13-year-old. A guide for parents on gamer streaming platforms
Have you heard about Twitch? Even if you haven’t, your kids probably spend time watching or broadcasting on it. In addition to earlier reporting where women came forward with accusations of harassment and abuse, Twitch has since formalized broader rules and reporting around harassment and hateful conduct, publishes regular Transparency Reports, and maintains a dedicated ...
The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make on Car Insurance
Even the best car insurance premiums are still trending higher in 2025, though the pace has eased versus last year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ motor vehicle insurance index continues to post double‑digit year‑over‑year increases in recent 2025 releases—below the ~20%+ peaks seen in 2024—signaling that premiums remain elevated even as momentum moderates (BLS CPI). ...
How To Save Your Planet and Budget With Eco-Friendly Home Mods
When you live in an energy-efficient house, you can lower utility costs and shrink your carbon footprint at the same time. Efficient upgrades reduce energy and water use, and many now qualify for 30% federal tax credits or new state-run rebates rolling out in 2025, making improvements more affordable than in years past (IRS 25C/25D ...
How To Prep Your Home For The Holidays During COVID-19
Holiday gatherings look different in 2025, but they can be both joyful and safer with today’s symptom-based guidance and layered protections. The CDC’s Respiratory Virus Guidance recommends a simple approach: stay home when you’re sick, return once symptoms are improving and you’ve been fever-free for 24 hours without medication, then add precautions (masking, cleaner indoor ...
Does Car Insurance Cover Flooding from a Hurricane?
When hurricanes make landfall, flooding is the most life‑threatening hazard. NOAA/NWS reports that about 90% of U.S. tropical‑cyclone deaths are caused by water hazards, with freshwater (rainfall) flooding the leading cause inland (source). Flooding arises from storm surge and intense rainfall. In 2024, Hurricane Helene produced widespread 10–20+ inches of rain across parts of the ...
Why California's Home Insurance Rate Cuts Could Backfire
California is in the midst of an insurance battle — but the terrain has shifted from simple “rate cuts” to stabilizing availability while aligning price with risk. Recent wildfire activity underscores the volatility: in 2023, about 2.6 million acres burned in the U.S., the lowest annual total since 1998, and 2024 remained below the 10‑year ...
How to Fight Indoor Air Pollution and Save on Home Insurance at the Same Time
Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, so the air inside our homes has an outsized impact on health. Early in the pandemic, major disruptions — including historic job losses and a rapid shift to remote work — kept more people at home and spotlighted indoor air quality (IAQ). Today, durable guidance emphasizes providing ...
What to Do if a Drone Crashes Through Your Window
Small drones now underpin everything from construction surveys to public safety and media, and the scale is no longer niche: the FAA’s own registry tracks a U.S. fleet exceeding one million aircraft, along with hundreds of thousands of certificated remote pilots (UAS by the Numbers). That visibility—and accountability—matters when a flight goes wrong near homes ...
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