Buyer Beware: Why Your Real Estate Professional May Not Recommend the Lowest Priced Home Insurance Policy
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 The recent and ongoing crisis in real estate finance preceded greater complication in many aspects of buying real estate. The dollar is tight. Changing market conditions, legislation and government assistance through incentive programs have influenced mortgage underwriting guidelines. Insurance companies are looking to mitigate risk in any way possible. They are paying strict attention to the long list of natural hazards associated with the past claims history of the location, and protected future claims. They get this from the comprehensive loss underwriting exchange or clue report and FEMA guidelines.
For instance, insurance companies pay close attention to which properties are in floods owns storm surge distance to fault lines distance coast in rating territories as reasons to decline issuing policies. They may try to sell insurance policies which may not be useful to you if and when a disaster may strike. A home where someone purchased yours upon valley was, in fact, completely uninsurable GT the material used age ended for me, despite the lack of insurability of the property, the Buyers were able to purchase that home. The one insurance company from which to choose offered a 90 day grace period. They were required to replace the roof those 90 days. The actual long-term value of that policy cannot be clear.
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According to Brian Bernasconi of the Helen Pastorino brokerage firm located in the Silicon Valley, this concern is not limited to obscure rural areas. The cost and sensibility of insurance is now a critical issue in buying and selling real estate. It must be integrated into all strategic plans.
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