California sees spike in home sales falling through due to insurance
Source: Newsweek
California home sales are falling as property insurance becomes increasingly unaffordable, a new report from the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® has found. Based on responses from 96,000 REALTORS® in California, 13.4 percent said a sale had fallen through because of issues finding affordable insurance. That means about one in seven REALTORS® saw home insurance issues derail a sale – what was double the rate of last year, when 6.9 percent of REALTORS® said the same.
For 74.7 percent of REALTORS®, no insurance was available to a client, reflecting a growing crisis as more insurers leave the state. Meanwhile, 17.8 percent of the REALTORS said insurance premiums were simply too expensive for their client, causing the deal to collapse. While the insurance crisis might not be posing a significant problem in top markets such as the Bay Area, it can still force expensive renovations and delays in escrow, experts say.
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