When a storm, fire, or burst pipe wrecks your home, the difference between walking away financially whole and taking on new ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Ana has 20+ years of experience covering home improvement and business topics for U.S. and international media. She’s been published in U.S. News & World Report, The American Scholar Magazine, ...

You can estimate the replacement cost of your home using online calculators, using a professional appraisal or by doing the research yourself. It costs an average of $153 per square foot to build a ...

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