March 2015

Two days from now, Americans living in coastal communities will be subjected to higher flood insurance premiums.  Congress passed a law known as the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act that will slowly phase out subsidized flood insurance premiums for homeowners to recoup losses incurred due to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy.

The spring homebuying season is just around the corner, and realtors are expecting a very busy few months in major markets across the country.  That’s because many younger Americans are at last making the switch from renting a home to owning a home.

The life of a student is often spent on a very tight budget, and typically results in thousands of expensive debts like student loans.  But students attending Yale University are finding their finances are being setback even further as a wave of credit card fraud appears to be descending across the school campus.

Spring is officially in the air across most of the country, though some regions are still digging out of accumulated piles of snow.  While many people celebrate the end of a bitterly cold, hibernating style winter, drivers are less impressed with the conditions on the roads.

This is the time of year when potholes spring up across the country.  The wet winter weather, a mixture of rain or snow, seeps into the concrete in the ground throughout the season, and when the spring thaw arrives, potholes break out across any number of roads.