The insurance brokerage Marsh McLennan estimated that premiums on commercial properties rose an average of 11 percent across the country last year but as much as 50 percent in storm-vulnerable places like the Gulf Coast and California. This year, premiums may have doubled in some of those places, the brokerage said.

"Now's the time to buy your dream home," they emphasize. Buyers and sellers alike should get ready for an exciting swing in the real estate market.

The first co-ownership real estate marketplace for luxury vacation homes, Owners.gr, launched in Greece on Tuesday with an official event.

Hurricane Milton is barreling toward Florida as residents and the state's already battered insurance market prepare for what is expected to be a major property event.

Anthony Holmes thought he had hit the jackpot when he joined the wave of Americans fleeing to Florida during the pandemic. Like thousands of others, he left Virginia in 2021 for a new life in the Sunshine State,