DALLAS — Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much they can do to tackle costs. Legislators have advanced bills to limit how much ...

Texans pay more for homeowners insurance than much of the rest of the country: In 2025, the average home policy with $300,000 worth of dwelling coverage cost $4,049 a year in the Lone Star State, far ...

It is only a matter of time before the property insurance crisis, which has already affected California and Florida, reaches Texas, according to experts. As coverage becomes increasingly unaffordable ...

The insurance crisis affecting Texas, California and Florida has been well-documented. In the nation’s three most-populous states — home to more than a quarter of all U.S. residents — homeowners ...

When Maryann McGregor retired in 2020, she and her husband considered downsizing and selling their four-bedroom home in Clear Lake to their adult son. The couple had lived there for nearly four ...

Around a decade ago, Kat and Giles Roberts bought a three-thousand-square-foot house in Clear Lake, the southeast Texas town on Galveston Bay that is best known as the home of NASA’s Johnson Space ...

Texas Lawmakers continue to look at ways to cut property taxes and increase homestead exemptions, but there’s another part of the home affordability equation that’s also key to driving costs down: ...

Texas has some of the highest rates for homeowners' insurance in the country. Whether you’re insuring a new property or just want to compare rates and discounts for your current home, it is worth ...

Texas lawmakers have few options to drive down rising home insurance costs. Credit: Ishika Samant for The Texas Tribune DALLAS — Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even ...

Texas lawmakers have few options to drive down rising home insurance costs. (Ishika Samant For The Texas Tribune, Ishika Samant For The Texas Tribune) Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about ...

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DALLAS Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much they can do to tackle costs. Legislators have advanced bills to limit how much ...