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Extreme Heat And Fire Risk Upend Home Insurance And Mortgage Markets

Rising heat is becoming a housing risk, driving wildfire exposure, insurance costs, property losses, and new questions about where Americans can afford to live. With temperatures routinely in the three digits in parts of the country that normally don't hit that mark, and averaging 2.5 degrees above normal.

Extreme Heat And Fire Risk Upend Home Insurance And Mortgage Markets

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Rising heat is becoming a housing risk, driving wildfire exposure, insurance costs, property losses, and new questions about where Americans can afford to live.

With temperatures routinely in the three digits in parts of the country that normally don't hit that mark, and averaging 2.5 degrees above normal.

Last month is contending to be the hottest month on record in the U.S.

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Rising heat is becoming a housing risk, driving wildfire exposure, insurance costs, property losses, and new questions about where Americans can afford to live. With temperatures routinely in the three digits in parts of the country that normally don't hit that mark, and averaging 2.5 degrees above normal. Last month is contending to be the hottest month on record in the U.S.

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Last month is contending to be the hottest month on record in the U.S.

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