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An 8-year-old girl from Melbourne, Australia, has become one of the world’s youngest homeowners after being listed as a property owner at the age of six.In December 2021, Ruby McLellan became the owner of a four-bedroom property valued at US $440,000 and located on the outskirts of the second-most populous city in Australia. Ruby purchased her first home alongside her siblings, Angus, 14, and Lucy, 13.According to Australian Law, anyone under 18 years of age can own and purchase a property with their name on the house…

The First Street Foundation study points out that insurers could offer discounts to homeowners who take steps to fortify their homes, which would help make disasters less damaging. Moore said Florida once was a leader when it came to measures like building codes, although that has changed in recent years. The state also had lacked a disclosure policy requiring property owners to share a property’s flood history with buyers and renters.Another bill would compel landlords to inform tenants that they live in a flood zone,…

The Los Angeles Police Department wants the public to know that their home security systems may have a weak spot that tech-savvy burglars are starting to exploit. Most modern home security systems rely on a Wi-Fi signal for burglar alarms and surveillance equipment, including doorbell cameras. A jamming device emits a high-energy signal that is silent to the human ear, but drowns out the Wi-Fi signal to the security system, disconnecting the system from the network.A group of burglars who used a jamming device broke into…

With property tax bills as high as they are in Southern California, you’d think that homeowners would sign up for every break they could get.You would be wrong.Since 1974, the state of California has offered to reduce the assessed value of any owner-occupied home by $7,000. That, in turn, reduces the home’s annual tax bill. You just have to apply once, and the “homeowners exemption” will be applied automatically to your assessment until you move out or sell.According to Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang, however,…

Four hundred and six homeowners in Superior are suing Jefferson County, accusing its airport of violating their airspace, dumping lead on them and devaluing their 230 houses. Their lawsuit, filed Dec. 21 in Boulder, marks an escalation in a years-old dispute between Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport and residents of the Rock Creek neighborhood, which is located just northwest of the airport in Boulder County. The airport has surged in popularity in recent years, with 300,000 takeoffs and landings in 2022, or one every…

Tesla’s new electricity retail program, Tesla Electric, has erased this homeowner’s electricity bill and paid him $1,000 in 2023. Late last year, after gaining experience through its virtual power plants (VPPs), Tesla took things a step further with the launch of “Tesla Electric.” Instead of reacting to specific “events” and providing services to your local electric utilities, as Tesla Powerwall owners have done in VPPs in California, Australia, and a few other markets, Tesla Electric is…

We covered Tesla Electric payouts over the summer during a Texas heatwave, when many customers were paid over $100 for contributing to the grid. But one homeowner and customer of Tesla’s decentralized “utility” division racked up even more impressive earnings during 2023 — and wiped out his entire electric bill for the year. X (formerly Twitter) user RG shared a screenshot from the official Tesla Electric app showing that for the calendar year of 2023, he paid zero dollars for electricity,…

The Nova Scotia government has pledged more than $2.4 million to seven community-led projects that focus on living shorelines.Living shorelines are seen as a nature-based way to reduce coastal erosion and flooding caused by climate change. They use natural materials — rocks, plants and sand — to stabilize land along the coast.One group to receive funding is the Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation for its work in Mahone Bay.Jordan Veinot, the climate change team lead for organization, believes introducing living shorelines…

High mortgage rates are dissuading sellers, leaving new construction the only game in town. ‘There was no inventory on the existing market, so everybody was being pushed to a new home,’ said one builder. High mortgage rates are dissuading sellers, leaving new construction the only game in town. ‘There was no inventory on the existing market, so everybody was being pushed to a new home,’ said one builder. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an…

From his unfamiliar hotel room Tuesday morning, Weber “Wei” Yen instinctively looked for his favorite coffee mug — the one he’s used almost every day for the last 25 years. “I can’t get it anymore,” said Yen, who had returned to his Rolling Hills Estates neighborhood to check on his collapsed home. He got the mug on a trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. “It’s that kind of stuff,” he said. “You try to reach for something that’s no longer there.”Yen, 73, can’t even begin to list everything he and his family have probably…