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Average Homeowner Now Spends $2,041 a Year Just on Maintenance — Up 17% From 2024
The average U.S. homeowner spent $2,041 on home maintenance in 2025, up from $1,750 the year before — a 16.6% jump in a single year, according to Angi’s State of […]
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Interior Painting Is the #2 Home Project Homeowners Plan This Year — Here’s What It Actually Costs
About 20% of homeowners plan to repaint a room or an entire interior sometime in 2026, enough to put the project in second place on Angi’s ranking of the year’s […]
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More Than a Third of Over-Budget Renovations Blow Past Their Estimate by 30% or More
Among homeowners whose professionally hired renovation went over budget, slightly more than a third spent at least 30% beyond their original estimate, according to Angi’s 2026 State of Home Spending […]
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92% of Home Renovation Projects Run At or Over Budget, Even With a Professional Hired
Ninety-two percent of homeowners who recently hired a professional for a home project finished at or above their original budget, and 43% blew past their initial estimate entirely, according to […]
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18% of Homeowners Now Budget Nothing for Home Maintenance, Double the Rate From a Year Ago
Eighteen percent of U.S. homeowners now budget nothing at all for home maintenance, roughly double the 9% who said the same one year earlier, according to Hippo Insurance’s fourth annual […]
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Fixing a Botched DIY Job Costs $1,600 on Average, More Than Some Projects Cost Done Right
Nearly half of DIY homeowners, 46%, eventually hire a professional to redo work they attempted themselves, and that redo costs more than $1,600 on average, according to a national Sears […]
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Homeowners Underestimate How Long a DIY Project Will Take More Than Half the Time, Survey Finds
Fifty-seven percent of DIY homeowners underestimated how long their project would actually take, and 50% underestimated the effort it would require, according to a Sears Home Services survey of over […]
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Appliance Breakdowns Now Hit Nearly a Third of Homes a Year, Survey Shows
Thirty-two percent of homeowners dealt with an appliance breakdown in the past year, according to Hippo Insurance’s 2026 Housepower Report, making it the second most-reported home problem behind plumbing. That’s […]
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Plumbing Is the #1 Home Problem Homeowners Report: Here’s Why DIY Fixes Keep Failing
Thirty-four percent of homeowners now name plumbing as the single most common problem in their house, according to Hippo Insurance’s 2026 Housepower Report. That puts leaky supply lines, slow drains, […]
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A Furnace Tune-Up Costs $70 to $400 — Here’s What You’re Actually Paying For
A basic furnace tune-up runs $70 to $200, while a full maintenance plan with a service agreement lands between $150 and $400. That gap confuses a lot of homeowners, since […]