New condo law requires owners to buy insurance policy (Naples Daily News)

Condominium owners in Florida are required to have a new type of insurance policy because of a law that took effect Jan. 1. Homeowners 6 is a personal home insurance policy that insures contents within a condo that aren’t included in condo association insurance policies. The requirement passed in the last session and was rolled into Florida’s Condominium Act.

Plan B for retirees who counted on home equity (Reno Gazette-Journal)

The safety net is almost gone, the nest egg is cracking.

Retirees who counted on home equity looking for new options (The Pantagraph)

The safety net is almost gone, the nest egg is cracking. Many Americans have recently found themselves changing retirement plans after losing a substantial amount of home equity as the housing market and the overall U.S. economy struggle.

Plan B for retirees who counted on home equity (San Francisco Chronicle)

The safety net is almost gone, the nest egg is cracking. Many Americans have recently found themselves changing retirement plans after losing a substantial amount of home equity as the housing market and the overall U.S. economy struggle. These folks face...

News in brief (West Salem Coulee News)

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.