7 items you should consider a home warranty for

When Barbara Green of Charlotte, North Carolina, purchased a home in 2004 and received a home warranty as a closing gift, she didn't think too much about it. Then the air conditioner went out, and the technician discovered that a crack in the condenser was the cause

"It would have been over $1,000 to repair," Green says. "Thankfully it was covered [by the warranty], and it was repaired that day. Over the summer, the home warranty company ended up basically rebuilding my A/C piece by piece — there was no way I could have paid for all those repairs myself, and there was no way I could have survived that hot summer, so I was eternally grateful for having a home warranty." Read more...

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