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American Home Maintenance Index 2026
Published 2026-04-21 · CC BY 4.0
State-by-state benchmark of the lifetime replacement cost of the 12 major systems every U.S. home depends on. The largest cost gap we've measured: an 81% premium between Hawaii and Mississippi.
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HomeScore Lifespan Database 2026
Published 2026-04-22 · CC BY 4.0
Expected service life for 42 home systems benchmarked against 177 branded SKUs and 80+ material variants. Includes a 2026 replace-on-sight list (Federal Pacific panels & polybutylene plumbing) and an iframe embed widget at /embed/lifespan-database.
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The 81% home maintenance gap
Why identical replacement work costs $54,990 more in Hawaii than Mississippi — labor scarcity, permitting, and material logistics.
Cold-Humid premium
Northeast labor scarcity, not weather, drives the 1.07x premium for cold-climate homeowners.
Foundation volatility
Foundation work shows the highest geographic spread of any system — $12K in MS to $21,750 in HI.
The $84,600 question
Why most homeowners can't name their deferred replacement liability — and why it matters for net worth.
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