The price of a basic funeral has hit a record £4,285, with increased burial and crematorium fees alongside staff wages driving up costs. The average price has risen 3.5 per cent over the past year, ...

Where you live has a significant impact on the cost of everything. For example, people in Hawaii pay more for groceries because they have to import almost everything. In California, real estate is ...

The Funeral Rule allows for any pricing method, such as a flat fee, mileage charge, or hourly charge. For instance, the FTC ...

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WACO, Texas (KWTX) -According to a survey done in December of 2023, the National Funeral Directors Association calculated the increase of cremation and burial costs from 2021. Experts deemed that ...

More than half of U.S. adults aged 45 and older estimate the cost of a funeral at less than $10,000, yet the actual costs are actually somewhere between $15,000 and $20,000, according to Choice Mutual ...

The cost of dying is on the rise as funeral costs hit a record high. Research by SunLife shows that after two years of falls, "the cost of a basic funeral in the UK is on the rise again", having ...

37% of U.S. adults have borrowed to pay for funeral or end-of-life expenses — a steep rise from just 14% last year. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A growing number of American ...