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More Texas Property Law Changes
 
The most recent Texas Legislature changed and added new laws that affect property subject to HOA regimes as well as condominiums. The changes made were in response to outcry from Texas property owners who believed HOA through their governing boards were too oppressive. While the recent changes didn’t fix all that [...]

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2011 – 82nd Texas Legislature Changes to the Texas Property Code
 
The 82nd Texas Legislature made the broadest changes to the Texas Property Code perhaps in history. The changes affected condominium laws and laws affecting HOA (single family properties subject to an HOA regime). The majority of the changes affected single family HOAs.
 
The rights of HOAs [...]

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Property Owners Associations
 
Property Owners Associations aka HOAs are non-profit corporations put in place to govern certain aspects of a group of lots (houses, townhomes or condominiums). If a subdivision is subject to an HOA, the HOA was likely formed around the same time the property was developed. The developer, oftentimes referred to as the “Declarant” [...]

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FOUR WAYS TO LOSE YOUR HOME IN TEXAS
 
In Texas, there are limited ways to lose your home. The most obvious way is to stop paying your mortgage. Secondly, if you fail to pay your ad valorem taxes, the taxing authority can sue for foreclosure and sell your residence at a public auction. Third, if you [...]

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Mechanic’s and Materialman’s Liens on Texas Homestead Property
 
There are only a few ways to lose your homestead property in Texas. One of those ways is not to pay the contractor that completed the work on your house. The Texas Constitution allows an original contractor (general contractor) to fix a lien on your residential homestead property [...]

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