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By Lydia Blair Special Contributor The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) recently updated the standard residential contracts to now address policies regarding deposits of earnest monies. These changes become mandatory May 15, 2018. On the first page of the newly updated Texas contracts, it states that “Within 3 days after the Effective Date, Buyer must deliver $___…
From Staff Reports Walsh is now home to Fort Worth’s newest makerspace. The Walsh Makerspace, located in the heart of the growing 7,200-acre neighborhood in west Fort Worth, is the first of its kind to be built from the ground up around a new development, and is available to residents and the public.
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor When it comes to title insurance policies, there are no hand-me-downs. No recycling. There are no “slightly used” policies available. It doesn’t matter if a property has been owned a year, a month or a week. When a property is sold from one person to the next, a brand-new title…
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Realtors work weekends. It’s just part of the business. The real estate industry operates seven days a week, with agents showing homes and submitting contracts any day of the week. To be successful, there isn’t an easy way around it. So why aren’t title companies open on weekends as well?…
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Your friendly title company representative wants to know if you’re married. How flattering, right? Not exactly. Asking about your marital status isn’t a come-on or a pick-up line. At least not when it comes to a real estate sale. When someone in a real estate transaction – either the buyer…
