Title Business
Sellers are picky about their buyers — as they should be. Savvy sellers evaluate potential buyers to ensure they have the funds and ability to actually purchase the property before entering into a contract. So how picky should a buyer be about the seller? After all, most buyers fall in love with a home, not…
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It might be a gamble to join your mother — or your daughter — in the family business, but Helen Johnson and daughter Tiffany Johnson Beecham do it like it’s nobody’s business. “I have three daughters and we have all been very close throughout the years,” Johnson said. “There’s never a dull moment, and we’re…
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There is a small statewide special election on May 7th that would lower Texas property taxes. The ballot includes just two propositions. Both proposed amendments passed during the special legislative sessions in 2021 with bipartisan support from Texas lawmakers. Proposition 1 This would authorize the Texas legislature to lower property taxes for elderly and disabled…
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When a property is changing hands and it is part of a mandatory property owner’s association, there are typically fees paid to the association linked with the transfer of the property. Until now, it was a challenge to find out those exact fees until the property was already under contract. That often created a surprise…
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An appraisal contingency and the results from waiving that contingency are often misunderstood. A lot of buyers and sellers gloss over the appraisal requirement in their contract to their detriment. If a buyer is getting a mortgage loan to purchase a property, the contract likely contains a condition that their lender must approve an appraisal…
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