Texas homestead laws

Title Tip: Why ‘Keeping it in The Family’ Can be a Title Problem

By Robert Frye / August 16, 2022 /

At some point in most people’s lives, the notion of purchasing the home of their parents or another family member has crossed their mind. Whether it is simply daydreaming about renovating your childhood home, or a more serious consideration such as purchasing your parents’ home so that you can move in to take care of…

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Title Tip: Why Are Texas Homestead Rights so Important?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 31, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor We Texans cherish our homestead rights more than anyone. And we’ve got the state constitution to prove it. Cue the old west music and picture Ma with a baby on her hip and Pa with his rifle at the door of their simple home. That must be what the Texas…

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Free House: Foreclosure Glitch in Homestead States Could Mean The House Is All Yours

By Candy Evans / March 24, 2011 /

Free house, anyone? Or how to save on real estate big time. You’ve got to read this story by my colleague Sheree Curry and chime in — hope I get it straight: a couple in Iowa made one payment on their $278,000 home and then went to see a bankruptcy attorney about letting the house…

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