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Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act to strengthen penalties for scams
AUSTIN, TX - December 10, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Craig Estes (Wichita Falls) announced a legislative...
Aycock Files Legislation For Veterans’ Property Tax Exemption
Austin, TX - November 14, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) – Monday, Representative Jimmie Don Aycock pre-filed House Bill 62, exempting persons who are 100 percent disabled or totally...
Villarreal Pushes Fairness For Homeowners & Students In Pre – Filed Bills
First Day of Pre-Filing State Legislation Highlights Policy Priorities
Austin, TX - November 10, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) – On the first day to pre-file legislation...
Mortgage Company Settles Data Security Charges
Washington, DC - November 10, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) – A Texas-based mortgage lender has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated federal law by...
Attorney General Abbott Calls For Mortgage Deferment Legislation To Help Struggling Homeowners
New state law would give borrowers 45-day window to cure mortgage defaults
AUSTIN, TX - October 23, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg...
Four Arrested In Ne Texas Probe Involving Broad Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Defendants held on $5 million bond in four-county scheme to defraud government
Kaufman, TX – August 11, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Three previously indicted defendants...
The Regus Group Opens its Newest Houston Area Business Center in the CITYCENTRE Development
HOUSTON, TEXAS – July 07, 2008 – The Regus Group (LSE: RGU), the world’s largest provider of fully furnished and equipped offices with 950...
Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act opens up affordable housing program to all...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the following statement regarding the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax...
Rainier Management accused of failing to honor contract terms at Travis County properties
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today resolved the state’s enforcement action against a residential property management company accused of misrepresenting lease terms...
Hines REIT Acquires 4050 and 4055 Corporate Drive
DALLAS – The Dallas office of Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that Hines REIT has acquired 4050 and 4055 Corporate Drive...
Homeownership month spotlights Texas Realtors’ efforts to close homeownership gap
June is National Homeownership Month, when America turns its attention to homeownership and more Americans consider the benefits of owning their own home. In...
State housing agency award of $312,000 makes homeownership dream a reality for Travis County...
Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator...
State housing agency supporting Terrell with $208,000 in homebuyer assistance funds
Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...
State housing agency makes $124,800 investment in Temple through homebuyer assistance funds
Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...
State, local housing agencies bolster homeownership with $261,000 award in 8-county area
(AUSTIN) — Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has...
State housing agency makes $208,000 investment in Paris through homebuyer assistance funds
Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...
Charges defendants with conspiring to defraud deceased homeowners, heirs of property titles
HOUSTON – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has obtained a temporary restraining order against several defendants who conspired to steal homes from deceased Houston...
State housing agency invests $260,000 to bolster homeownership in Nash
Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator...
State housing agency makes $104,000 investment in Midland through homebuyer assistance funds
Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...
State housing agency makes $312,000 investment in homeownership in McKinney
Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator...
