Insights Archive - Polunsky Beitel Green

Insights

MortgageLaw Minute: Texas Property Tax Reductions – Benefits and Other Considerations

As you may have heard, the citizens of Texas will vote on a Constitutional Amendment regarding property taxes on November 7, 2023. Proposition 4 if passed will raise the state mandated school tax homestead exemption to $100,000 from $40,000. There ... Read More

Marty Green Discusses What’s Next for Mortgage Rates

With the Fed’s rate hike pause on June 14th, questions remain about what will happen next and if mortgage rates will ever return to the “good old days” of 3%, 30-year fixed mortgage rates. Below, Marty Green opines on mortgage rate expectations over ... Read More

Legislative Updates

88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.20 Bill Effective Dates Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com With nearly a dozen of our bills of interest set to become law, the next question is what will be their effective ... Read More

Legislative Updates

88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.19 HB 2127 preemption of local regulation Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Between November 14, 2022, when prefiling of bills opened through March 10, 2023, when bill ... Read More

Legislative Updates

88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.18 Remote Ink Notary (RIN) Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com This week there is a new heading for advancing bills titled Bills Headed to the Governor. On receiving an ... Read More

Legislative Updates

88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.17 HB 1195 and County’s ability to require Photo ID’s Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Once again, we are truncating this weekly report by dropping the section at the bottom ... Read More

Legislative Updates

88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.16 Attracting Appraisal Applicants. Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com One thing you may notice in most of our bills of interest that are currently being addressed in the second ... Read More

Legislative Updates

88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.15 Senate Bill 1568 entities serving as a trustee. Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Calendaring of bills is the real choke point in the legislative process over which bills make ... Read More

Legislative Updates

88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.14 Senate Bill 768 Data Security Breach Reporting Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Only one thing must be accomplished each legislative session and that is passage of a biennial ... Read More