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What REALTORS® Can Learn From a Surveyor
This is the first in a series of interviews with other professionals who participate in the real estate transaction. How do you normally...
Ernest Enriquez
Aug 12, 20212 min read
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What to Know About Surveys for Residential Properties
Paragraph 6C of the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale) (TXR 1601) includes requirements for property surveys. This...
Ernest Enriquez
Feb 15, 20212 min read
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Learn About the Market and Consumers with Texas REALTORS® Research Reports
Did you know that Texas REALTORS® offers market research reports to members? These reports are updated regularly and cover a variety of...
Ernest Enriquez
Dec 22, 20201 min read
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Help TREC and TALCB Improve Their Websites
The Texas Real Estate Commission and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board have launched a survey to gather feedback...
Ernest Enriquez
Aug 27, 20201 min read
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How Has COVID-19 Affected REALTORS®?
The real estate industry in Texas, like other sectors of the economy, has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and governments’...
Ernest Enriquez
Jul 12, 20201 min read
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Contract Closeup: Surveys for Residential Properties
Paragraph 6C of the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale) (TXR 1601) includes requirements for property surveys. This...
Ernest Enriquez
Jul 9, 20202 min read
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What Date Should Be Used for the T-47 Affidavit?
If sellers want to use an existing survey, which date should be listed in Paragraph 4 of the T-47 Residential Real Property Affidavit...
Ernest Enriquez
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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Mortgage Applications, Refinancing On the Rise
More people applied for mortgages June 1-5 than May 25-29. The Market Composite Index is a measure of mortgage loan application volume....
Ernest Enriquez
Jun 16, 20201 min read
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Why Do People Like Where They Live?
The more time people spend in their city, the more they’ll be attached to the metro area. That is one finding of Community Ties:...
Ernest Enriquez
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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What Happens When the Seller Can’t Find His Survey?
My client has a contract to purchase a home. The One to Four Family Residential Contract has Paragraph 6C(1) checked regarding the...
Ernest Enriquez
Oct 25, 20182 min read
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Forget Golf; Younger Retirees Want Dog Parks
A recent survey of thousands of home shoppers born in the 1940s and 1950s shows a gap between what the two generations expect from...
Ernest Enriquez
Jul 11, 20181 min read
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What Your Clients Would Give Up to Own a Home
In exchange for a 10% downpayment they wouldn’t have to pay back, 22% of respondents in a recent survey would give up their right to...
Ernest Enriquez
Jul 9, 20181 min read
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TREC proposes changes to earnest money and other paragraphs
The Texas Real Estate Commission met on August 7 and adopted amendments to existing rules and proposed several more. View the meeting...
Ernest Enriquez
Aug 18, 20172 min read
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Do you read Texas REALTOR® magazine? Then you must read this
Would you like a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card and improve TAR’s flagship publication at the same time? Give Texas REALTOR®...
Ernest Enriquez
Jun 6, 20171 min read
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