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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.9 - Texas Advocacy Day at the Capitol Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com We are fast approaching the March 10th deadline for filing bills during this session. There are rumors of ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.8 - Texas Legislative Priorities Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com In our last addition we listed the seven emergency items identified by Governor Abbott in his State of the State ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.7 Doug Foster Director of Regulatory Affairs doug.foster@mortgagelaw.com Governor Abbott delivered his State of the State address in which he revealed his priorities for the Texas Legislature. This biennial requirement of ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature – Texas House Committees assigned

Issue 88.6 There were 26 first term freshmen representative sworn into the Texas House of Representatives 150-member body last month. Having a freshman class of approximately 17 percent is typical. However, what is not typical is ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.5 Bills Filed Restricting Foreign Ownership of Real Estate In the previous 87th Texas Legislative Session we saw passage into law of SB 2116 prohibiting contracts or other agreements with certain foreign-owned companies in connection ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.4 Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced committee assignments on Monday January 23rd. The Senate’s longest serving Democrat, Senator John Whitmire, was the only Democrat to receive an appointment as a chairman. In 2013 prior to Lt. ... Read More

Client Memos

Can You Close a Loan with Title Vested in a Life Estate? Fannie Mae Says Yes.

Fannie Mae recently updated its Selling Guide FAQ to address whether a mortgage secured by property titled in a life estate is eligible for delivery. The question asked was, “If the property is held in a life estate, what is required for the loan to ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.3 Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick were both inaugurated to their third terms on January 17th. Speeches made by both leaders laid out priorities they would like to accomplish during the current legislative ... Read More

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88th Texas Legislature

Issue 88.2 On a vote of 143-3 Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont was reelected to a second term as Texas Speaker of the House. Adoption of procedural rules had a small twist this year. A long brewing attempt to ban minority party members from chairing ... Read More

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