In the March 21, 2025, issue of the Texas Register (50 TexReg 2081), the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Update Selling Guides to Permit Hybrid Appraisals on Texas Home Equity Loans
On February 5, 2024, per Fannie Mae Selling Guide Announcement SEL-2025-01 (click here and see also updated Part B4-1.2-03 click...
Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association Issues Notice to Claimants of Houston National Title, LLC
The Texas Title Insurance Guaranty Association (“TTIGA”) recently issued a Notice to Claimants of Houston National Title, LLC...
Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston Holds that both Spouses Taking Out Home Equity Line of Credit Did Not Change Characterization of Homestead as Sole and Separate Property of Wife. Hale v. Hale, — S.W.3d — 2025 WL 271165.
On January 23, 2025, the Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th District) Houston in Hale v. Hale, --- S.W.3d --- 2025 WL...
FHFA Announces Conforming Loan Limit Values for 2025
On November 26, 2024, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the conforming loan limit values for mortgages that...
Regulation Z HOEPA and Qualified Mortgage Annual Threshold Adjustments
In the December 2, 2024 issue of the Federal Register (89 FR 95080 click here), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
Changes to Rules in the Texas Administrative Code Concerning Loan Originators, Mortgage Bankers, Mortgage Companies, and Mortgage Servicers
In the November 15 issue of the Texas Register (Volume 49, Number 46, Pages 9204-25), the Finance Commission of Texas on behalf...
Reminder of Federal Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements for Certain Corporate Entities
As a reminder to clients and friends, federal law (the Corporate Transparency Act) imposed a requirement for certain corporate...
Frost Bank v. Kelley Jr., Comments
On October 17, 2024, the Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth in Frost Bank v. Kelley Jr., --- S.W.3d --- 2024 WL 4509721...
2025 Higher-Priced Mortgage Loan Appraisal Exemption Threshold Increase
On October 4, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC); the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...