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The residential real estate industry in Texas is unique in that the real estate sales contract forms used in most transactions in the state are developed through a state agency, the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). TREC's Broker-Lawyer Committee develops standard contract forms and addenda which are promulgated by the Commission.
The HUD-1 Settlement Statement is a standardized mortgage lending form in use in the United States of America on which creditors or their closing agents itemize all charges imposed on buyers and sellers in consumer credit mortgage transactions. The HUD-1 (or a similar variant called the HUD-1A) is used primarily for reverse mortgages and ...
A real estate transaction is the process whereby rights in a unit of property (or designated real estate) are transferred between two or more parties, e.g., in the case of conveyance, one party being the seller(s) and the other being the buyer(s). It can often be quite complicated due to the complexity of the property rights being transferred ...
In 2003, LGI Homes was founded in The Woodlands, Texas by Thomas Lipar and his son Eric Lipar. [5] [6] LGI Homes primarily focuses on entry-level housing for first-time homebuyers. [7] [8] LGI Homes initially built homes in its home state of Texas. [9] Their first project was a residential development in Conroe called Summerset Estates. [10]
A real estate license is an authorization issued by a government body to give agents and brokers the legal authority to represent a home seller or buyer in a real estate transaction. Real estate agents and real estate brokers are required to be licensed when conducting real estate transactions in the United States and in a small number of other ...
The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) is the state agency that governs real estate practices in the state of Texas. The agency is headquartered at 1700 North Congress in Austin. [1] TREC is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor with the concurrence of the Texas Senate. The members are appointed for six-year terms, with the terms ...
Lennar dates back to F&R Builders, a company founded in 1954 by Gene Fisher and real estate developer Arnold P. Rosen. In 1956, Leonard Miller, who later became the namesake of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, a 23-year-old entrepreneur that owned 42 lots in Miami-Dade County, Florida, invested $10,000 and partnered with the company.
In August 2013, it bought Wearside builders' merchant Thompsons, [8] in October 2013, it bought Binje Ackermans, a Brussels based merchanting operation, [9] and in December 2013, Grafton Group opened ten showrooms, and launched a brand new website called Bohen, which focuses on the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom industry.