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We know many of you have had a hard time getting through to the agency. We're working every day to improve our response times and customer satisfaction. We are pleased to announce the launch of several new ways to get in touch with us:

It was a busy year for the Inspector Committee on the education front. The major accomplishment for the committee was completing the much-needed revision on the SOP Legal and Ethics continuing education coursework, which became mandatory as of September 1 of last year.

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Administrative penalties are not revenue -- the Commission doesn鈥檛 make money from administrative penalties. Instead, the money goes to a trust account to pay consumers for judgments against a license holder.

Happy New Year! It鈥檚 January and 2018 promises to be filled with important activity. Even numbered years are always a time when the agency must update our 5-Year Strategic Plan and so that means we will have some significant opportunities for additional targeted input from our license holders and the public on general topics and specific areas of current interest.听 Look for a list of topics and a schedule of Listening Tour events to be published in February.

The effective date of the new rules is May 15, 2018, and we want to make sure everyone is thoroughly prepared for the changes.

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The Commission met on November 13^th for its regular quarterly meeting and it was one of the most productive 鈥� and lengthy 鈥� that we have had for many years.听 Despite its length, we recognized recent accomplishments and achieved some major milestones that we have been working on for over two years.听 We began by ratifying a very generous set of accommodations implemented in response to the unprecedented impact of Hurricane Harvey.听 Up to six full months of deadline extensions are ava

The Inspector Committee met in Austin on October 9th and for the first time, the meeting was available to be viewed online in real time. This allowed license holders and members of the public to view the meeting live. This was an initial test run to see if streaming the meeting will be practical. No decision has yet been made about future streaming as 星空体育app下载 staff is continuing to explore options.

AUSTIN, TX 鈥� The Texas Real Estate Commission is pleased to announce the recent appointments of six new committee members to the Education Standards Advisory Committee. Sarah Norman of Bryan, Jason Woodward of Amarillo, Felicia Peters of Grandbury, Scott Kesner of El Paso, Rob Cook of Houston, and public member Marcela Gomez of Austin have been appointed as members, with terms set to expire in 2019.

Texas Real Estate Commission adopted new advertising rules at its November meeting. These rules are effective as of May 15, 2018, which gives license holders 6 months to comply with the updated requirements.
搂535.154 lays out alternate, assumed business and team name registration requirements and 搂535.155 lays out the revised advertising requirements. You can read both rules on our website.

Want to avoid a complaint? If you are a buyer鈥檚 agent and the buyer needs to get a loan, here are a few tips on how to avoid issues that have led to some complaints to the Commission.