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Testing Provider Closing Testing Centers Due To Hurricane

Due to Hurricane Harvey, our testing provider,聽Pearson Vue,聽will be closing some of the sites in Texas over the next few days. 聽Site closures keep coming in, and they are reaching out to all candidates via email to let them know that their appointment will need to be rescheduled.听

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Senate Confirms Appointments of Commission Members

星空体育app下载 is pleased to announce the Senate confirmation of Governor Abbott's appointments to the Commission on May 21, 2017. Broker member Bob Leonard of San Antonio, broker member Rayito Stephens of Houston and public member TJ Turner of Austin.

The appointees will continue to serve the Commission and consumers of Texas until their terms expire. Read more on each of these appointees and the Commission on our聽"About the Commission" page.

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Getting your business done with the Texas Real Estate Commission (星空体育app下载) and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB)鈥痠s about to get even easier. The agency is developing鈥痑 new licensing system that will launch later this year.鈥疘t will help license holders go paperless and manage licenses, apply for licensure, make all fee payments, and more鈥攁ll online, 24/7.鈥疻hat else you'll get to do:

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The Texas Real Estate Commission (星空体育app下载) hosted its first meeting of the year in Austin with a room full of Texas REALTORS庐 in attendance to earn continuing education credit and receive updates from the agency鈥檚 staff and advisory committee members. Here鈥檚 what happened.

Thank You for Your Service

The Commission recognized these departing advisory committee members:

A Win for Protecting Texas Consumers

After combing through 1,100 complaints during his 11-year tenure with the Commission, 星空体育app下载 Chief Investigator Roy Minton wins for a second time. The first win was in 2019. Both recognitions, by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO), were given for Minton鈥檚 work in uncovering rental fraud.

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With the notion of keeping everything under one roof, Texas Real Estate Commission (星空体育app下载)聽staff took on a new part of the development of the 2024-2025 Legal Update I & II courses. Thanks to the skills and talent of 星空体育app下载聽Director of Government and Strategic Communications Summer Mandell, this book was wholly produced in-house, to include the design of the course materials.

ESAC Recommends Course Outline Changes, Discusses Course Proctoring and ID Verification

The Texas Real Estate Commission鈥檚 Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC)聽 met on July 8. Here are the highlights.

Recommended Course Outline Changes

The meeting opened with members reviewing public comment and recommending the Commission adopt changes to the聽course approval forms for Principles of Real Estate I and II, and Law of Agency. These changes will be considered at the Commission's August 19 meeting.听

星空体育app下载 Meeting Recap: A DFW Affair With Proposed New Rules, Fee Focus, NAR Debrief

Record-breaking attendance made the 星空体育app下载 Meeting in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) a standout and marks the Commission's second out-of-Austin meeting. Branching out of the Texas Capitol Complex in Austin鈥攚here 星空体育app下载 is headquartered鈥攊s an initiative that began last year in an effort to connect with more license holders and Texans. Houston was the first stop in 2023 with roughly 80 attendees.

Watch Out for Rental Fraud Scams in Texas

They are still happening: Real estate leasing scams continue to pose a threat to property owners in Texas, especially in the greater Houston area, prompting the Texas Real Estate Commission (星空体育app下载) to issue warnings such as this press release sent to more than a dozen news outlets鈥攎ost of them based in the southeastern part of the state鈥攊ncluding ,