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New Texas REALTORS® Form: Addendum Regarding Rental Flood Disclosure

December 09, 2021 / 2 years ago

During the 87th Texas Legislature, a change in law passed that requires landlords to give notice to prospective residential tenants if the landlords are aware that the rental dwelling is located in a 100-year floodplain or whether the re...

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Landlords: Flood form meets disclosure requirements

January 31, 2022 / 2 years ago

This new addendum is available from all approved Texas REALTORS® form vendors and is available to members at texasrealestate.com/realtorforms. The Addendum Regarding Rental Flood Disclosure meets disclosure requirements that went i...

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Get Clarity About Flood Risks and Disclosure Requirements

December 06, 2019 / 4 years ago

With the recent flood events and updates made by the Texas Legislature to the Seller's Disclosure Notice, sellers, buyers, and agents have questions. Join FEMA staff during the next Texas REALTORS® Legal Series webinar on December 11 at...

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Talk With Your Clients About Flood Insurance

August 26, 2020 / 3 years ago

These questions and answers were provided to Texas REALTORS® by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Why Should I Talk to my Clients About Flood Insurance? Flooding can happen anywhere at any time. Encourage your clients to...

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Demystifying Flood-Related Terms and Risks

February 25, 2020 / 4 years ago

A representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered a webinar to Texas REALTORS® in December about flood terminology, flood events, risk information, and flood-related questions on the Seller’s Disclosure Notice. ...

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Are There 'No-Risk' Areas on Flood Maps?

December 16, 2019 / 4 years ago

Everyone lives in an area with some measure of flood risk, according to Gilbert Giron, of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who this month led a webinar for Texas REALTORS®. In fact, a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) provided by ...