Who manages Texas HOAs, and what do they charge?

Who is behind the manager on the certificate?

Among 154 qualifying residential associations in a review of recorded documents, 140 named an outside manager. Principal Management Group of North Texas appeared most often in the Dallas–Fort Worth sample. Goodwin appeared most often in Austin, Inframark in Houston, and Professional Community Management or Associa Hill Country in San Antonio. These are counts within the selected documents.

Some management brands have a common parent. Odevo’s acquisitions brought Spectrum, JellyBird and Worth Ross Management Company into the group. American Securities affiliates acquired RealManage in 2022. Principal Management Group is part of Associa, and FirstService Residential belongs to FirstService Corporation. An acquisition changes who owns the contractor. The homeowners association still has the authority set out in its own governing documents and can delegate work through its management agreement. Odevo’s Spectrum announcement · Odevo’s Worth Ross announcement · RealManage investment announcement

The fee cap covers a specific service

Texas limits the reasonable and necessary charge for the subdivision resale information package to $375 and the charge for a qualifying update to $75. A separate law added a $375 cap for covered condominium resale certificates effective September 1, 2025. The documents can also list transfer services, contributions or assessments, each with its own basis. Before adding charges together, check which ones apply and who receives them. Texas Property Code, Chapter 207 · Enacted SB 711

The sums use the amounts listed at the time of recording. The actual closing may include other charges. In the narrowest comparison, ten of eleven certificates with a separately stated standard resale price showed $375 and one showed $340. Even within a manager, transfer charges differed. The recorded fees identify a particular association and service rather than a fixed rate for every community managed by a company. Beacon Hill certificate · Canyon West certificate · Provence certificate

Collection costs can exceed the assessment

In a Harris County dispute involving Park Spring, an appeals court upheld a judgment and order of sale. The listed components included about $382 in remaining assessments and $4,237 in trial attorney fees. The case also involved a maintenance injunction, so the legal bill reflected more work than collecting the remaining balance. In the Travis County Blackhawk case, the HOA’s lien was invalidated and the homeowner’s fee award was affirmed. The case outcomes show why the notice, authority and itemized ledger matter when a charge is disputed. Park Spring appellate opinion · Blackhawk appellate opinion

How we got this

The November 10, 2026 registry snapshot held 17,459 entries, including amended filings and entries with missing or unusable county labels. The review selected 20 property-owners-association entries in each of nine counties and deduplicated the underlying records. It compared 173 dated fee lines and reviewed seven court disputes. Counts cover the selected associations rather than statewide market shares. For a sale, ask the association for its latest county-recorded certificate and a written, itemized statement of the amounts due and their recipients. TREC management-certificate guidance