About McLennan County, TX

Well the answer is Yes. That would Be a USDA loan. For the time being they do not have score over lays that require a 620 to even be considered. However in practical application 580 is about the lowest that you can get by with. These loans are not available everywhere and have some restrictions so it is important to talk to a mortgage professional to get up to date information. Check out my Wesite WWW.primarytexas.com

Downtown Waco Venues

IT is exciting to see and watch Waco Grow! There are so many awesome venues that have been added to downtown and still to come, if you are looking for night life or just a place to have good food, it can be found.

Austin Avenue's new restaurants, bars and cultural venues make a great scene for downtown nightlife. Showcasing live music 4 nights a week at Austin's on The Avenue, it is a great place to meet your friends downtown, as is the 5^th Street Ice House. The city's best fine dining experience is without a doubt at the Green Room Grille. Dinner at the Green Room and a drink at Austin's can both be accomplished either before or after taking in a musical or movie at the historic Hippodrome theater. Take in a gallery show and what is one of Waco's most exciting fine art galleries, the Croft Gallery.

If night life is not your cup of tea there are plenty of great things to do in downtown before the sun goes down. Flowers at Bloomingals, antiques and home decor at Bloom and Be Swanky or trips to Spice, The Shops at River Square and Honey's Home + Style should satisfy your shopping itch. If you are hungry after shopping all day, there are plenty of great places to eat lunch downtown. The best sandwiches in town can be had downtown. Downtown pioneers Schmaltz's Sandwich Shop and the Olive Branch, which has recently relocated to Waco Town Square, have both been around for years and new options are consistently springing up like Se Cocina which is offering up a white tablecloth twist on traditional Mexican Cuisine. Café Cappuccino also offers up local favorites for breakfast and lunch 7 days a week.

Whatever you're looking for be it living, working, playing; or all of the above it can all be done downtown.

If you are intersted in acquiring downtown Waco Real Esate, please do not hesitate to contact us (254) 638-0898 or visit our website at MoveWithIRG.com.

The good news is that we are still doing better with our average sales price than we did last year. Our numbers are looking good and all this bad news that you hear on the TV, Radio, Etc, is not really effecting Waco, Texas. If you are wanting to look at all the areas individuals numbers please feel free to click here market reports.

 Waco/Texas Housing Market Reports

I’ve written about this before, but think it is worth repeating a very useful and reputable resource for finding out about Housing Market Reports in Waco and all of Texas. Not only that, there are other great pieces of Texas Real Estate related information and data given on this site.

The Real Estate Center Website has extensive monthly data posted that dates back multiple years including sales numbers, median prices and months inventory. If you are looking to compare year to year or just month to month, a quick glance can give you a very powerful education as to what is happening in the Waco or other Texas markets.

Of course, these statistics are market wide and do not single out specific neighborhoods. But for a general outlook, they are valuable bits of information.

If you need to know more about a particular neighborhood or home, it’s best to consult with a real estate professional that is knowledgeable in your area. As with any profession, those that work on a day to day basis in their field are typically the most knowledgeable.  

WACO HOUSING MARKET REPORTS 

"I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason."

Stanley Baldwin

Last night I was watching my favorite show, Desperate Housewives. There was a handyman who went over the wife's head to the husband everytime a decision had to be made. The wife got offended and fired him. The husband went to talk to him and told him being in charge made his wife feel safe, so he let her be in charge, even though a lot of people thought she walked all over him. But as a husband his job was to make her feel safe.

That is what our job is with out real estate clients. Sometimes the wife is in charge and some times the husband has the more dominant personality. If you know and use the DISC personality assessment, or if your just really good at reading people, it won't take you long to figure out who will be making the decision. But don't ignore either of them.

Your job is to make them both feel safe with their home search and home choice.