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A traveling exhibit about Smart Meters is coming to Waco. It will be in the Lowe's parking lot, corner of New Road and Franklin, on Tuesday April 13th from 3 to 7 pm and Wednesday April 14th from 10 am to 2 pm. Oncor is getting ready to install Smart Meters in homes in Waco and Mclennan County. A...

March is the beginning of the busiest time of the year for real estate sales. That is when most people start looking so they can move during the summer and get settled in to their new home before the next school year begins. In February 2010 there were 140 homes sold. So how did March 2010 stack ...

Last May during the Keller Williams Red Day, the Waco KW office chose as their project restoring the Putt  Putt Golf course at Lions Park. We did what we could that day, cleaning and painting. But there is a lot more to be done, and this time the entire Waco Association of Realtors has gotten inv...

There was small drop in home sales in Waco and McLennan county this last month. That is probably due to an unusually cold February. Buyers weren't out unless they had to be. But the good news is that the average sales price was about the same as February of last year, and the days on the market i...

More great tips for your sellers who are pet lovers. Selling your house can be challenging when you have pets and I'm going to focus today on your CAT. Your furry friend and family member. I've got three myself so I understand and can empathize with my selling clients when it comes to this subjec...

Let's start this months market report with a review of last year. In January 2009 there were 100 residential properties sol in Waco/McLennan County. The average list price was $118,653 and the average sold price was $111,385 with an average DOM (days on the market) of 162 . Total residential sale...

Since I support Fuzzy Friends, a no-kill animal shelter, by donating a percentage of my commissions, as well as being the owner slave of 3 cats, I had to repost this blog.It all depends on which statistics you read, Home Staging for Dummies claims claims that about half of the potential buyers th...

Help this fellow Rainer if you can.We have a fellow rainer who needs our help.  Liz Carter with Liz Carter and Team Realty is in desperate need of a double lung and liver transplant. This extensive surgery will require blood at very short notice so her firm is having a blood drive for both Liz an...

     This time of year, Realtors go into hibernation and wait for buyers to come out in the spring like the groundhog waiting for his shadow. Not at Keller Williams Waco!      One of our top agents, Annie Dollahon, came up with a game called "Survivor Real Estate". Twenty people decided to partic...

I have given you monthly market reports for Waco and Mclennan county real estate, but since it is a shiny new year I thought I would give you a market snapshot for the last year. In 2009 there were 3,507 residential properties listed and 2,109 or 60% of them sold. That means we have 8 months of i...