Realtor in Temple, TX: Taylor Dasch — EG Realty

How does Taylor work with buyers and sellers?

The process is simple on both sides: real data in, straight answers out, and no manufactured urgency.

Buyers: a direct MLS portal set up around your actual criteria (not a wide net to inflate activity), then a written analysis of any home you’re serious about — comps, price history, school district verification, and the problems, not just the selling points. First-time buyers get the same treatment plus a plain-English walkthrough of the contract and closing costs.

Sellers: pricing built from closed comps, not from what wins the listing appointment; professional photos and video; a 90-day marketing plan; and a written update every week whether there’s news or not. Start with a home valuation based on real Bell County sales.

What Taylor will not do: pressure you into an offer to hit a monthly number, or quote your home above market to win the listing and then walk the price down. An overpriced listing goes stale, and stale listings sell for less — the sold case studies show what that costs.

What do Taylor’s clients say?

Clients consistently point to the same two things: straight answers and responsiveness. Every review below is published on Google. A few examples, with more on the testimonials page:

The clearest proof piece is 7713 Purvis Drive: the home sat unsold under a previous listing until it expired, Taylor relisted it, and it sold. The full numbers — both list prices and both days-on-market counts — are documented in the 7713 Purvis sold case study.

Is it expensive to live in Temple, Texas?

Temple is affordable on purchase price and expensive on property taxes — both halves of that sentence matter. The median list price is $284,900 across 812 active listings, with a median 1,839 square feet (July 2026 Bell County MLS). Compared to Austin or the Dallas–Fort Worth suburbs, that price buys meaningfully more house.

The honest negative: property taxes. On the Temple ISD side of town, the 2025 combined rate is about $2.35 per $100 of assessed value — Bell County ($0.3128) + City of Temple ($0.6999) + Temple ISD ($1.1372) + Temple College ($0.2017), per the Tax Appraisal District of Bell County’s 2025 rate table. Texas has no state income tax, which is the offset, and the $140,000 school-district homestead exemption (2025) takes real money off the school portion of the bill for owner-occupants. But if you’re moving from a low-property-tax state, run the numbers before you set a budget. Full breakdowns: Temple TX property taxes and cost of living in Temple.

What is the best neighborhood to live in Temple, Texas?

There is no single best neighborhood in Temple — there’s a best neighborhood for your price point, commute, and school-district requirements, and anyone who names one without asking those three questions is guessing.

• Under $250,000: Canyon Creek, Western Hills, and Cimarron carry the most inventory in this band, with Oak Ridge and Heritage Place close behind (Bell County MLS analysis).
• New construction: Lake Pointe, Mesa Ridge, and The Parks at Westfield are the active corridors — all three sit among Temple’s highest active-listing subdivisions in the July 2026 MLS pull.

The full breakdown, with price bands and school zoning, is on best neighborhoods in Temple TX and the neighborhoods hub.

Relocating to Baylor Scott & White Temple?

Baylor Scott & White is Temple’s largest employer, with more than 7,000 employees in Temple alone (per the Temple EDC), and BSW Temple operates the only Level I trauma center between Dallas and Austin — which is why physicians, residents, and nurses make up a steady share of Temple’s inbound moves. Taylor works this lane weekly: matching commute-to-campus times, contract start dates, and physician loan timelines against actual inventory.

If that’s your move, start on the pages built for it: BSW physician relocation for physicians and residents, or the broader Baylor Scott & White relocation guide for nurses, staff, and everyone else joining the system.

PCSing to Fort Hood (formerly Fort Cavazos)?

Fort Hood — renamed Fort Cavazos in 2023, then renamed back to Fort Hood on June 11, 2025 — houses roughly 38,000 soldiers, and its housing market runs on BAH math. For 2026, the Fort Hood military housing area pays an E-5 with dependents $1,695/month and an O-3 with dependents $2,340/month; rates are set by the MHA, not by zip code, so the same BAH covers Killeen, Harker Heights, Belton, and much of Temple.

One thing stated plainly: Taylor is not prior service and won’t pretend otherwise. He’s a data analyst who knows the corridor — which neighborhoods sit inside a 25-minute gate commute, where BAH actually covers a mortgage payment versus rent, and how to run a PCS timeline when you’re buying sight-unseen from another duty station. Start with the military relocation guide and the Fort Hood BAH calculator.

Buying investment property in Temple or Bell County?

Temple’s investor case rests on verifiable demand drivers, not hype. Meta is building an $800 million, roughly 900,000-square-foot data center on 393 acres in Temple — already partially operational, with construction running through 2026 and about 100 permanent operational jobs. A second project — Rowan’s 300 MW data center campus on 707 acres off Bob White Road — carries an estimated $700 million to $1.2 billion investment. Add BSW’s 7,000-plus Temple employees generating constant rental demand near the medical campus, and a city population of 101,765 growing about 3.41% per year (2026 est., World Population Review), and the fundamentals are real.

They are not automatic, though. Data-center construction jobs are temporary, operational headcounts are small, and cash flow at today’s rates is thin on most single-family buys — Taylor runs the actual numbers, including the deals that don’t pencil. Start at the investing hub and the data center impact analysis.

What areas does Taylor cover?

Taylor covers Bell County: Temple, Belton, Salado, Troy, Morgan’s Point Resort, Harker Heights, and Killeen. His deepest street-level knowledge is Temple and Belton plus the commute zones feeding Baylor Scott & White and Fort Hood — if your search runs well outside that footprint, he’ll say so and point you to someone closer. Current inventory across the county is searchable from homes for sale in Temple TX.

FAQ: working with a realtor in Temple, TX

How do I choose a realtor in Temple, TX?

Check three things: closed transactions in Bell County specifically, reviews from the past 12 months, and whether the agent knows your situation — medical relocation, military PCS, or investing. Taylor Dasch of EG Realty ranks #28 of 2,013 Bell County agents and works all three lanes daily. Temple is a submarket-driven town; an out-of-area generalist will miss things like Wyndham Hill being zoned to Academy ISD, not Temple ISD. Full checklist: how to choose a real estate agent in Temple.

Is it expensive to live in Temple, Texas?

Temple is affordable on purchase price but not on property taxes. The median list price is $284,900 across 812 active listings (July 2026 Bell County MLS), and Texas has no state income tax. The offset: Temple’s combined property tax rate is about $2.35 per $100 of assessed value (2025), applied after the $140,000 school-district homestead exemption.

What is the median home price in Temple, TX right now?

The median list price in Temple is $284,900, with a median 65 days on market, as of the July 2026 Bell County MLS data. Homes under $250,000 cluster in neighborhoods like Canyon Creek, Western Hills, and Cimarron, while new construction in Lake Pointe, Mesa Ridge, and The Parks at Westfield generally runs higher.

What areas does Taylor Dasch serve?

Taylor covers Bell County: Temple, Belton, Salado, Troy, Morgan’s Point Resort, Harker Heights, and Killeen. His deepest street-level coverage is Temple and Belton, plus the commute zones for Baylor Scott & White Temple and Fort Hood. He is based in Temple at EG Realty.

Does it cost anything to hire a buyer’s agent in Temple, TX?

Buyer-agent compensation is negotiable and set in a written buyer representation agreement before touring homes, as required since the 2024 NAR settlement changes. In most Temple transactions the seller still offers to cover some or all of the buyer’s agent fee, but it is no longer automatic. Taylor walks through exactly how this works in the first call — before you sign anything.