Question 1

Does Denton County's price spread change how conventional financing works here?

Accepted Answer

It changes the loan size you're underwriting, not the program. Denton County mid-tier values ran $353,757 in the city of Denton, $358,240 in Sanger and $335,829 in Krum as of June 2026, all comfortably inside conforming loan limits. Flower Mound ($616,639) and Highland Village ($596,949) run roughly $240,000 to $280,000 above those markets, so the loan amount, the down payment and the reserves all move with the submarket. Both ends of the county run through the same conventional file, but a Krum duplex and a Flower Mound single-family are two different conversations about loan size, and we have that conversation before we quote a rate.

Question 2

Is a smaller loan amount on the low end of the county still worth financing conventionally?

Accepted Answer

Usually yes, but say the number out loud early. A purchase near Krum's $335,829 mid-tier or Sanger's $358,240 mid-tier, especially with a down payment, can land as a smaller loan balance than a lender's conventional file is built to process efficiently. That is a conversation about loan size and economics, not eligibility. Tell us the purchase price and the down payment up front and we'll tell you plainly whether conventional or one of our other purchase programs is the better fit for that specific loan amount.

Question 3

What does the property tax escrow actually run on a Denton investment property?

Accepted Answer

Budget roughly $1.99 per $100 of value inside the city of Denton, before any special district, and confirm the parcel before you lock a payment. That stack is Denton County's own rate of $0.185938 per $100 for FY 2025-2026, plus the City of Denton's $0.595420 per $100 for FY 2025-26, plus a Denton ISD rate reported around $1.2069 per $100. An investment property gets none of the relief an owner-occupant does: no homestead exemption, no 10% homestead appraisal cap. On a conventional file that escrow number feeds your qualifying payment directly, so pull the parcel's actual bill from Denton Central Appraisal District rather than pricing off the seller's statement.

Question 4

Should I use conventional financing on a rental near the 380 corridor's special tax districts?

Accepted Answer

Run the number before you assume conventional pencils the same way it does closer to Denton proper. Communities on the 380 corridor, like Paloma Creek, sit inside multiple Fresh Water Supply Districts stacking their own ad valorem tax on top of the county, city and ISD rates, and Ownwell reports Savannah's effective rate running around 2.22%, the highest in the county. That heavier stack raises the qualifying payment on a conventional file the same way it presses a DSCR coverage ratio. Confirm which special districts sit on the parcel before you underwrite the deal, not after.

Question 5

Conventional or DSCR for a rental in the city of Denton right now?

Accepted Answer

Documented income is often the stronger file inside the city limits. Zillow put city of Denton rent at $1,480 in June 2026, down 4.1% year over year, while Flower Mound rent rose 3.2% to $2,404 over the same span, so the two submarkets do not underwrite to the same rent-growth assumption. A DSCR loan qualifies on the rent, and a softer Denton rent line presses directly on the coverage ratio. Conventional financing qualifies on you instead, and with the city of Denton's roughly $1.99 per $100 tax stack landing in the escrow either way, it's often the lower long-term cost when your income supports it. Send us the address and the rent roll and we'll run both.

Question 6

Does 20% down mean the same number in Krum as it does in Flower Mound?

Accepted Answer

No. The percentage holds at 20%, but the dollars do not. We go up to 80% LTV on a non-owner-occupied purchase, so on a $335,000 purchase near Krum's $335,829 mid-tier that is $268,000 financed and $67,000 from you (335,000 x 80% = 268,000). In Flower Mound, where the mid-tier runs $616,639, the same percentage is a much larger number, which is the practical reason the submarket conversation comes before the rate conversation. Subject to underwriting.

Question 7

Is there a minimum credit score for a conventional investment loan in Denton?

Accepted Answer

It starts at 580 on this program. That is the lowest floor on anything we write off documented income, below the 640 floor on a DSCR or bank statement file. Conventional is fully documented in exchange, so expect tax returns, pay stubs and reserves. If your score clears 580 but the paperwork does not, DSCR is the usual answer on a Denton rental. Subject to underwriting.

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