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Neighborhood Guides
Kyle neighborhoods
Kyle area guide6 Creeks
Building
6 Creeks is a large master-planned community on Kyle's west side, off Old Stagecoach Road. Several builders offer single-family homes on lots of different widths, and greenbelts and trails run between the sections.
Anthem
Building
Anthem is a master-planned community on FM 150 in west Kyle, built on former ranch land with protected open space along the Mustang Branch greenbelt. Several builders have built here, including the newer Freedom at Anthem section.
Bunton Creek
Established
Bunton Creek is a multi-phase subdivision in east Kyle that includes the Bunton Creek Reserve section, with a community pool, playground and trails.
Crosswinds
Building
Crosswinds is a 445-acre master-planned community east of I-35 in Kyle, off Windy Hill Road. Several builders offer single-family homes, and trails connect parks across about 130 acres of open space.
Cypress Forest
Established
Cypress Forest is a subdivision of about 130 acres and 340 homesites near Center Street and Old Stagecoach Road, planned to keep its wooded character. Homes sit on 55- to 80-foot lots.
Hometown Kyle
Established
Hometown Kyle is a master-planned neighborhood just west of downtown Kyle, with landscaped, tree-lined streets along Hometown Parkway.
Meadow Woods
Established
Meadow Woods is one of Kyle's older neighborhoods, in the northwest part of town near FM 150. Most homes date from the 1980s and 1990s and sit on larger lots with mature trees, a contrast to the newer master-planned communities nearby.
Plum Creek
Established; later sections (Plum Creek North) still building
Plum Creek is one of Kyle's original master-planned communities, laid out on new-urbanist ideas: sidewalks, trails and parks connect the neighborhoods to nearby shops, and the Urban Land Institute profiled it as the first large-scale community of its kind in the Austin area.
Prairie on the Creek
Established
Prairie on the Creek is an early-2000s neighborhood east of I-35 off Goforth Road, with one- and two-story homes, many with brick exteriors.
Steeplechase
Established
Steeplechase is an established neighborhood east of I-35 off Goforth and Lehman roads, with one- and two-story homes built from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s.
Waterleaf
Established
Waterleaf is a KB Home subdivision of roughly 1,000 homes near I-35 and FM 150, bordered by parkland.
Waterstone
Building
Waterstone is a Lennar master-planned community in south Kyle with single-family and multigenerational home designs.
Looking to buy a home in Kyle, Texas? Whether you're a first-time homebuyer, relocating from Austin, or searching for more space for your family, Kyle offers value, amenities and an easy drive up I-35. Popular neighborhoods like Plum Creek, Anthem and 6 Creeks provide options for every stage of life and budget.
Buda neighborhoods
Buda area guideBradfield Village
Established
Bradfield Village is an 80-acre neighborhood planned in a traditional small-town style: front porches on every home and detached rear garages on many. The developer donated half of the site to become the City of Buda's Bradfield Park.
Carpenter Hill
Established
Carpenter Hill is a newer neighborhood on Buda's west side off FM 967, with homes on small to mid-sized lots. Elevation changes, greenbelt pockets and a pond give it more Hill Country character than a typical subdivision, and some homes have views.
Cullen Country
Established
Cullen Country is an established single-family neighborhood in west Buda.
Elm Grove
Established
Elm Grove is a single-family neighborhood in Buda next to the 15-acre Garlic Creek greenbelt, a short drive from downtown Buda.
Garlic Creek
Established
Garlic Creek is a master-planned neighborhood on Buda's northwest side, next to the Garlic Creek greenbelt and Garlic Creek Park.
Leisurewoods
Established
Leisurewoods is an established 1980s subdivision north of Buda, near FM 1626 and SH 45. It's known for large, tree-covered lots, some over an acre, and a quieter, older-neighborhood feel.
Meadows at Buda
Established
Meadows at Buda is a single-family neighborhood west of I-35 with homes by Gehan Homes.
Persimmon
New (first homes 2025-2026)
Persimmon is a 775-acre master-planned community by MileStone Community Builders off FM 967 in Buda. The plan calls for single-family homes and townhomes, about 40 acres of commercial land, a school site and a fire/EMS site.
Shadow Creek
Established
Shadow Creek is a master-planned single-family neighborhood southeast of Buda, near FM 2001 and Windy Hill Road. Several builders built homes in phases over roughly a dozen years.
Stonefield
Established
Stonefield is a Lennar-built single-family neighborhood in Buda near I-35, laid out around a 14-acre central park.
Sunfield
Building
Sunfield is a large master-planned community of about 2,800 acres on Buda's east side, reached mainly from I-35 via East Main Street. Several builders offer single-family homes, and the plan also includes multifamily, retail and commercial sites.
Whispering Hollow
Established
Whispering Hollow is a master-planned neighborhood in west Buda on FM 1626, just south of FM 967. Several national and regional builders built its single-family homes.
Buda sits just south of Austin on I-35, with a historic downtown, growing shopping and dining, and neighborhoods ranging from established homes on larger lots to newer master-planned communities.
San Marcos neighborhoods
San Marcos area guideBelvin Street Historic District
Established (historic district)
The Belvin Street Historic District is a residential area near downtown San Marcos, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, with homes from the late 1800s and early 1900s in Late Victorian and Colonial Revival styles.
Blanco Vista
Established; builders still listing homes
Blanco Vista is a 575-acre master-planned community on the banks of the Blanco River in north San Marcos, next to I-35. Several builders built its single-family homes.
Cottonwood Creek
Established
Cottonwood Creek is a single-family subdivision on the east side of San Marcos, with later sections reaching toward SH 123 near Rattler Road.
Hills of Hays
Established
Hills of Hays is an established San Marcos subdivision of single-family homes built in two main phases, finished in 1987 with a newer section in 1996.
Kissing Tree
Building (age-restricted 55+ community)
Kissing Tree is a Brookfield Residential community designated by the developer as an age-restricted active adult community for residents 55 and older. It sits near Hunter and Centerpoint roads and is planned for about 3,200 homes on roughly 1,300 acres.
La Cima
Building
La Cima is a master-planned community of more than 2,000 acres in the Hill Country southwest of San Marcos, off RR 12. More than 800 acres are set aside as parks and open space, including a 45-acre Central Park.
TRACE
Building
TRACE is a 420-acre mixed-use master-planned community on the south side of San Marcos by Highpointe Communities, planned for about 1,000 single-family homes alongside apartments, retail and a business park.
Whisper
Building
Whisper is a master-planned community in north San Marcos on the east side of I-35 near Yarrington Road, where several builders, including Lennar and D.R. Horton in Whisper South, are building one- and two-story homes.
San Marcos is the Hays County seat and home to Texas State University and the spring-fed San Marcos River. Buyers find everything from homes near the university and downtown square to newer neighborhoods along the I-35 corridor.
Austin neighborhoods
Austin area guideCircle C Ranch
Established
Circle C Ranch is one of southwest Austin's largest master-planned communities, with more than 4,600 homes built from the mid-1980s onward between Slaughter Lane and SH 45. The Avaña section at its southern edge extends into Hays County.
Easton Park
Building
Easton Park is a Brookfield Residential master-planned community in southeast Austin near William Cannon Drive and McKinney Falls Parkway, where several builders offer homes.
Goodnight Ranch
Building
Goodnight Ranch is a roughly 700-acre mixed-use community off Slaughter Lane in southeast Austin, mixing single-family homes, townhomes and duplexes with on-site retail and medical services.
Legend Oaks
Established
Legend Oaks is an established southwest Austin neighborhood around Escarpment Boulevard and Convict Hill Road, built mostly in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Meridian
Established
Meridian is a southwest Austin neighborhood near SH 45 and FM 1826, next to Grey Rock Golf Club and close to the Hays County line.
Onion Creek
Established
Onion Creek is a golf-course community in south Austin east of I-35, built around the Onion Creek Club, which opened in 1974 with a course designed by golfer Jimmy Demaret.
Sendera
Established
Sendera is an established southwest Austin neighborhood near MoPac and Brodie Lane.
Shady Hollow
Established
Shady Hollow is an established neighborhood of more than 1,400 homes at the south end of Brodie Lane, developed in phases from the 1970s into the early 2000s, with mature trees throughout.
Tanglewood Forest
Established
Tanglewood Forest is an established south Austin neighborhood near Manchaca Road and Slaughter Lane, built mostly in the 1980s.
Travis Country
Established
Travis Country is an established neighborhood in southwest Austin west of MoPac, bordering the Barton Creek Greenbelt and Barton Creek Wilderness Park.
Village at Western Oaks
Established
Village at Western Oaks is an established southwest Austin neighborhood off William Cannon Drive and Escarpment Boulevard, built from the 1980s into the 2000s among groves of oak trees.
We focus on South and Southwest Austin, the side of the city closest to Buda and Kyle: Circle C, the Slaughter Lane and Manchaca corridors, Southpark Meadows, Oak Hill and the communities along SH 45 and MoPac. Many of our clients compare South Austin against Buda and Kyle on commute, taxes and HOA costs before they decide.
New Braunfels neighborhoods
New Braunfels area guideGruene
Established (historic district)
Gruene is a 19th-century German settlement on the Guadalupe River that New Braunfels annexed in 1979. Its roughly 25-acre core is a National Register historic district that includes Gruene Hall, the dance hall built in 1878.
Legend Point
Established
Legend Point is a KB Home community on Klein Road in the Guadalupe County part of New Braunfels, between South Walnut Avenue and FM 1044.
Mayfair
Building
Mayfair is a SouthStar master-planned community of roughly 2,000 acres on both sides of I-35 just north of New Braunfels, planned around parks and a long trail network.
Meyer Ranch
Building
Meyer Ranch is a master-planned community of more than 700 acres on SH 46 northwest of New Braunfels, where several builders offer single-family homes.
Solms Landing
Building
Solms Landing is a 98-acre mixed-use development east of I-35 in the Creekside area of New Braunfels, combining single-family homes, apartments and planned dining and retail.
The Bluffs on the Guadalupe
New
The Bluffs on the Guadalupe is a 155-acre gated Pulte Homes community on FM 306 with 53 homesites of an acre or more.
Veramendi
Building
Veramendi is a master-planned community of about 2,400 acres northwest of downtown New Braunfels, along Loop 337 and River Road. Several builders offer homes on a range of lot widths, and the plan includes neighborhood retail and two elementary school sites.
Vintage Oaks
Building
Vintage Oaks is a SouthStar Hill Country community of about 3,300 acres along SH 46 west of New Braunfels. Homesites are mostly an acre or larger, with some sections offering 5- to 14-acre tracts, and buyers generally choose their own builder.
New Braunfels sits on I-35 between Austin and San Antonio, on the spring-fed Comal River and the Guadalupe River, with historic Gruene on its north side. Homes range from established neighborhoods near downtown and Landa Park to Hill Country acreage and large master-planned communities along SH 46 and FM 306.