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Does a Caliterra resale in Dripping Springs compete with builder houses asking far more?

Quick answer

As of October 16, 2026, the three builder listings in Caliterra in Dripping Springs ask a median $1,599,900, against $624,450 for the resale listings. In my read, a resale there competes with other resales first. The twelve months read balanced for Caliterra overall, and a price point changes which market a home is in.

What we analyzed

Sources: Unlock MLS, pulled October 16, 2026.

Selling above $1M? Part of this market never goes online

The figures on this page describe the public side of this market, the sales that were listed in the MLS. Above $1M in the Austin area, a large share of sales are never listed there and never appear online.

Those sales trade on a broker-to-broker private network, and I am a participating broker. Only the agents and brokers who do most of the business at this price point use it, and a surprising number of agents do not know it exists because they do not sell in this range. It covers homes, lots, ranches and condos priced over $1M, and much of it is waterfront or in the Austin core, West Austin, Westlake and Rollingwood, where prices run past $1.5M.

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40 Dripping Springs homeowners have trusted my real estate team to sell their home in the MLS, and that count doesn’t include a single buyer we’ve represented. Everything on this page comes from the same MLS record we used to price those homes.

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Every number on this page covers Caliterra only. What the Dripping Springs market as a whole means for a seller is on Selling in Dripping Springs, TX? What to know from Heritage to Driftwood.

Last updated October 16, 2026. Sales data covers the 90 days ending October 15, 2026 and the twelve months ending the same day (Unlock MLS via MLS Grid); listing inventory as of October 16, 2026.

Which builders are listing in Caliterra?

Drees Custom Homes and Aced Custom Homes have three listings in Caliterra, asking from $1,499,999 to $2,299,900. They sit in two of the MLS groups, the 110′ group and Phase One, Section Two, and the table shows them beside the resales.

Table 1. Builder listings in Caliterra by builder name on the MLS record, as of October 16, 2026; 3 builder listings of 13 homes for sale. Source: Unlock MLS.

BuilderListingsAsking rangeMedian asking
Drees Custom Homes2$1,599,900 to $2,299,900$1,949,900
Aced Custom Homes1$1,499,999 to $1,499,999$1,499,999

The other ten homes for sale are resales with a much lower asking price. A resale seller in Caliterra is mostly competing with other resales, and the builder houses set the top of what a buyer sees.

Where else in town builders list is on Is your Dripping Springs buyer touring David Weekley Homes or M/I Homes next?

What a square foot sold for in Caliterra Median price per square foot of homes that sold, periods ending October 15, 2026. Dripping Springs shown for comparison. Caliterra, 90 days $255 Caliterra, twelve months $259 Caliterra, prior twelve months $255 Dripping Springs, twelve months $250 Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 16, 2026.
Figure 1. Median price per square foot of homes that sold: Caliterra, 90 days $255; Caliterra, twelve months $259; Caliterra, prior twelve months $255; Dripping Springs, twelve months $250. Periods end October 15, 2026; the prior twelve months end one year earlier. Source: Unlock MLS, pulled October 16, 2026.

How many Caliterra sellers have already cut their price?

More than half of the homes for sale in Caliterra have come down from where they started, 61.5% as of October 16, 2026. Priced below original asking is how I count a cut, and the MLS does not record why a seller made one.

Every builder listing has cut. Among the resales, about half have.

The resales are young listings. A typical one has been on the market 14 days so far, and a typical builder listing 176.

The pipeline shows 1 home active under contract and 2 pending. A seller who opens high is likely to be read next to homes that already moved, and in my read that makes the first price matter more than a later cut.

What have Caliterra homes sold for over the past year?

Only 7 homes closed in Caliterra in the last three months, against 13 in the same three months last year, so I read the twelve months.

Price per square foot, the figure I read first, was $259 over the past twelve months against $255 in the twelve months before. In my read, the space held its price while the median followed the size and age of the homes that sold.

Over those twelve months 50 homes closed at a median $842,500, against $889,800 in the twelve months before.

The typical home took 56 days to reach a contract across the twelve months, and Caliterra’s median living area in the latest three months was 3,731 square feet.

Table 2. Caliterra sales in each period. Each row stands on its own. Source: Unlock MLS.

PeriodSoldMedian sale priceMedian days on marketShare of original asking pricePrice per square foot
90 days ending October 15, 20267$897,50041 days94.5%$255
Same 90 days, 2025 (July 18, 2025 to October 15, 2025)13$899,00090 days96.9%$234
Twelve months ending October 15, 202650$842,50056 days94.2%$259
Prior twelve months (October 16, 2024 to October 15, 2025)53$889,80079 days91.3%$255

Caliterra sits above the town on price per square foot, $259 against $250 for Dripping Springs as a whole. On the share of original asking it is level with the town, 94.2% against 94.4%, and both read balanced, each for its own geography. A price point changes which market a home is in. The wider picture is on Selling in Dripping Springs, TX? What to know from Heritage to Driftwood.

Table 3. Caliterra beside Dripping Springs as a whole, 90 days and twelve months ending October 15, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS.

MeasureCaliterra, 90 daysDripping Springs, 90 daysCaliterra, twelve monthsDripping Springs, twelve months
Homes sold715350696
Median sale price$897,500$630,000$842,500$646,500
Median days on market41 days62 days56 days53 days
Share of original asking price94.5%93.8%94.2%94.4%
Price per square foot (median)$255$242$259$250

Does my price range change how Caliterra reads for me?

Caliterra’s prices run across many ranges, and none had enough sales in the last three months to carry a table. I read them on the twelve-month basis, each for that range alone.

Homes in the $900,000 to $999,999 range closed at buyer’s-market prices over the twelve months, which is the reading for that range alone.

Sales from $1,250,000 to $1,499,999 sit in balanced territory on the same basis, again for that range alone.

The 110′ group carries the highest median sale price over the twelve months, with a median build year of 2025, and the subdivision table lists it with the other groups.

Table 4. Caliterra subdivisions by closings in the twelve months ending October 15, 2026, with the median build year of what sold and the count for sale as of October 16, 2026. Source: Unlock MLS.

Subdivision (MLS name)Sold, twelve monthsMedian sale priceMedian build yearFor sale
Caliterra12$815,00020232
Caliterra, 80′6$848,50020250
Caliterra, 110′6$1,379,47820252
Caliterra Ph Three Sec Nine5$540,00020211
Caliterra Ph Two Sec Seven5$870,00020201
Caliterra Ph Four Sec 124n/an/a1
Caliterra Ph Two Sec Eight3n/an/a1
Caliterra Ph Four Sec 112n/an/a3
Caliterra, 70′2n/an/a0
Caliterra Ph One Sec Two2n/an/a1

Where should a Caliterra seller go next?

A seller choosing a listing date should begin with Sell your Dripping Springs home now, or wait? What a year of sales shows. A seller whose home is already live and quiet should begin with Why does a Dripping Springs listing sit? Check it against the homes around it. The question of what a buyer will pay is on Does your Dripping Springs appraisal tell you what a buyer will pay?

Does this page apply to your home?

These figures describe the MLS subdivision named Caliterra, and your price range decides how closely they fit. Run your address to see your part of it.

Your situation

Caliterra pairs a handful of builder houses asking well above the rest with resales that have only recently listed. A buyer comparing them sees a wide spread, and the resales that have already cut set the number yours is read against.

For your house: if a buyer lines yours up beside the listings that have cut, what in yours supports the price you have in mind?

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About Watters International Realty in Dripping Springs

Watters International Realty is a Texas real estate brokerage, and I am its broker of record. This page is based on Unlock MLS data analyzed on October 16, 2026. 40 homes sold by Watters International Realty in Dripping Springs (Unlock MLS, all time).

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Chris Watters, Broker, Watters International Realty. Texas Real Estate Commission license #567369. Broker of record for a Texas brokerage serving the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Killeen-Temple-Waco metros.