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How are buyers in Plum Creek, Kyle pricing resale homes next to new construction?

By Chris Watters, Broker, Watters International Realty. Last updated October 15, 2026.

Quick answer

Buyers in Plum Creek in Kyle paid 94.7% of original asking over the last 90 days, which reads as a balanced market for the neighborhood as a whole. Your price range decides how much room a buyer expects here: the lowest range went to buyers, while the top range sold close to full asking. About half of the homes sold in Plum Creek over the last twelve months were new construction, and a buyer holds your resale up against those new homes before making an offer. I would price a resale against the latest resale closings in its own range and have it move-in ready before it goes up beside a new Lennar home.

What I analyzed

21 Plum Creek homeowners have trusted my real estate team to sell their home, and that count does not include a single buyer my team has represented. Everything on this page comes from the same MLS record I use to price those homes.

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How much do new homes affect selling a resale in Plum Creek?

New homes weigh heavily on a Plum Creek resale, because about half of the recent sales here were brand new. In the last twelve months, 85 of the 172 closings were new homes.

Lennar has 6 homes for sale in the neighborhood right now. When I walk a resale here with an owner, I assume the buyer has already toured a builder home that same week and is judging yours against new finishes and a builder warranty.

The largest group of resales came from homes built from 2000 through 2014. Those owners cannot compete on age, and in my experience they win buyers on condition and on a first price that already sits where the market is.

How long does it take to sell a home in Plum Creek?

The median Plum Creek home took 48 days to reach a contract over the last twelve months, measured as cumulative days to contract, which keeps counting through a relisting. That is slower than a year earlier, when the median was 34 days to contract in the prior twelve months, and I tell owners to price for that pace from the first day.

Buyers closed on 172 homes here in the last twelve months, against 129 in the prior twelve months.

The mix of those sales changed as well. The median home sold was built in 2012 in the prior twelve months and in 2025 in the last twelve months, and for a resale owner that means a builder is selling to the same buyers you are.

Right now 57 homes are for sale in Plum Creek, which works out to 4.0 months of supply, and most of them already sit below their original asking price.

Are home prices in Plum Creek going up or down?

Prices in Plum Creek sit close to where they were a year ago, but buyers are negotiating harder for them. For direction, I look first at what buyers paid against original asking, and owners here gave buyers more room this past year: homes sold for 95.7% of original asking in the prior twelve months and 93.9% in the last twelve months.

Sale price as a share of original asking in Plum Creek Median, by period. Bars start at 80% so the differences show. Prior twelve months 95.7% (129 sold) Last twelve months 93.9% (172 sold) Last 90 days 94.7% (50 sold) Source: Unlock MLS (ACTRIS) via MLS Grid, pulled October 15, 2026.
Figure 1. Sale price as a share of original asking price in Plum Creek, prior twelve months, last twelve months and last 90 days.

Price per square foot fell from $176 in the prior twelve months to $170 in the last twelve months, and that drop comes mainly from larger homes selling.

The median home sold grew from 1,795 sq ft in the prior twelve months to 1,879 sq ft in the last twelve months. The lot is a fixed cost, and spreading it over more square feet pulls the price per foot down.

Median price per square foot in Plum Creek By period of sale. Bars start at zero. Prior twelve months $176 per sq ft Last twelve months $170 per sq ft Last 90 days $176 per sq ft Source: Unlock MLS (ACTRIS) via MLS Grid, pulled October 15, 2026.
Figure 2. Median price per square foot in Plum Creek, prior twelve months, last twelve months and last 90 days.

Over the last three months, price per square foot came back to $176. Those months ran mostly through summer, and buyers also paid a larger share of original asking then than across the full year.

Taken together, I read these signals as price per foot holding near last year’s level while buyers ask for more off the original price. For an owner here, the first price carries more weight than it did a year ago, and I would set it where recent resales in your range actually closed.

Which price ranges in Plum Creek are selling closest to asking?

The lowest range in the table is a buyer’s market, with homes selling well under their original asking. The middle range is a balanced market, and the top range is a seller’s market where homes sold close to full asking.

Table 1. Homes sold in Plum Creek by price range, last 90 days. Ranges with fewer than 10 sales are left out. Source: Unlock MLS (ACTRIS) via MLS Grid, pulled October 15, 2026.
Price rangeSold in 90 daysMedian sale priceSale price vs original askingFor sale nowMarket in this range
$250,000 to $299,99916$264,50092.5%18buyer's market
$300,000 to $349,99915$324,99094.5%19balanced market
$350,000 to $399,99910$365,00098.6%6seller's market

I price a home at the bottom of Plum Creek differently from one at the top. In the lowest range, more homes are for sale than sold over the last three months, and buyers there have the upper hand. In the top range, fewer homes are for sale than sold over the same stretch, and sellers there hold the stronger hand.

How does Plum Creek compare with the rest of Kyle?

Plum Creek homes reach a contract faster than homes across Kyle. Over the last twelve months, the median home here took 48 days to contract, against 66 days for Kyle as a whole, while buyers paid about the same share of original asking in both.

Supply is a little tighter in Plum Creek, at 4.0 months against 4.7 months across Kyle. When I price a home here, I use Plum Creek sales and leave the Kyle figures aside, because buyers in this neighborhood commit sooner than buyers across the town.

Sell now, or wait?

I would sell now if your home falls in the top price range or is already move-in ready, because buyers in that range are paying close to asking today. If your home needs work, I would finish it before it lists, since a resale here goes up against new Lennar homes from its first day. The owners I see struggle in Plum Creek are the ones who list high and cut later.

Worried your Plum Creek resale gets lost among the new builds?

My team has closed 21 sales in Plum Creek. For a Home Competitor Analysis, my team sets your home beside the homes a buyer in your part of Plum Creek is touring right now, new and resale. Here is what it covers:

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Your situation

If your home is in one of the older sections, get it move-in ready before it lists and price it against the resale closings. A buyer coming from a new Lennar home notices worn carpet and dated fixtures right away, and you are competing with every other resale owner in your section for that same buyer.

If your home would sell under $300,000, set the first price where buyers already are. In that range more homes are for sale than sold over the last three months, and I would rather an owner start at the number recent closings reached than spend weeks cutting toward it.

If your home sits between $350,000 and $399,999, you are in a stronger spot than the neighborhood as a whole. That range sold close to full asking over the last three months with the fewest homes for sale of the three ranges in the table, and I would price close to the recent sales there.

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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.

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Sources: Unlock MLS (ACTRIS) via MLS Grid, my analysis, pulled October 15, 2026. The neighborhood is the MLS subdivision name, combined across 42 recorded spellings and section names. Homes are counted by closing date. Prices as a share of original asking use each home’s original list price.

Last updated October 15, 2026. Closings: twelve months ending October 15, 2026 and the 90 days ending October 15, 2026. Homes for sale: as of October 15, 2026.

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