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Neighborhood Information
Total Homes 532 Median Size 2,943 Median Lot Size 8,513 Average Bedrooms 4.0 Average Bathrooms 2 – 1 Median Year Built 2001 Zip Code 77373 Key Map Grids 292
Spring Lakes, a 250-acre planned community located in a beautifully wooded area off Cypresswood Drive and Lexington Road in north Houston, has grown since 1998 to over 530 homes and offers new and recent construction homes from Houston builders, including DR Horton, Perry, and Village Builders. New construction home prices range from the $130’s to $270’s. Resales in 2007 ranged from the $130’s to low $300’s. Downtown commuters will find easy access available to both I-45 North and the Hardy Toll Road. Neighboring subdivisions include Cypresswood Lake, Enchanted Oaks, North Hill Estates, Park Spring, Lexington Woods, and Lexington Woods North.
Spring Lakes continues to develop toward its total capacity of approximately 800 homes in 15 residential sections. The community provides security to its residents through limited access, gated entries, and a dedicated Harris County Sheriff officer patrol. Homes and greenbelt areas throughout the community are well maintained. Spring Lakes is a deed-restricted community, with an active community association managed by Planned Community Management, Inc. Neighborhood documents are available online at the HOA web site, in addition to community newsletters, a bulletin board, HOA contact information, and active resident groups. Residents are located in the Spring Independent School District. and within the Harris County MUD 249 taxing district, which provides water service, trash collection through Waste Management, and the security patrol service.
Spring Lakes offers 6 acres of community green space to its residents, with 3 lakes and preserved natural greenbelts winding throughout. Walking trails connect the various sections of the community. Amenities include a community recreation center, with swimming pool, tennis and volleyball courts, playground equipment and picnic areas. Spring Lakes is a short distance to the Woodlands Mall and Old Town Spring shopping areas. Extended shopping, dining, and entertainment is close by along the I-45 North Freeway corridor. There are area houses of worship in many denominations.
Spring Lakes Annual Sales Information
Year 2005 2006 2007 List Price (LP) $219,914 $211,567 $231,555 Sales Price (SP) $211,163 $200,604 $221,094 SP/LP Ratio 96.0% 94.8% 95.5% Avg SP/SqFt $72.99 $73.26 $72.86 Days On Market 105 102 93 Sold Per Month 4.25 6.33 4.50

During the last 12 quarters ending December 2007, the median sales price per square foot increased 7.98% from $67.20 in 1st quarter 2005 to $72.56 per square foot in 4th quarter 2007. The sales average for the three year period was 15.1 homes sold per quarter.
During the past three sales years, the highest median per square foot price was recorded during the 3rd quarter of 2005 — a high of $77.38 per square foot.
Quarterly sales numbers provide a view of seasonal variations as well as year-to-year changes in the sales price per square foot. Spring Lakes continues to grow adding many new single family homes. Median sales prices have remained stable and robust over the past 3 years.
Neighborhood Market Snapshot PDF Report
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Neighborhood Spotlight information and the Neighborhood Market Snapshot report contain MLS data which is current on the report date. However, MLS data is effected by market and economic trends, and changes frequently. Therefore, the report may not reflect current neighborhood market conditions when you view or print it. Request an updated report with the latest MLS neighborhood information for Spring Lakes, or for your neighborhood.
Today’s Houston real estate asking prices are derived from local market conditions based on comparable sales prices paid by home buyers in a particular neighborhood. Despite recent sales volume declines, prices are holding steady across Houston. While that may not be true for all Houston area neighborhoods, there hasn’t been an overall 15% drop in Houston home values. The housing supply is growing — tending to favor home buyers — but it hasn’t increased enough to force home sellers into large double-digit price reductions.
A Houston Chronicle Real Estate discussion posted a few weeks ago asked if Realtors share blame for the mortgage crisis unwinding across the country. Citing dual-licensed Realtors (those holding real estate and mortgage brokers licenses) as part of the problem, some forum participants pointed to the potential conflict of interest between real estate and mortgage brokerage as a reason for the mortgage crisis, while others stated that dual-licensed Realtors couldn’t adequately perform both jobs as agent and mortgage broker. Both could be valid points — yet, the number of Realtors holding a both a real estate and mortgage license isn’t large enough to have contributed to the mortgage crisis in a significant way.
While most housing market indicators have been tracking negative for months, Houston’s median home price for existing single-family housing is positively buoyant despite steady declines in sale volumes in recent months — the median price increased 1.5% in June 2008 when compared to last year. Houston’s residential real estate housing market sales were lower again in June 2008 with a year-to-year sales decline of 15.1% — the slowest June sales volume since 2004. Nationally, sales were down 15.5%. Sales declines were across most property and price classes with the single largest declines in homes priced between $80,000 and $200,000. Pending sales were down over 20% indicating that sales declines will continue. Inventory supply and DOM are up almost 10% in year-to-year comparisons.