Pflugerville, TX

Earlier today, I met with my friend Debbie Ates at Wilshire Homes (Commons at Rowe Lane) and she requested that I update my previous video about Stone Hill Town Center.

This new shopping center is located less than two miles from my home in the Blackhawk area.  There are plenty of other neighborhoods in the area, including Falcon Pointe, Highland Park North, Commons at Rowe Lane, Villages at Hidden Lake, Avalon, and more.

This video turned out a bit longer than I was planning at almost 4 minutes, but I hope you find it to be helpful.  Thanks!

As a six-year resident of the Blackhawk area and a 13-year resident of Pflugerville, I like to keep an eye on the market values here in the area. When the toll roads opened two years ago, the prices started trending upward and they have continued to appreciate overall, although more slowly right now, with some tough economic factors at play. As a fellow homeowner in Blackhawk, this stuff is important to me, too!

Currently, there are 12 resale homes available on the MLS in the Fairways, with an average asking price of $237,104. The average square footage for these homes is 2,737, for an average price per square foot of $88.74.

There are 6 homes under contract presently in the subdivision, with an average asking price of $211,695, and an average size of 2,691 ($78.67/square foot).

Over the past quarter (January 1st through today), there were only 2 sales closed within the Fairways of Blackhawk. With such a small sample set, averages wouldn't really mean much in this case.

In other area news:

Located at the southwest corner of the intersection of the aforementioned toll roads (45 and 130), Stone Hill Town Center is now partially open, and it promises over 1,000,000 square feet of shopping and entertainment upon completion. Home Depot, SuperTarget, Best Buy Verizon Wireless, and Mattress Firm are now open, soon to be followed by Bealls, Dick's Sporting Goods, several retail clothing stores, Chick Fil-A, and much more.

If you are living in another area around Austin and you are interested in seeing the trends in your particular neighborhood, please don't hesitate to contact me, and I can create a custom report for you. All of my contact information is below.

If you are considering selling your home in the Fairways of Blackhawk (or anywhere in the general Austin area), please feel free to give me a call. I would love the opportunity to help you get it sold quickly. You can visit my primary Austin real estate website at www.austintexashomes.com. You can also reach me anytime on my cell phone at 512-796-7653 or via email at jason@austintexashomes.com. Thanks for checking out this brief analysis!

As a resident of the Meadows of Blackhawk for over six years now, I like to keep an eye on the property values in the area. Ever since the toll roads opened a couple of years ago, demand has remained reasonably strong despite a rocky real estate market in 2008.

Currently, there are 19 homes available in the Meadows, with an average asking price of $204,915. The average square footage for these homes is 2,455, for an average price per square foot of $84.57.

Presently, there are 5 homes under contract in the subdivision, with an average listing price of $176,598, and an average square footage of 2,258, yielding an average price per square foot of $80.74. This is about six dollars per square foot higher than prices for 2008.

Over the past three months (January 1st through today), there were 10 sales closed within Meadows of Blackhawk. The average listing price was $183,119 and the average sales price was $181,915. This means that homes sold for approximately 99.3% of the list price. This number does not account for any seller-paid closing costs, nor does it include any price reductions.

The average number of days on the market for this initial quarter was 111, which is higher than the average for the entire Austin MLS. The square footage of the homes sold averaged 2,328, and the price per square foot for the sales was $79.19.

In other area news:

Located at the southwest corner of the intersection of the aforementioned toll roads (45 and 130), Stone Hill Town Center is slated to fully open within a few months, and it promises roughly 1,000,000 square feet of shopping and entertainment. Home Depot, Best Buy, SuperTarget, Verizon Wireless, and Mattress Firm are now open, soon to be followed by Bealls, several retail clothing stores, a number of restaurants, and more.

To read more details about this center and to see a list of stores and restaurants, check out my recent article here:

Stone Hill Town Center - Pflugerville, Texas Shopping - UPDATE!

If you would like to see the proposed layout, you can visit the developer's website and see the site plan here:

http://www.newquestproperties.com/property_retail/property/Stone%20Hill%20Town%20Center/SitePlan/pfu5-07.pdf

If you are a consumer living in another area around Austin and you are interested in seeing the trends in your particular neighborhood, please don't hesitate to contact me, and I can create a custom report for you. All of my contact information is below.

If you are considering selling your home in the Meadows of Blackhawk (or anywhere in the general Austin area), please feel free to give me a call. I would love the opportunity to help you get it sold quickly. Also, You can visit my primary Austin real estate website at www.austintexashomes.com. You can also reach me anytime on my cell phone at 512-796-7653 or via email at jason@austintexashomes.com. Thanks for checking out this brief analysis!

I have lived in Pflugerville now for 14 years. My wife and I bought our first home here in 1995, and our second, much larger home in late 2002 in the Blackhawk area.

Over the years, the landscape has changed far more dramatically than we could have anticipated. Back then, I still remember my mother-in-law saying, "Enjoy this farmland around you while you can. It probably won't last."

While much of the open land is still there, we have seen the addition of two major toll roads which intersect about 1.5 miles from my home. At this intersection (45 & 130), there is a giant new commercial development which is now open with many more stores and restaurants to come.

When we moved here years ago, we had to drive at least 10 minutes to get to the nearest grocery store. Now, there are FOUR grocery options within about 5 minutes, including three different H-E-B stores and a SuperTarget, which one new home sales rep claimed is the largest in the country (although I haven't confirmed this yet).

While there has been a lot of new development in the past couple of years, I noticed over the past week or so that there is still a LOT of open land for sale along all of the major arteries in Pflugerville, marking the swift conversion from large residential tracts to commercial development.

Today alone, I noticed at least 10 "FOR SALE" signs along 45 on my way to and from Round Rock's La Frontera shopping center. Behind the new Stone Hill Town Center, there are several tracts in a row of varying sizes for sale. Here's my latest update on Stone Hill if you are interested:

Stone Hill Town Center - Pflugerville - UPDATE! (Video Included)

If you have any interest in purchasing land for development in the Pflugerville area, let me know and I would be happy to help you find the right property. I can be reached anytime at 512-796-7653 or via email at jason@austintexashomes.com. My primary Austin, Tx real estate site is at www.austintexashomes.com.

There has been a lot of new commercial development over the past several months right here in Pflugerville, including the opening of Home Depot, SuperTarget, and Best Buy. One smaller business may not garner as much attention as the big guys, but Pflugerville Donuts will be opening its THIRD location very soon.

Interestingly, I have had a number of emails from local residents who read my blog asking if I know when this latest location will be making its debut. It's my understanding that it will be opening within the next week!

Located in the strip center next to Radio Shack near 685 in front of Wal-Mart, Pflugerville Donuts will be the sole donut location in this general vicinity. I haven't had a chance to try their other locations yet, but I understand that they also offer kolaches and breakfast tacos, so I am already a fan.

Lovers of the old Round Rock Donuts location (which closed up shop awhile back) will likely welcome this opening.

Since I am actually trying to lose weight (again), I probably won't be able to frequent this location as much as I would prefer, unless they offer a fat-free version. On second thought, I don't think I would like a fat-free donut at all. Yuck.

Other businesses in that center include Baskin-Robbins, Gamestop, Subway, Taco Bell, and Starbucks.

The physical address is 1616 FM 685, Suite 104, Pflugerville.