Real estate Home Edition
BY GRACE DICKENS
2026
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Home Edition! This year, our annual housing-focused issue is packed with stories impacting your community. Firstly, I’d like to introduce our newest government and local business reporter Bailey Meyers, who will be covering Lakeway, Bee Cave, West Lake Hills, Rollingwood and Spicewood. She joins us from Oregon, and we couldn’t be more excited to have her on board. In our lead story this month, we take a look at several ongoing housing developments in the Lake Travis area, from apartments to condos and townhomes. This includes Villas at Cardinal Hills in the Hudson Bend area, which is making waves as the first 100% affordable apartment community near Lakeway and Bee Cave. Beyond our cover story, you can find helpful insights on the benefits of home remodeling from Wild Hare Construction and Remodeling, alongside a glimpse into the world of water-saving smart sprinklers with Smarter Homes in Westlake. Last but not least, you can find out more about the couple behind Barton Springs Nursery and their journey to provide native and adapted plants to the area. As always, thank you for your readership!
What's inside
Read more about The Canyon Club’s new ownership model (Page 13)
Grace Dickens Editor gdickens@ communityimpact.com
See the latest on Thomas Ranch in the Spicewood area (Page 21)
Dive deeper into the story behind Barton Springs Nursery (Page 25)
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Local housing market trends
SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU/COMMUNITY IMPACT
From bustling retail developments to housing, the Lake Travis-Westlake area has seen a lot of change in the past nine years. Here’s how the single-family housing market has fared over almost the past decade.
Historic median sales prices
Historic months of inventory
Median home sale prices have on average increased since 2017, with ZIP code 78746 topping out the market at $3.25 million.
Months of inventory is a term used to describe how long it would take for the amount of homes on the market to be sold, according to the National Association of Realtors.
78669
78732
78733
78734 78735
78738 78746
78669
78732
78733
78734 78735
78738 78746
$3.5M
15
$3M
12
$2.5M
9
$2M
Balanced market
$1.5M
6
$1M
3
$500K
$0
0
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