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Cy-Fair Jersey Village Edition VOLUME 17, ISSUE 3 NOV. 7DEC. 10, 2025 Preparing for growth

Land secured for new fire stations As of Sept. 30, the Cy-Fair Fire Department on average responded to over 3,600 calls per month in 2025, including EMS requests. (Courtesy Cy-Fair Fire Department)

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Education Page 13 See the new math curriculum Cy-Fair ISD purchased for the 2026-27 school year

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3 Balloon Ination Station Balloon Ination Station oers a wide selection of balloon arrangements, arches, centerpieces, and decorations, per the website. Other services include ination services for balloons purchased in store as well as BYOB ination services. • Opened Sept. 15 • 15839 FM 529, Houston • www.ballooninflationstation.com 4 Chevignon A Houston Premium Outlets release announced the opening of Chevignon, a clothing store for men and women. Per the release Chevignon oers a timeless appeal of functional garments focusing on denim and leather items. • Opened Oct. 21 • 29300 Hempstead Road, Cypress • www.premiumoutlets.com/outlet/houston 5 Copper eld Trading Co. Coppereld Trading Co. oers both antique and vintage home articles including rugs, furniture and decor items, as well as a nice selection of restored vintage guitars. • Opened Sept. 26 • 17037 FM 529, Houston • www.copperieldtrading.com 6 The Duel The Duel ocials conrmed they are now oering an indoor pickleball and badminton club with seven new courts in Cypress. Pickleball reservations are available on the business website. • Opened Oct. 12 • 22719 Schiel Road, Cypress • www.theduel88.com 7 Jersey Village Pickleball Court Jersey Village community members can now enjoy a game of pickleball at the city campus, located at the corner of Jersey Drive and Rio Grande Street. While some parts of the city campus will not be available for use until after the proposed renovation project, the pavilion and pickleball courts are open to the public. • Opened Oct. 2 • 16518 Jersey Drive, Jersey Village • www.jerseyvillage.gov

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2 Burlington’s Burlington’s ocials announced in an email the retail store opened a new location in Cypress. The national retailer oers brand name merchandise at low prices, including junior apparel, menswear, footwear, beauty and fragrance and home decor. • Opened Oct. 3 • 4743 Hwy. 6 N., Houston • www.burlington.com

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8 Mountain Mike’s Pizza Locally franchised and owned by Nadeem Rajani, Karim Rajani and Danish Faraz, the shop provides a variety of pizza oerings with dough made in-house. The new location also has a 700-square-foot patio, a kid’s arcade section and all-you-can-eat pizza buet. • Opened Oct. 8 9 Nan and Co. Luxury real estate brokerage rm Nan and Co. ocially opened a new oce in the Cypress area according to an Oct. 9 news release. The new oce will be led by Jenny Correa, and will provide guidance and brokerage services for high-end residential properties. • Opened Oct. 9 • 11240 FM 1960 West, Ste. 402, Houston • www.nanproperties.com • 22314 FM 529, Ste. 700, Cypress • www.mountainmikespizza.com 10 Paradise Nails Lounge and Spa Business owners with a new nail salon and spa are preparing to open at a location close to Cypress Springs High School. Paradise Nails Lounge and Spa oers manicure, pedicure, wax and spa treatment services, according to the business website. • Opened Oct. 3 • 7928 Fry Road, Ste. 200, Cypress • https://paradisenailsloungecypress.com 11 The Picklr Indoor pickleball franchise The Picklr opened its courts in Cypress. The Picklr oers a range of classes through its academy, from pickleball 101 to competitive play. • Opened Oct. 4 • 8920 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress • cypress.thepicklr.com 12 Rekin Mini Shop Rekin Mini Shop, a claw arcade, opened at the shopping strip across the street from Cypress Springs High School. The business oers claw machines, gifts, toys and collectibles, as well as imported snacks and drinks, according to the store's management. • Opened in September • 7914 Fry Road, Ste. 260, Cypress • 281-815-5046

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13 Bath & Body Works Bath & Body Works is a global leader in personal care and home fragrance and has 1,904 locations in the U.S. and Canada and 537 international locations. The fragrance company oers hand soap, candles, wall owers, body care, body wash and foam bath.

• Opened Oct. 11 • 25825 Hwy. 290, Ste. 26A, Cypress • www.bathandbodyworks.com

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14 Memorial Hermann - Cypress Leadership and sta from Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital broke ground Sept. 30 on a $277.5 million expansion of the campus—the third major expansion since the hospital opened in 2017. The project includes the construction of a six-story patient tower at the existing campus to expand the hospital’s capacity to 201 beds, with the potential to grow to 345 beds at full occupancy, according to a news release. • Opening 2027 • 27800 Northwest Freeway, Cypress • www.memorialhermann.org/locations/cypress

15 Land of a Thousand Hills Coee and Bakery

Land of a Thousand Hills Coee & Bakery, located at the Boardwalk at Towne Lake, will close its doors Nov. 30 after nearly 10 years serving the community, owner Melinda Bodukoglu said. The business is set to be replaced by coee chain La La Land Cafe, according to an Oct. 27 ling with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. • Closing Nov. 30 • 9935 Barker Cypress Road, Ste. 130, Cypress • www.lthcoffeebakery.com

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• Timeline: Design inalized by early 2026 • Funding source: Harris County

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1 Cypress Creek Estates Subdivision improvements Project: Subdivision drainage improvements and pavement reconstruction for increased drainage capacity, reduced ood risk, and reduced long-term maintenance costs. Update: Funding for this project is approved and will focus on addressing drainage issues throughout the subdivision. • Cost: $10.1 million • Location: Cypress Creek Estates • Timeline: Fourth quarter 2026 • Funding source: Federal grant managed by Harris County Engineering Department 2 Cypress North Houston Road Project: Widening roadway from two lanes to a four lane concrete boulevard with raised medians and underground storm sewer system. The project also includes new or upgraded tra c signals at Autumn Mills Road, Misty Moss Lane, and Perry Road. Update: This project is in the design phase. • Cost: $16 million • Location: Cypress North Houston Road from Jones Road to Perry Road.

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HOUSE & HAHL RD. 3 Grant Road widening Project: Widen two-lane road to four lane boulevard from Telge Road to Shaw Road. Update: The project is in the design phase. • Timeline: 2026 • Cost: TBD • Funding source: Harris County, Precinct 3

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Transportation

BY JULIANNA WASHBURN

Ron Papsdorf, HGAC’s chief transportation ocer, discusses priorities in Greater Houston area

Community Impact interviewed Ron Papsdorf, the chief transportation o cer for the Houston-Gal- veston Area Council, about the current state of transportation in the Greater Houston area. HGAC is a regional organization through which local gov- ernments consider issues and cooperate in solving problems in areas such as transportation. Papsdorf, who stepped into the role of chief transportation o cer in June, spoke about the biggest priorities and challenges for transportation in the Greater Houston area as well as new trends he is seeing in mobility needs across the region. What are your responsibilities as the chief transportation o cer? I have the honor of working with a group of dedicated professionals in service to the Houston region. With the Transportation Policy Council, we partner with local, regional and state agencies to plan, prioritize and invest in transportation system improvements to improve the lives of the people who live and work here. That means marshaling our resources to achieve the region’s transporta- tion goals: improve safety, keep the system well maintained, move people and goods e ciently, strengthen economic competitiveness and protect the environment. In your view, what are the biggest priorities for transportation and mobility in the Greater Houston area? I view addressing the region’s safety, congestion and air quality issues as paramount. If we can address those core issues, we will have a trans- portation system that contributes to a thriving and livable region. As an example, during the last three months of 2024, we experienced over 47,000 crashes on the region’s transportation system. Not only was each of those crashes probably the worst thing that happened that day to the people involved in them, but those crashes also make it harder for people to get to work on time, slow down the deliv- ery of goods to our stores and put our emergency responders at risk. That adds to our congestion, worsens our air quality and hurts the economy. What are some of the challenges this area has when it comes to transportation and mobility? The Houston region is large, dynamic and growing. Our population tripled over the past fty years to 7.7 million people, and we expect to grow by another 3 million people over the next 20 years. The choices we make about how to manage and

improve the transportation system in response to that growth will have a big impact on the long-term success of the region as a desirable place to live and do business. We also have challenges with con- gestion and our ability to e ciently move freight through the region. In fact, according to a study by the American Transportation Research Institute, the Houston region has eight of the nation’s top 100 truck bottleneck locations and two of the top 10. As a port region, our economy depends on being able to move goods e ciently. The HGAC is currently in the process of updating its Regional Transportation Plan. How will that plan guide transportation and mobility projects for the region in the near future? The Regional Transportation Plan is arguably the most important thing we do. It identies the transportation investments we will make over the next 20 years that best achieve our region’s goals. Because we don’t have enough resources to do everything we want to do, let alone need to do, we must prioritize. Then we work together as a region to implement those improvements. Are there any new trends you are seeing in mobility needs across the region? Like most regions around the country, we’re still experiencing changes in travel patterns post- COVID, from some people working from home some of the time. E-commerce and increased home deliveries are inuencing transportation needs. Finally, changing technologies like self-driving vehicles, articial intelligence ... will change the way we use and experience the transportation system over time. What do you want people to know about the HGAC and the role it plays in the region’s transportation and mobility projects? At our core, we are conveners. We bring people together to wrestle through di cult issues and collaborate to make the best possible decisions to address the region’s transportation problems and build a livable future.

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HGAC Projected population growth

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Education

BY SARAH BRAGER

Cy-Fair ISD math teachers will implement new instructional materials for grades K-8 and Algebra I courses next year, following authorization from the board of trustees Oct. 6. The details During its regular October meeting, the board unanimously approved Accelerate Learning’s STEMscopes textbook curriculum for the 2026-27 school year, which came highly recommended by elementary and secondary math teachers across the district, according to sta. The materials will be used for a four-year cycle, district sta said. The textbooks will cost approximately $7 million, funded through the district’s current Cy-Fair ISD board approves new math materials

instructional materials allotment, according to district sta. In the spring, district sta settled on STEM- scopes and state-developed curriculum Bluebon- net Learning as the two options for CFISD’s math materials, according to an Oct. 2 presentation to the board of trustees. Teachers then volunteered to review both curriculum options over the summer and score them on a rubric. Chief Academic Ocer Tonya Goree said during the Oct. 2 board work session that approximately 150 CFISD teachers participated in the review process, putting in about 2,320 hours of prepara-

STEMscopes vs. Bluebonnet Approximately 150 Cy-Fair ISD math instructors volunteered to review the two curriculum options ocials said. Combined, 75% of all participating teachers recommended STEMscopes. Accelerate Learning STEMscopes Bluebonnet Learning Elementary teachers Secondary teachers 9%

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Events

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Health Seminar Attend a health seminar at Season’s Harvest Cafe featuring Dr. Jessica Kemp and a complimentary meal. • Nov. 18, 5:30-7 p.m. • Free (admission) • Cypress, 17303 Shaw Road, Cypress • www.seasonsharvest.farm Mary Poppins Enjoy a musical about the 1964 Disney lm about a woman who takes children on magical adventures. • Nov. 29-Dec. 13, (times vary) • $22-$25 (admission)

Hope for the Holidays Join Cy-Hope for its rst annual ‘Hope for the Holidays’, a Christmas Tree Lighting and community event featuring photo opportunities with Santa, bounce houses, hot chocolate and Christmas carols. • Nov. 22, 4-7:30 p.m. • Free • 12715 Telge Road, Cypress • www.cy-hope.org Cy-Fair Nutcracker Market Start on Christmas shopping while supporting small businesses at the Cy-Fair Nutcracker Market featuring over 280 vendors with clothing, home, holiday and garden decor plus food items and handmade jewelry. • Nov. 22, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. • $6 (cash entry) • 8877 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress • Facebook: Cy-Fair Holiday ExtravaganzaDean Standeld Attend a comedy show at the Sam Houston Race Park with Dean Staneld, an Austin comedian and writer. • Nov. 28-29, 7:30 p.m. • $18 (admission) • 7575 N. Sam Houston Parkway west, Houston • www.shrp.com

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Verona Wine Dinner Enjoy an Italian ve course dinner paired with select wines from Santi Winery at Salt and Sugar Gastro Bar. Limited seating is available. • Nov. 13, 6:30-9 p.m. • $95 (per person)

• 16010 West Road, Houston • www.saltandsugarhtx.com

Light of The Towne Join the Board Walk for an evening at Light the Towne featuring a tree lighting, Santa, carolers performances, hot chocolate and more.

• 6814 Gant Road, Houston • www.playhouse1960.com

Holiday Follies Stageworks is presenting a family friendly show featuring a joyful array of songs, dance and seasonal fun. • Dec. 5-6, Dec. 12-13, Dec. 19-20, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 7, Dec. 13-14, Dec. 20-21, 2 p.m. • $28-$42 (admission)

• Nov. 20, 6-8 p.m. • Free (admission) • 9945 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress • www.boardwalktl.com

December

Life Surge Featuring bestselling authors, motivational speakers and podcasters, the Life Surge event will teach attendees how to create and multiply nancial resources. • Dec. 6, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. • $27-$87 (admission) • Berry Center, 8877 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress • www.berrycenter.cisd.net

Metallica Tribute Live at The Barn Enjoy a live music performance featuring a Metallica tribute with Hardwired To Kill ‘Em All.

The Nutcracker Houston Repertoire Ballet will present its annual production of “The Nutcracker.” • Dec. 5, 7 p.m., Dec. 6, 2 and 7 p.m., Dec. 7, 1 and 4:30 p.m.

• $25-$35 (admission) • CFISD Visual and Performing Arts Center, 11420 Matzke Road, Cypress • www.hrbdance.org/nutcracker/

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Government

BY MELISSA ENAJE

By a 3-2 vote, Harris County commissioners adopted the $2.76 billion scal year 2025-26 general fund budget Sept. 24, prioritizing pay parity and public safety initiatives. Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo cast the dissenting votes. In the months leading up to budget adoption, county ocials weighed how to oset at least $102 million in savings. The county implemented a yearlong hiring freeze for various department leaders to identify service cuts. Harris County adopts budget

From the $2.76 billion general fund budget, $2.57 billion will be allocated to the 70 Harris County departments, aiming to:

Some context

Law enforcement pay parity has reached various points at Commissioners Court, starting with a motion commissioners approved May 22 that paved the way for increasing county law enforcement pay. By Sept. 9, commissioners approved a motion, with a 3-1 vote, to increase elected constables’ salaries to $260,000.

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Commissioners are expected to approve the county’s property tax rate of $0.6241 per $100 of valuation by the end of October, after press time. Harris County: $0.3809 per $100 of valuation Harris County Port of Houston Authority:

“The time had come to show our sheri’s deputies and constable deputies that Harris County truly values the critical role they play in community safety.” ED GONZALEZ, HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF

$0.0059 per $100 of valuation Harris County Hospital District: $0.1876 per $100 of valuation Harris County Flood Control District: $0.0496 per $100 of valuation

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On the other hand

justice initiatives such as reducing the court backlog and jail population, indigent defense costs, as well as pay equity for employees and law enforcement. “Our county’s growing,” Ramos said. “The demands for service especially in the unincorpo- rated areas are just massive.” In their words Community members from Harris County Precinct 3 oered feedback on tax dollar spending priorities during a July budget town hall meeting led by Commissioner Tom Ramsey and Ramos. Prioritized needs identied included:

After more than a decade of holding the overall tax rate steady, according to budget documents, Harris County lowered its combined tax rate every year between 2019 and 2023, in part to oset large increases in property values and to comply with the state revenue caps. On the other hand, Harris County’s estimated tax rate for FY 2025-26 is $0.6241 per $100 evaluation, higher than the $0.6038 per $100 evaluation in FY 2024-25. Budget Director Daniel Ramos said while the county remains nancially stable, state-mandated revenue caps have created what he called substan- tial scal pressure amidst increasing costs related to

• Law enforcement raises • The Harris Center for Mental Health • The Children’s Assessment Center

• Roads, bridges, community centers and parks Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones said in a September news release the budget funds several initiatives such as funding debris removal, sidewalk construction, and pedestrian safety. “Our Harris County budget is more than a nancial document,” Briones said. “It reects our values...public safety, public health, infrastructure, and disaster readiness.”

Adopted $2.76B FY 202526 budget Factors impacting county department cuts in the budget process, according to the FY 2025-26 budget document, included jail and indigent defense costs, health care costs and law enforcement contracts.

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$1.66B

Public safety & justice (district courts, district attorney's oce, constables, sheri) $410M Engineering Department (i.e. infrastructure, transportation projects) $194M Harris County Public Library, Economic Equity & Opportunity $193M Housing and Community Development, Veterans Services $107M Countywide £nancial obligations (TIRZ payments, jail outsourcing) $99M Harris County Judge's Oce, Commissioners (Precincts 1-4) $48M Pollution Control Services Department $36M Public Health Services, Harris Center for Mental Health, Children's Assessment Center $23M

The county’s employee minimum wage policy, $20 per hour for employees and $21.64 for contractors, took eect with the budget adoption. Service cuts will not aect community- facing services, such as parks, road maintenance and community centers. “This budget re ects hard choices and shared commitment,” interim County Administrator Jesse Dickerman said.

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The Cy-Fair Fire Department is set to break ground on two of its eight new re stations by early 2026, part of a long-term strategic plan to ll coverage gaps throughout the rapidly growing Cy-Fair community. CFFD Chief Amy Ramon told Community Impact the expansion is necessary to ensure the department meets population growth with responsible dispatch and emergency services. “The whole point is to make sure you get the right response [and] the right equipment to the community in a timely fashion,” she said Oct. 21. Ramon said everything comes down to serving residents as quickly as possible. CFFD has reduced its average response time over the past two years from almost 12 minutes to approximately six, she said, and the department will strive to continue bringing that down as it expands its reach. CFFD announced the expansion in late 2023 after consulting rm Citygate Associates recommended the department add three inll stations in central Cy-Fair and at least ve more re stations in the western and northern parts of CFFD’s boundaries. The Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9 board of commissioners—a governing body that oversees the re department—hired Citygate in 2023 to perform a community risk assessment

and identify future service needs, Community Impact previously reported. CFFD Finance Director Mike Abend said Citygate found geographic holes in the department’s coverage, including areas with longer response times, which CFFD then used to select specic plots of land for the new stations. Ocials said they also rely on a mapping system driven by articial intelligence to track development and population growth. Since announcing the expansion, CFFD has obtained land for six of the stations and is nalizing agreements for two more—Stations 16 and 19. According to a map of the locations, Station 19—positioned across Grand Parkway toward Waller County—will allow CFFD to base responders along the western edge of ESD 9’s boundaries. Stations 15 and 17 will undergo construction rst, ocials said. Both stations will cost around $13 million each, which the department will pay for using reserves. ESD 9 has approximately $137 million in reserves as of press time, Abend said. “We have been diligent about putting money away so that we didn’t have to take out loans or go back to the taxpayers,” Ramon said.

CFFD opened the new Station 6 in May, which the department relocated to allow for better coverage of the community.

Ramon said the department uses residential population growth of 10,000 individuals and commercial population growth of 5,000 individuals as an indicator that a new re station should be added to the community. More than 33,000 new housing occupancies are projected in the Cy-Fair and Cypress areas over the next 10 years, according to an April report from demographics rm Population and Survey Analysts. Many subdivisions near the Grand Parkway, such as Bridgeland, Avalon and Dunham Pointe, aren’t expected to hit full build-out for several years, the report found.

Cy-Fair re stations The Cy-Fair Fire Department’s new stations will ll service gaps in the western region of the district along the Grand Parkway in line with population growth.

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New stations

Existing stations

290

Administration building

Cy-Fair Fire Department boundaries

Approximate cost of land for each new re station

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Station 14: $3.5 million Station 15: $3.5 million Station 16: TBD Station 17: land donated by Chevron Station 18: $12 million Station 19: TBD Station 20: $8.1 million Station 21: already ESD 9 property

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CFFD won’t start hiring for Stations 15 and 17 until late 2026, Ramon said. She said the department plans to gradually recruit sta, as bulk hiring usually means sacri cing quality for quantity. “You don’t want to have to hire 100 people at a time because you still want to pull quality people from your pool,” Ramon said. Ramon said Oct. 21 that the department began a hiring phase over the summer, adding four new dispatchers and 20 re ghters to sta. CFFD is also nalizing numbers for new paramedics and expects to extend oers soon, she said. CFFD had a record-high of more than 200 appli- cants this hiring cycle, ocials said. Ramon said while they extended more oers this year than in previous hirings, departments in regions such as the Greater Austin area are attracting anywhere from 600-1,200 candidates because they hire responders without credentials and put them through school. She said CFFD may consider this in the future to boost its applicant pool.

The department initially projected to open all eight new re stations by 2031, Community Impact previously reported. However, CFFD ocials said several factors, such as transportation projects in Cy-Fair and easement negotiations with developers, could slow construction, potentially pushing past the six-year projection. The ESD 9 board tapped Martinez Architects to oversee the design of Stations 15 and 17. Ricardo Martinez, rm partner and project executive, said they’ve designed stations for CFFD for about a decade. Martinez said one of the unique challenges of designing a re station is balancing the technical aspects of the space, such as areas that house vehicles and equipment, with safe living quarters. “All these dierent components have to work in conjunction to make sure this is a safe environment for the re personnel,” he said.

Cy-Fair Fire Department personnel growth

Average total sta New hires

500

459

400

322

300

200

100

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Homes spent more time on the market on average year over year in the Cy-Fair area for the month of September. The number of home sales overall also slowed for the month, according to data from CB&A Realtors. Residential market data

Number of homes sold

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September 2025

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-9.5%

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+1.2%

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77065

77070

77095

77429

77433

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290

77070

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Median home sales price

77064

77433

September

2024

2025

249

$314,500 $280,000 $281,250 $311,000 $315,000 $385,000 $422,990

$280,500 $265,000 $273,000 $290,000 $335,000 $375,000 $435,000

77040 77064 77065 77070 77095 77429 77433

529

77095

77065

77040

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September 2025

$800,000+

$600,000-$799,999

Average days on market

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$400,000-$599,999

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+70%

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+74.4%

+80.5%

+23.2%

+26.6%

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$200,000-$399,999

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77065

77070

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