Cedar Park Homes

Cedar Park Schools

The 2009 School Ratings are out for Leander Independent School District. Check out how the Cedar Park schools did. There are seven exemplary elementary schools to choose from, two recognized middle schools and two recognized high schools.  These are eleven of the reasons families are moving to Cedar Park, TX

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How Long Does It Take To Sell A Home in Cedar Park?

The time it takes to sell your home in Cedar Park will vary depending on how you prepare it and how your Realtor markets your home. Looking at averages for the last 12 months, the market appears relatively strong - despite this period officially containing the start of the current economic recession.

Cedar Park Homes in the last 12 months

If you look at the days on market chart above, you see that more than half of the homes that sold in the last 12 months in the Multiple Listing System sold in under 60 days.

The days on market number is the time from the listing of the home to an accepted contract being negotiated. The closing typically takes place 30-45 days from the agreed contract has been first negotiated.

So in summary, if you use the right Cedar Park Realtor, and perform your home preparations and staging correctly, the median time it will take from listing to closing is around 80 days.

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Four Things to do in Cedar Park

Cedar Park is “where families come for fun”, and here’s a round up of top tips for visitors wanting to try something different:

1. 

   Steam Train!

   Travel on a steam train for a day! The historic train sets off from Cedar Park in the morning and has a few hour layover at the small Hill Country town of Burnet. In addition to scheduled days out, there are special events like  murder mystery trips and days out with Thomas the Tank Engine.

2. Spelunking! There are caves in Cedar Park, and the Discovery Well Cave Preserve has a wealth of information about local flora and fauna.
3. Visit the site of the Cedar Park Event Center. This will be far more fun when construction finishes in 2010. For now you can see the event center in progress at 183A and New Hope Road.
4. Visit Lake Travis - there are many attractions on, off and in the water at Lake Travis - formed by the dam across the Colorado River. Volente Beach has a water park that is well worth the short drive from Cedar Park.

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Housing Shortage in Cedar Park?

Construction starts across the US are significantly down, yet Cedar Park is still growing in population. Families are drawn by the great schools, the newer homes and the low crime rates, and are soon going to be short of options.

Cedar Park Home Starts

If you look at the chart on the right from this impactnews article on Cedar Park, you can see that the population is growing, and there are less new home starts.

With the historically low interest rates we have right now we might expect a move from rent to buy, especially considering the first time home buyers tax credit available for homes closed by the end of November 2009.

Do you think that there will be a housing shortage in Cedar Park, TX - comment below and let me know!

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How Much Are Homes in Cedar Park?

Cedar Park Homes

House prices in Cedar Park Texas:

The Cedar Park housing market spans a wide range of prices.

Today there are three homes for sale over $1m, and the median list price is $263,778.

The chart to the left shows the distribution of list prices.

There is a strong first time buyer element, and a strong family home buyer price range.

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Zip Codes in Cedar Park

There are two zip codes in Cedar Park, Texas: 78613 and 78630.

In the 2007 census, it looks like Cedar Park grew by almost 40% in 7 years: http://www.muninetguide.com/states/texas/municipality/Cedar_Park.php

Are There Any Green Homes in Cedar Park?

Cedar Park TX is a fast growing city which borders on the Northwest edge of Austin. While Austin is renowned for it’s Green Building Program, it’s hard to find a truly green home in it’s neighbor.

There are several green home rating schemes which could be adopted for a Cedar Park home seller:

1. ENERGY STAR program
2. National Association of Homebuilders program
3. LEED
4. Environments For Living

One reason that none of these are being heavily marketed to Cedar Park buyers might be that they aren’t as keen.

Another is that many of the homes in Cedar Park are less than 8 years old, and so the more modern building codes mean that homes are greener by default (thicker insulation, double paned windows, more efficient HVAC).

So the home buyer in Cedar Park gets a more energy efficient home as the home is statistically newer.

Call Garreth on 512 694 8873 to set up your home search today. Garreth Wilcock is a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty.

The City Of Cedar Park

How is Cedar Park administered? The City is run by 7 council members. The best place to find out about the City of Cedar park is the official website.

Cedar Park TX - Homes For Sale

Most homes sold in Cedar Park are newer

Cedar Park, Texas is a growing town in Williamson County. It’s growing pretty quickly - in the 1990 census the population was a little over 5,000 people. Ten years later it had grown to over 26,000. That’s pretty rapid expansion!

This means that the overwhelming majority of homes for sale in Cedar Park, TX have been built in the last two decades. The chart below shows the distribution of year built for homes sold since the start of 2006.

Approximately half of the recently sold homes have been built after 2000.

What does mean for the home buyer in Cedar Park? Well, lead based paint is less of an issue - only 2% of the homes sold in the last three years were built before 1978.