Rachel Cahill

I have been getting this question a lot lately so I want to give you a straight answer.

Is it a good time to sell in Collin County right now?

It can be, if you price it honestly for the market that exists today. Homes here are selling at about 94.5% of list price on average and buyers have more choices than they did two years ago. They are not desperate and they can afford to walk away from overpriced listings.

The sellers who are doing well right now are the ones who looked at the real data and priced accordingly. The ones who are struggling anchored to what their neighbor got in 2022 and are now sitting on the market longer than they expected.

After 25 years in the business, I can tell you the math almost always works out better when you get the price right on day one.

If you are thinking about listing this summer and want a real conversation about what your home is worth in this market, reach out. 469-551-5852.

Something I want to make sure every Collin County homeowner knows right now.

Home values here are down about 6% over the past year. But the Collin Central Appraisal District raised appraisal values this year. About 22% of homes were overvalued last year.

One in three properties in this county gets protested every year. That tells you something. Homeowners are catching the gap and doing something about it.

I am not a tax advisor and this is not legal advice. But after 25 years in the business I know that most people have no idea how common it is to successfully protest an appraisal or how to get started.

If you want to talk through what this might mean for your property, I am happy to point you in the right direction. 469-551-5852.

Have you heard about Honey Creek in north McKinney?

It is a 1,650-acre master-planned development going in west of US 75, north of 380. Up to 10,500 homes. A mix of single-family and multifamily housing. At least 80 acres set aside for commercial uses. The first neighborhood lots are being delivered right now.

I live and work in this market and even I find that scale a little hard to wrap my head around.

McKinney is already one of the largest cities in Collin County. A development this size is going to change traffic, schools, and the character of that whole northern corridor over the next decade.

If you are thinking about buying in north McKinney or investing in land up there, this development is the context you need to understand first. Feel free to reach out. That is what I am here for. 469-551-5852.

Here is something I think about when I am sitting in construction traffic in Collin County.

All these road projects, US 75 in McKinney with $157 million in improvements nearly finished, the Outer Loop expansion, FM road widenings across the county, these are not just about fixing congestion. Infrastructure is how land value moves. Roads open access, development follows, prices adjust. It has worked that way in every growth corridor I have watched in DFW for over 25 years in the business.

But I will be real. I also wonder sometimes if we are growing faster than we can build. The Metroplex keeps pushing north. Farmland keeps becoming subdivisions and concrete. At some point the question of how much is sustainable starts to feel pretty relevant.

I do not have a clean answer to that. I just think it is worth talking about.
What do you think about how fast Collin County is growing?