Homes for sale in Lakehills, TX

Buying a home on the Medina Lake side of Lakehills

Lakehills is an unincorporated community on the eastern shore of Medina Lake in Bandera County, about 30 miles northwest of downtown San Antonio. Many homes near the lake carry a different mailing city in the MLS, so the numbers on this page cover listings in and around Lakehills, within about 4 miles of the community's center.

On that basis there are about 50 homes for sale. The median asking price is near $198,000, and the middle half runs from roughly $151,000 to $307,000, which makes this one of the more affordable corners of the Hill Country west of San Antonio.

Small houses, small lots, plenty of manufactured homes

Of the current listings, 31 are site-built single-family houses and 18 are manufactured homes. The median home has about 1,290 square feet on roughly a quarter acre, and only about 14% sit on an acre or more. Two-bedroom homes ask around $164,000 and three-bedroom homes around $200,000. The handful of four-bedroom homes jump to a median near $670,000, usually because they come with more land or a lake setting.

Subdivisions and school districts

Lake Medina Shores has the most listings, about 17, followed by Holiday Villages of Medina with 12. Smaller numbers turn up in West Shore, Bandera Lakeshore Beach, Bandera Lakeshore Estates, Dancing Bear and Seekatz Red Cove. Most homes use the 78003 ZIP code and the rest 78056.

Schools are the detail to verify house by house. About 27 listings are zoned to Bandera ISD, 12 to Hondo ISD and 8 to Medina Valley ISD, with a couple in Northside ISD.

Pace and what to check

Homes here have been listed about 74 days at the median, roughly 6% are new this week and about 8% have cut their price. That pace usually leaves room to inspect carefully and negotiate on repairs.

• Manufactured homes: year built, whether the home is on a permanent foundation and how it is titled
• Water: whether the lot is on a community water system or a private well
• Septic: age, size and condition of the system on a small lot
• Lake frontage: the lake level rises and falls with rainfall, so ask how close the water usually comes
• Floodplain: check the flood map for lots near the shoreline or creeks

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