Lots and acreage in Alamo Heights, TX

Lots and land near Alamo Heights

Alamo Heights was built out decades ago, and vacant land inside the city rarely reaches the market. To give a useful picture, this page counts parcels within about four miles of the city center, which reaches south past JBSA-Fort Sam Houston to the older neighborhoods east of downtown San Antonio. About 57 parcels are listed in that circle: 48 platted lots and 9 small acreage tracts.

The median asking price is about $160,000, and the middle half runs from roughly $89,000 to $250,000. The typical parcel is around 0.18 acres, a city lot rather than a homestead, and only about 4% reach an acre.

Where the parcels actually are

Most listings sit in ZIP 78202, in and around the Dignowity Hill Historic District, Government Hill, Tobin Hill and Mahncke Park. Only about 11 are in 78209, the ZIP that covers Alamo Heights, and just six are zoned to Alamo Heights ISD. San Antonio ISD serves the large majority of the rest. If your goal is to build inside Alamo Heights ISD, you are watching for a handful of lots at a time, and a lot in Terrell Hills or Crownhill Acres may be the nearest real option.

Building on a city lot

Close-in parcels like these are usually bought to build a single home, a duplex or a small infill project. Before you commit, work through the items below. The Rothrock Realty Team can pull the records, coordinate a survey and help you weigh one lot against another.

• Zoning: what the city allows on the lot and whether a variance or replat is needed
• Historic district design review for lots in Dignowity Hill and other designated areas
• Existing water, sewer and electric connections, and the cost to add them if missing
• Easements, alleys and setbacks that shrink the buildable area
• Floodplain maps for any lot near a creek or drainage channel
• Old slabs, debris or fill left from a previous structure

Pace of the market

Parcels in this area stay listed about 124 days at the median. Around 7% are new this week and about 5% have had a price cut, so sellers are patient but not especially flexible. Use the long listing times to finish your due diligence before closing rather than expecting a steep discount.

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