Lots and acreage in Sisterdale, TX

Ranch tracts and acreage near Sisterdale

Land is the main real estate story around Sisterdale, a rural Kendall County community north of Boerne and about 41 miles from downtown San Antonio. Within seven miles there are about 24 parcels for sale, and every one is an acre or larger. The median tract is about six acres, all share the Boerne ZIP of 78006, and the school district splits almost evenly between Comfort ISD (about 13) and Boerne ISD (about 11).

Twenty-one are acreage, two are lots and one is listed as rural land, so this is a market for small ranches and country homesites rather than subdivision lots.

Price and pace

• Median asking price in and around Sisterdale: about $469,000
• Middle half: about $275,000 to $638,000
• Median days on market: about 108
• About 8 percent are new this week and about 4 percent have cut their price

Where tracts are listed

High Point Ranch Subdivision has about five, and four more are along Sisterdale and Seewald roads. Sabinas Creek Ranch has about four across its two phases. Greco Bend, Shadow Valley Ranch, Stone Springs Estates, Platten Creek and Seewald Estates have one each, and one tract sits outside any subdivision.

Homestead, getaway or ag use

Decide early whether you plan a full-time house, a weekend place or land kept mainly for grazing and wildlife, because the answer changes what you check. For a residence, focus on well production in the area, a septic site that works with the rock, the cost of extending power and year-round road access. Creek frontage is appealing, but look at flood maps and where water crosses the access road after heavy rain.

Many tracts this size carry an agricultural or wildlife valuation. Ask the seller how it is maintained, and understand that ending the qualifying use can bring rollback taxes. In subdivisions such as High Point Ranch and Sabinas Creek Ranch, the covenants may limit further division, livestock or structures.

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