Case Study: The Woodlands

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The Woodlands TX Homes For Sale

Twenty-eight miles north of Houston, where the Hardy toll road spills onto I-45, find yourself in the heart of The Woodlands TX. The Woodlands, TX real estate agents call this “The Number One Master Planned Community” of TX. Officially celebrating its Grand Opening in 1974, The Woodlands now consists of ten “villages” bordering each other and skillfully plotted into the beauty of the Piney Woods along wooded parks, greenbelts, and hiking/biking trails. Today the community has grown to a population of nearly 125,000, sixty-five percent of which are families with children under 18. The Woodlands, TX homes for sale range in price from $200,000 to upwards of a million, and the average 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home

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