Master-planned communities continue to outperform the broader housing market, and Texas — especially the Dallas-Fort Worth region — showed strong representation in RCLCO’s 2025 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities list. RCLCO’s annual ranking, one of the housing industry’s longest-running benchmarks, measures new-home sales at master-planned communities (MPCs) nationwide and tracks trends shaping where Americans choose to live.
While overall new-home sales slightly lagged 2024 industry-wide, the top master-planned communities narrowed that gap, finishing just 3% below their 2024 pace — a sign of continued buyer demand for lifestyle-rich, amenity-driven developments.
A handful of North Texas communities placed among the nation’s top 50 sellers in 2025, highlighted by Painted Tree in McKinney, which was the highest-ranking MPC in the Dallas-Fort Worth area:
#15 Painted Tree in McKinney
No. 15 nationally with 643 home sales, up 23% from 2024, making it the top-selling DFW community on RCLCO’s 2025 list. But Painted Tree isn’t your typical master-planned community. The 1,100-acre development by Dallas-based Oxland Advisors is a build-to-rent community of single-family homes and townhomes rather than a traditional for-sale MPC model. It’s located three miles from downtown McKinney, north of U.S. Highway 380 between Hardin Boulevard and Lake Forest Drive. The multi-phased community has about 1,000 homes built — ranging from the $400Ks to the $870Ks — and has plans for 3,400 total homes at completion.
#39 Eastridge in Princeton
No. 39 with 427 sales. Eastridge is a 547-acre Green Brick Partners/ Meritage Homes development at Longneck Road and New Hope Road East in Princeton just east of McKinney. There’ll be about 2,400 homesites at full build-out with 40’, 50’, and 60’-lot single-family homes ranging from the low $300Ks to high $400Ks. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, dog park, basketball courts, and corn hole.
#42 Elevon in Lavon
No. 42 with 407 sales. Elevon is a 1,200-plus-acre master-planned community in Lavon along State Highway 78 east of Plano, being developed by MA Partners. The community has plans for around 4,000-plus homes across multiple phases and a mix of single-family and duplex, starting in the mid $200Ks.
#44 Devonshire in Forney
No. 44 with 395 sales. One of Forney’s longest-running master-planned communities, Devonshire is a 900-acre master-planned community just off U.S. 80 in Forney east of Dallas. Devonshire contains a mix of move-in ready homes, new constructions, and resale homes ranging from the mid-$300Ks to over $600Ks.
#47 Lakehaven in Farmersville
No. 47 with 375 sales. Lakehaven is a lake-oriented master-planned community north of Lavon Lake that emphasizes outdoor amenities and lower-density living in Collin County’s far-northeast growth corridor. At build-out, the community will have approximately 900 homes across three phases of development, ranging from the mid-$200Ks to low-$400Ks.
#49 Pecan Square in Northlake
No. 49 with 367 sales. Pecan Square is a Hillwood Communities development in Northlake near I-35W just north of Fort Worth, planned as a walkable mixed-use community with several hundred homes and a central square framed by shops and parks. The community includes new builds starting in the low-$400Ks, mid-range homes in the $500Ks, and luxury homes up to $900Ks.
Texas’s Broader Presence
Across the state, master-planned communities maintained a significant footprint on the national stage. Texas accounted for roughly 32% of all sales among the top 50 MPCs, second only to Florida’s 42%…