Community guides
I'm Tommy Wooten, a Dallas native and new construction specialist with eXp Realty. I live in Prosper ISD and tour these communities in person. Every guide below is written for buyers, not builders: real tax rates, HOA dues, school attendance, commute times up the Dallas North Tollway and US-75, and the trade-offs the model home host isn't going to lead with. No listing search, no email wall.
Start with the community closest to where you'll work. Collin and Denton county buyers commuting to Legacy West, The Star in Frisco or downtown Dallas usually shortlist two or three of these before ever booking a tour.
Frisco's 2,500-acre, 20-year master plan anchored by PGA Frisco — neighborhood map, the full price ladder and a running news feed on what's actually being built.
Read the Fields guideThe Crystal Lagoon master plan in west Prosper — written by the agent who lives in the district and whose son started at Windsong Ranch Elementary.
Read the Windsong Ranch guideThe honest answers on MUD tax, how long the MUD lasts, HOA tiers, the 1% private transfer fee, the 380 bypass, the landfill question and Del Webb 55+ living.
Read the Trinity Falls guideWest McKinney's fast-selling master plan — builders, districts, HOA and tax caveats, and the trade-offs nobody puts in the brochure.
Read the Painted Tree guideHillwood's ~1,380-acre Celina community — trailway, Turtle Club, MMD tax layer, HOA dues and why early buyers should be paid for being early.
Read the Ramble guideThe gated, guarded luxury enclave overlooking PGA Frisco — lot pricing, exclusivity risk, delivery risk and the resale outlook for a $3M+ buyer.
Read the The Preserve at Fields guideA gated pocket community on oversized lots in west Prosper where you can buy the lot directly or bring your own builder.
Read the Park Place guideSix builders, multiple gated neighborhoods and the lower entry point of McKinney's two gated master plans.
Read the Aster Park guideTwo gated communities for two very different buyers — scorecard, buyer profiles and how to decide between them.
Read the Aster Park vs. Park Place guideHow to walk into a model home without giving away your leverage — the Model Home Playbook, builder registration and incentive strategy.
Read the New Construction Buyer Guide guideThe five-step Buyer Leverage Formula for using seller concessions — buydowns, credits and price cuts — instead of waiting on rates.
Read the The Dallas Interest Rate Bypass guideMost of it is north of the George Bush Turnpike, along the Dallas North Tollway and US-75 through Frisco, Prosper, Celina, McKinney, Anna and Aubrey in Collin and Denton counties. That's where the master plans, the builder incentives and the new school campuses are.
Yes. The person at the sales desk works for the builder. Register me on your first visit — before you tour — and you keep independent representation at no change to the price of the home. Here's the full playbook.
In several of these communities the total tax rate runs well above the base county and school rate because of a district that financed the roads and utilities. Run the numbers before you fall in love with a floor plan — use the Dallas cost calculator and read the tax section in each community guide.
Tell me where you work, how old your kids are and how you like to spend your weekends, and I'll send you a shortlist.
Tommy Wooten is an independent buyer's representative with eXp Realty and is not employed by or affiliated with any builder or developer named on this site. Pricing, tax rates, HOA dues and school attendance zones change — verify current figures with the builder, the appraisal district and the school district before making a decision. Reviewed September 21, 2026.