Selling Your Home in Conroe?

Market data

Conroe home values and market activity

HAR 2025 neighborhood facts

Source: HAR.com · HAR.com · HAR.com · HAR.com (HAR 2025 Facts, based on appraisal district records). Market and appraised values are not sale prices. HAR’s neighborhood boundary may not match the subdivision exactly.

Seller preparation

What Conroe buyers will ask, and what to have ready

1. City, county, school and any MUD or MMD

   Inside the city a home pays the City of Conroe ($0.4272 per $100), Montgomery County ($0.3860), the Hospital District ($0.0458), Conroe ISD ($0.9471) and Lone Star College ($0.1058), all on the county's 2026 rate sheet. Many newer subdivisions add a MUD or, in Grand Central Park, a municipal management district. Outside the city there is no city tax, but an emergency services district (most are $0.1000 in 2026) may apply.

   • The city gives a 20% homestead exemption plus $40,000 for owners over 65 or disabled; the county gives 20%; Conroe ISD gives $140,000.
   • The Montgomery County Tax Assessor-Collector sends bills in October; they become delinquent after January 31.
   • The seller's bill reflects the seller's exemptions and capped value; your first bill starts from the new appraisal.

   What buyers will do: Pull the tax statement and MCAD record for the address, list every unit including any MUD, MMD or ESD, and total the 2026 rates before you make an offer.

   What to have ready: Your latest tax statement with its list of taxing units and your exemptions. Buyers know their own bill will be figured on their own value and exemptions, so a clear breakdown helps.

   Sources: Montgomery Central Appraisal District · Montgomery County Tax Office: 2026 rates and exemptions · City of Conroe: Property tax

2. Floodplain rules, the river and the lake

   Lake Conroe's dam is on the West Fork of the San Jacinto River about seven miles northwest of the city. SJRA lists the lake's record high as 206.24 feet on Aug. 28, 2017, during Hurricane Harvey, and SJRA says no single agency oversees flood planning for all of Montgomery County. Inside city limits, any development in the floodplain needs a city permit, and new or substantially improved buildings must sit at least 12 inches above base flood elevation.

   • SJRA and partners are studying joint operation of Lake Conroe and Lake Houston, with results expected in late 2026.
   • Standard homeowner policies do not cover flood, and new flood policies usually have a 30-day wait.
   • Ask for the seller's disclosure, any elevation certificate and the NFIP claims history; a home outside the mapped floodplain can still flood.

   What buyers will do: Request the city's free flood zone determination (inside city limits), check FEMA's map, and price flood insurance during your option period.

   What to have ready: Your seller’s disclosure flood answers, any elevation certificate, your flood insurance declarations page and records of any claim, repair or mitigation work.

   Sources: FEMA Flood Map Service Center · City of Conroe: Flood safety information · SJRA: Who oversees flood control for Montgomery County? · SJRA: History of Lake Conroe · Texas Water Development Board: Lake Conroe

3. New communities: districts, construction and warranties

   Most of Conroe's new homes are in master plans such as Grand Central Park, Artavia, Evergreen and Cielo. Each sits in a MUD or management district that can issue bonds and tax all property to repay them, and the seller must give a district notice before you sign. New schools and phases keep changing zoning and traffic around these communities.

   • Ask each builder for its written warranty and what it covers.
   • Hire your own inspector for pre-drywall and final inspections.
   • Ask the HOA whether it maintains the detention ponds and storm drainage.

   What buyers will do: Get the district notice, the builder's warranty and the HOA's drainage responsibilities in writing before you sign a new-home contract.

   What to have ready: Builder warranty papers and whether they transfer, your closing documents from the builder and the lot’s plat information.

   Sources: Texas Water Code 49.452: notice to purchasers · TCEQ GI-043: Texas water districts, a general guide · Conroe ISD: district maps and Find My School

Insurance and disclosures: buyers will price homeowners and flood insurance before they commit. Have your current declarations pages, any elevation certificate and any flood-claim history ready; Texas sellers also answer flooding questions on the seller’s disclosure notice (Texas Property Code §5.008). See our Houston flood map guide.