Selling Your Home in The Highlands?

Market data

The Highlands home values and market activity

HAR does not publish a single neighborhood fact sheet that matches The Highlands, so we price from MLS sales of homes like yours instead.

Seller preparation

What The Highlands buyers will ask, and what to have ready

1. Buying new: incentives, warranties and phases

   Sales began in September 2021 and the plan calls for about 4,000 homes on roughly 2,300 acres, so streets, schools and amenities are still being built: Highlands Middle School is planned for fall 2027 and a 16,502 sq ft fitness center for the third quarter of 2027. Builder incentives in October 2026 ranged from design credits to rate buydowns tied to the builder's lender, each with its own deadline.

   • Compare an incentive's cash value with a price reduction, and read whether it requires the builder's lender.
   • Get the builder's written warranty and hire your own inspector before drywall and before closing.
   • Ask what is planned next to the lot: future phases, trails or commercial land.

   What buyers will do: Before signing a builder contract, get the warranty document, the incentive terms in writing and the lot's survey and drainage plan.

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

   Sources: The Highlands: builder incentives · The Highlands FAQ

2. MUD 140 and the full tax bill

   The Highlands is unincorporated Montgomery County with a Porter address. Adopted 2025 rates per $100 (Montgomery County Tax Office): New Caney ISD 1.2552, Montgomery County 0.3770, ESD 6 0.10 and Montgomery County MUD 140 1.38. Lone Star College (0.1058) and the hospital district (0.0458) also levy, per the tax office's 2026 rate sheet, and the county adopted 0.3860 for 2026. The tax office lists MUD 140's 2026 adopted rate as 1.25.

   • New Caney ISD gives the $140,000 school homestead exemption; file with the Montgomery Central Appraisal District.
   • On a new home the first bill may cover only the lot, so the next year's bill on the finished home is the one to budget for.

   What buyers will do: Ask for the MUD notice and price a full year of taxes on the finished value before comparing builders.

   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: rate history · Texas Water Code 49.452 (MUD notice)

3. Dues, sub-associations and transfer charges

   The Highlands Community Association's 2026 certificate sets the capital assessment equal to the annual maintenance charge, $1,584 for 2026. Resale buyers also face a $345 resale disclosure and estoppel fee and a foundation fee of up to 0.50% of the price. Fairway Pines (Sections 4, 10, 16 and 19) and Acadia duet lots have their own sub-associations on top of the master.

   • CCMC's conveyance department in Plano handles resale documents.

   What buyers will do: Read the resale certificate for the master and any sub-association before the option period ends.

   What to have ready: The management company’s contact, an early order for the resale certificate for every association on the lot, and approval letters for exterior changes.

   Sources: The Highlands management certificate · Fairway Pines management certificate

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.