Wildrye Realtor & Real Estate Agent — Your Guide to Wildrye, Waller TX 77484

Wildrye at a Glance

Figures are point-in-time and vary by section and address — verify before relying. Not legal or tax advice.

Where Wildrye Is

Wildrye sits in the northwest corner of Harris County, about 3 miles northeast of downtown Waller in a straight line. You reach it from FM 2920 by heading north on Binford Road about 2.6 miles and turning west on Wildrye Parkway. The utility district that serves it, Harris County MUD 597, takes in the land between Castle Road on the north and Vining Road on the south, from Stokes Road on the west to Binford Road on the east, and the recorded lots so far sit in its western half near Stokes Road.

The Waller County line runs a little over a mile from the nearest lot. The appraisal district’s 2026 roll shows three recorded sections with 391 lots: Section 1 (170 lots), Section 2 (146), and Section 3 (75). Only 57 carried a home value, finished or under construction, on the roll dated January 1, 2026, and many more homes have closed since. Sections 4 through 7 were added to the association in May 2026, and MUD 597’s October 2026 agenda includes water, sewer, and drainage construction contracts for them, so the community is early in its build-out. Wildrye North, a separate project announced in July 2026 near Stokes and Castle Roads, isn’t covered here; its utility district and HOA haven’t been confirmed, so check which community a listing is in.

Wildrye’s recorded plats (Sections 1, 2 and 3) are outlined in red, the City of Waller limits in navy, and the Harris–Waller county line in gray. Plats: Harris Central Appraisal District. City limits: Waller County Appraisal District. County line: U.S. Census Bureau. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Who Taxes and Serves Wildrye: Harris County, Waller ISD, and MUD 597

The tax bill is the clearest map of how Wildrye works. Sampled lots in Sections 1 and 2 carry the same eight taxing units, and TCEQ maps every Section 3 lot inside the same MUD. Waller ISD runs the schools. Then come five Harris County units: the county, its Flood Control District, the Port of Houston Authority, Harris Health, and the county Department of Education. Waller-Harris ESD 200 covers fire and EMS, and Harris County MUD 597 is the utility district that finances the water, sewer, drainage, and roads. There’s no city line and no college-district line, and law enforcement is the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

The Texas Legislature created MUD 597 in 2023, and voters confirmed it in May 2025. Its bond notice lists about $1.774 billion in voter-approved bonds, $1.04 billion for water, sewer, and drainage, $528 million for roads, and $206 million for parks, and none of it had been sold as of October 10, 2026. Right now the whole $1.50 MUD rate goes to operations. The district’s October 1, 2026 agenda moves toward its first bond sale, and once bonds are sold, part of the rate will go to repaying them and the total may change. That $1.50 is about 46 percent of the 2025 rate and the biggest line on the bill, and I run every Wildrye payment estimate with it included.

The Feel of the Area

Wildrye is still taking shape. Ashton Woods describes a 4.7-acre recreation center, and the builders list a pool, a lap pool, a clubhouse, a fitness center, a splash pad, pickleball, a playground, a dog park, and an event lawn. Ashton Woods also cites more than 130 acres of trails and green space, and the association’s site mentions walking and biking trails, playgrounds, and water features. The Section 1 landscape and amenity work was scheduled to finish by January 30, 2026, and trails and landscaping for the later sections are under contract, so ask which pieces are open on the day you visit. My own photos from the community show ponds with fountains, concrete walking trails, the Wildrye Information Center, and a row of builder models.

One of the community’s ponds, with a fountain.

A walking trail along the water.

The Wildrye Information Center.

Wildrye Homes for Sale and What They’re Selling For

Every Wildrye home is detached single-family new construction, built or underway since 2025, and each builder sells by lot width. Here’s what their sites showed on October 10, 2026:

• Ashton Woods sells on 40-foot lots at about $315,000 to $390,000 (about 1,470 to 2,820 square feet) and on 60-foot lots at about $425,000 to $495,000 (about 2,430 to 3,500 square feet).
• Chesmar Homes sells on 45-foot lots from about $330,000 (about 1,530 to 2,670 square feet) and on 60-foot lots from about $460,000 (about 2,530 to 4,010 square feet).
• David Weekley Homes sells on 55-foot lots at about $365,000 to $450,000 (about 2,090 to 3,500 square feet).
• Drees Custom Homes starts at about $450,000 (about 2,420 to 3,820 square feet, per NewHomeSource).
• Highland Homes had quick move-in homes listed at about $365,000 and $450,000.
• CastleRock Communities starts at about $280,000 (about 1,670 to 2,840 square feet, per a third-party listing site), and M/I Homes is selling its final Wildrye homes from about $250,000.

Ashton Woods’ 40-foot homes, CastleRock, and M/I sit at the entry price point; Ashton Woods’ and Chesmar’s 60-foot homes and Drees sit at the upper end. The 40-, 45-, 55- and 60-foot names are lot widths. DRB Homes also has a model here, but it had no Wildrye page on October 10, 2026, so its prices aren’t listed. Over the past 12 months, the median home that sold had about 2,340 square feet on a lot of about 6,700 square feet, and several listings note central gas heat. Builder pricing and incentives move week to week, so treat these numbers as one week’s snapshot.

A Drees Custom Homes model.

A Highland Homes model.

A DRB Homes model.

I pulled the HAR MLS numbers for Wildrye on October 10, 2026. Over the previous 12 months, 55 homes closed at a median of about $341,000, about $150 per square foot, and a median of 79 days on the market. Closed prices ran from the low $200,000s to the mid $500,000s. The typical home sold for about 98 percent of its last asking price and about 88 percent of its first one, and net of seller concessions the median was about $330,000. As of October 10, the MLS showed 39 active listings priced from about $245,000 to $570,000 (median list about $432,000), with 8 more pending at a median list of about $342,000. Measured against the past year’s sales pace, that’s about 8.5 months of supply, a buyer-leaning number, and every one of those homes is builder inventory. Closings only began in 2025, so there isn’t a full prior year to call a price trend. Sale prices aren’t public record in Texas, so this page carries rounded medians and counts only, never one home’s price.

Featured Wildrye Homes For Sale

$405,332 Active

22907 Silver Fen Way Waller, Texas

3 Beds 2 Baths 2,095 SqFt

$489,990 Active

30810 Catlin Creek Drive Waller, Texas

4 Beds 4 Baths 3,486 SqFt 0.213 Acres

$374,990 Active

22526 Camp Driftwood Way Waller, Texas

4 Beds 4 Baths 2,579 SqFt 0.121 Acres

$419,990 Active

30814 Swift Hill Lane Waller, Texas

3 Beds 3 Baths 2,428 SqFt 0.22 Acres

$365,000 Active

22227 Mount Whitney Road Waller, Texas

4 Beds 3 Baths 2,283 SqFt 0.147 Acres

$337,990 Active

31010 Pigeon Valley Drive Waller, Texas

4 Beds 3 Baths 2,505 SqFt 0.15 Acres

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What It Costs to Own in Wildrye

Property taxes. Wildrye’s 2025 rate, the same on sampled lots in Sections 1 and 2: $3.291528 per $100 of value, about 3.29 percent. As of October 10, 2026, seven of the eight units’ 2026 rates were posted:

On a $341,000 home, the median sale, the bill at 2025 rates comes to about $11,200 a year with no exemptions and about $9,300 with a homestead, and an estimate at the 2026 rates is about $9,400 with a homestead. On a $425,000 home, typical of the 55- and 60-foot product, those figures are about $14,000, $12,000, and $12,100. A homestead removes $140,000 from the Waller ISD taxable value ($200,000 for owners 65 or older or with a disability, not modeled here) and 20 percent from each of the five county units; neither ESD 200 nor MUD 597 offers one. Each figure is rounded to the nearest $100. A brand-new home’s first bill often covers only the lot or a partial value, so budget from a full-year estimate instead. My Texas homestead exemption guide and my explainer on how MUD districts work in Texas go deeper.

Expect two bills: Utility Tax Service collects for MUD 597, and the Harris County Tax Office collects for the county units and Waller ISD; your title company can confirm who bills each line. Check the specific parcel at hcad.org before relying on any of these figures. This is general information, not tax advice.

HOA. Membership in the Wildrye Community Association is mandatory, and Vision Communities Management (VCM) manages it. Dues are reported at $1,200 a year in MLS listings (October 10, 2026); the association’s budget isn’t public, so confirm the annual assessment on the resale certificate for the home you’re buying. Its state-filed management certificate, recorded May 27, 2026, sets four charges when a home is resold: a community enhancement fee of 0.50 percent of the price, a working capital assessment of 12 months of dues, a $250 transfer fee, and a $340 resale certificate. On a $341,000 home, that’s about $3,500 in all, and about $3,900 on a $425,000 home. Ask the builder which of these apply to a new-home closing. During a resale closing, the title company orders the resale certificate, and your contract and the TREC HOA addendum decide who pays each fee.

Wildrye Schools

The Texas Education Agency gave Waller ISD, Wildrye’s district, a B (80) for 2026. On October 10, 2026, I dropped a pin inside each of the three recorded sections in Waller ISD’s Infofinder zoning tool, and all three returned the same campuses, each within about 2 miles of the community as the crow flies.

David Weekley Homes’ July 2026 announcement mentions a future elementary school inside Wildrye, but Waller ISD hasn’t published a campus, site, or opening date. Warren Ranch High School, the district’s second high school, is scheduled to open in 2028 (Johnson Development, June 2026); no attendance zone has been drawn for it yet.

Zones change as Waller ISD adds campuses, so check the exact address in Waller ISD’s Infofinder and look up current ratings on txschools.gov. My Waller ISD school directory has a page for every campus.

Getting Around & Commute

From Wildrye, Binford Road runs south to FM 2920, which leads west to US-290 at Waller. The federal rail crossing inventory shows no open at-grade railroad crossing on Binford Road or FM 2920 between the community and US-290; trips through downtown Waller or along Kickapoo Road do cross the Union Pacific tracks. Here are Google Maps’ typical-traffic estimates for leaving Wildrye on a Tuesday, checked October 10, 2026:

For transit, METRO’s Cypress Park & Ride at 25210 US-290 is about 20 miles away, a 22- to 30-minute drive at 7:30 AM. Check ridemetro.org for the current schedule, and drive your commute at the hour you’d actually make it.

Flood Risk — What to Check Before You Buy

Wildrye drains to Kickapoo Creek, part of the Spring Creek watershed.

Zone A, which includes Zone AE, is FEMA’s high-risk floodplain, often called the 100-year floodplain: each year the land has at least a 1 percent chance of flooding, and a federally regulated or insured lender requires flood insurance on a home there. Zone X is FEMA’s minimal-risk area, where flood insurance is optional but available; a home outside the mapped floodplain can still take on water. The shaded Zone X, the 0.2 percent annual chance or 500-year floodplain, is FEMA’s moderate-risk area; insurance is optional there too.

On October 10, 2026, I checked all 391 recorded Wildrye lots against FEMA’s effective map, panel 48201C0160L, in effect since June 18, 2007, before the community was graded and its detention was built. No Section 1 lot touches Zone AE. In Sections 2 and 3, 99 lots (82 in Section 2 and 17 in Section 3) touch Zone AE along Kickapoo Creek and a tributary, and 78 of those have half or more of the lot inside the mapped zone. No lot touches the regulatory floodway. A second check on October 11, 2026 found 56 lots in Sections 2 and 3 touching the shaded, moderate-risk Zone X, 19 of them without any Zone AE, so 273 of the 391 lots, including all 170 in Section 1, sit entirely in minimal-risk Zone X. A lender’s flood-insurance requirement turns on where the house itself sits and whether a map revision covers the lot.

FEMA issued three fill-based map revisions (LOMR-Fs) in 2025 that remove portions of Sections 2 and 3 from the mapped floodplain, but FEMA’s map layer doesn’t say which lots each letter covers. For any Section 2 or Section 3 lot, pull the letter from FEMA and ask the builder for the elevation certificate. Harris County’s MAAPnext draft flood maps, released to floodplain administrators in February 2026, aren’t in effect yet and weren’t tested lot by lot here.

The Addicks and Barker Reservoir watersheds don’t include Wildrye; their nearest edges are about 12 miles (Addicks) and 13 miles (Barker) away. Wildrye’s first homes went up in 2025, so the community has no Hurricane Harvey history of its own.

Before you commit to a home, look up its address on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center and the MAAPnext draft viewer, read the seller’s disclosure, and get a flood insurance quote for that house, whatever its zone.

Things to Do Nearby

Inside Wildrye, the trails, ponds, and recreation center are the gathering places as they open. Within a short drive:

• Downtown Waller: about 3 miles southwest in a straight line.
• Parks: Zube Park in Hockley, about 12 miles and 20 minutes by car, and the Hockley Recreational Complex, about 8 miles away in a straight line.
• Shopping: Houston Premium Outlets at US-290 and the Grand Parkway, about 17 miles and 20 to 24 minutes away.
• Also nearby: the association’s site points to Prairie View A&M University, Dewberry Farm, and Houston Oaks Country Club.
• Hospital: Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital on US-290, about 17 miles and 20 to 26 minutes away.

Is Wildrye the Right Fit?

Wildrye suits a buyer who wants a new home with a Waller address and several builders to choose from, on 40- to 60-foot lots at prices mostly from the high $200,000s to the high $400,000s, with all three zoned Waller ISD campuses within about 2 miles. About 8.5 months of supply plus active builder incentives give buyers real negotiating room.

Plan first for taxes: about 3.29 percent before exemptions, with MUD 597’s $1.50 making up about 46 percent, and the district is preparing its first bond sale. A resale also carries the association’s 0.50 percent enhancement fee and a year of dues as working capital. In Sections 2 and 3, check each lot’s flood status, since 99 lots touch Zone AE on FEMA’s 2007 map. Only three of at least seven sections are recorded, so expect construction traffic and changing views for years, and the commute to Downtown Houston runs about 55 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes at 7:30 AM. Water service points to Quadvest through the district, and you’ll want the builder to confirm the gas company on the house.

For side-by-side comparisons, I’ve also written guides to Attwater, a new community inside Waller’s city limits, and Dellrose and Everly on the Hockley side of Waller ISD.

Work With a Wildrye Realtor

The active listings in Wildrye run well above what has sold: on October 10, 2026, the median list price was about $432,000 against a 12-month median sale of about $341,000, because the 55- and 60-foot homes reached the market later. On a Wildrye new home purchase, I register you with the builder at your first model-home visit, then line up comparable lot widths across Ashton Woods, Chesmar, David Weekley, Drees, and the others so you can see which base price, lot premium, and incentive add up to the lowest cost on a home you’d actually buy. We go through the builder’s purchase agreement line by line, and I figure your payment on the full 3.291528 rate with MUD 597 included. If you might sell within a few years, I also count the 0.50 percent enhancement fee that comes due on a resale, where the contract sets who pays it. One buyer described working with me this way: “All of the documents he filled out were completed thoroughly and he was a great help during the negotiation and inspection process.” — Michael C., first-time buyer, Google.

I’m Kevan Pewitt, a REALTOR® and the broker-owner of Houston Prime Realty. My Texas real estate broker’s license dates to 1989, and I carry the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation. Clients have rated me 5.0 across 229 verified post-closing HAR surveys, and Texas Monthly has named me a Five Star Professional for 11 years. Wildrye is part of my work helping clients with buying in Waller, so I’m watching the neighboring new-home communities too. If you’re planning model visits, start with whether you need your own real estate agent for new construction in Texas and how builder incentives work.

You can reach me directly at 281-500-7077.

Setting Up Utilities in Wildrye

Wildrye has a Waller mailing address, but it sits in unincorporated Harris County, outside Waller city limits. That changes who you call when you move in. Here’s how it works, as of October 2026.

Water and sewer: Quadvest, per the district’s records. Wildrye is inside Harris County MUD 597, the utility district that finances the community’s water, sewer, drainage, and roads and shows up as a line on your property tax bill. The district’s October 1, 2026 agenda lists a water-and-sewer facilities contract with Quadvest (quadvest.com), a private water company with a plant at Vining Road and Binford Road. Your builder can confirm the company on your water bill before you move in.

Electricity: you choose. Wildrye is in Texas’ deregulated electric market. CenterPoint Energy (centerpointenergy.com) owns the wires and handles outages, and you pick the company that sells you power at PowerToChoose.org, the state’s official comparison site.

Natural gas: ask your builder. Many Wildrye homes have gas heat, and one regulated company serves each area, so there’s nothing to shop for. I’m confirming which company serves Wildrye; until then, your builder can tell you the company on your meter.

Internet: check your address. Providers vary street to street, and new addresses take time to load. Check the FCC National Broadband Map (broadbandmap.fcc.gov) and ask your builder which provider pre-wired the home.

HOA: Wildrye Community Association. The association is Wildrye Community Association, Inc., managed by Vision Communities Management (VCM). The resident site is wildryehoa.com. Dues are reported at about $1,200 a year. At a resale, the association’s recorded fees include a 0.50 percent community enhancement fee, 12 months of dues as working capital, a transfer fee, and a resale certificate fee — see the management certificate on hoa.texas.gov.

Taxes: two bills. County and Waller ISD taxes are paid at the Harris County Tax Office (hctax.net). MUD 597’s taxes are billed separately by Utility Tax Service (utilitytaxservice.com). And file your homestead exemption with the Harris Central Appraisal District (hcad.org) — it’s free, so never pay anyone to do it for you.

Fire, EMS, and law enforcement. Fire and EMS come from Waller-Harris ESD 200 (whesd200.org), and law enforcement is the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (harriscountyso.org). Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital (memorialhermann.org) is about 17 miles away on US-290.

Providers, districts, and coverage vary by address and change over time — verify for your specific home before relying on any of the above. Verified October 10, 2026. Not legal or tax advice.

Quick Answers

Who builds homes in Wildrye?

Ashton Woods (40- and 60-foot lots), Chesmar Homes (45- and 60-foot), David Weekley Homes (55-foot), Drees Custom Homes, Highland Homes, and CastleRock Communities are building in Wildrye, and M/I Homes is selling its final homes, per their sites on October 10, 2026. Prices start at about $250,000 for M/I’s final homes and about $280,000 at CastleRock, and Ashton Woods’ 60-foot plans reach about $495,000, with Chesmar’s 60-foot homes from about $460,000. The 40, 45, 55 and 60 in the builders’ series names are lot widths; Wildrye is not an age-restricted community. Builder pricing changes weekly, so get the current sheet for the exact home.

Is Wildrye in Waller County or the City of Waller?

Neither. Wildrye has a Waller, TX 77484 mailing address, but it’s in unincorporated Harris County, outside Waller city limits, and its schools are Waller ISD. The Harris Central Appraisal District carries every Wildrye parcel, and the tax bills come from Harris County units, Waller ISD, ESD 200, and Harris County MUD 597, with no city line. One builder’s page and some listing feeds say Waller County; the appraisal record settles it. Search the lot at hcad.org to see its taxing units.

What schools serve Wildrye?

Waller ISD (TEA 2026 B, 80) serves Wildrye. Pins in each of the three recorded sections, entered in Waller ISD’s Infofinder tool on October 10, 2026, all returned Mary Alice Cure Elementary (B, 80), Schultz Junior High (C, 75), and Waller High School (B, 82), all within about 2 miles in a straight line. A builder has mentioned a future elementary school inside Wildrye, but Waller ISD hasn’t announced one. Check your exact address in Infofinder before you count on a campus.

What is the property tax rate in Wildrye?

Wildrye homes paid a combined $3.291528 per $100 (about 3.29 percent) for 2025: Harris County MUD 597 at 1.50, Waller ISD at 1.0626, five Harris County units, and Waller-Harris ESD 200 at 0.10. For 2026, I estimate about 3.33 percent as of October 10, 2026, with MUD 597 adopted at $1.50 and only the Department of Education rate not yet posted. On a $341,000 home, that’s about $11,200 a year before exemptions and about $9,300 with a homestead for 2025. Confirm per address at hcad.org.

Are Wildrye property taxes higher than the rest of Waller?

It depends on the address. The biggest single line on a Wildrye bill is MUD 597: its $1.50 per $100 is about 46 percent of Wildrye’s 2025 total of about 3.29 percent. Other 77484 addresses can carry different taxing units, including a city line inside Waller’s limits or a different district, so compare the parcels you’re considering one against another. As of October 10, 2026, MUD 597 held about $1.774 billion in authorized bonds it hadn’t sold and was preparing its first sale, so part of its rate will shift to debt repayment. With a homestead, the school value drops by $140,000 and the five county units by 20 percent; my guides to what a MUD district is in Texas and the Texas homestead exemption explain both. Look up each parcel’s taxing units at hcad.org.

What do homes in Wildrye sell for?

Per HAR MLS, 55 Wildrye homes closed in the year to October 10, 2026, at a median of about $341,000 (about $150 per square foot) and a median 79 days on market. Net of seller concessions, the median was about $330,000, and the typical home sold for about 88 percent of its first asking price. On October 10, 39 homes were active at about $245,000 to $570,000, with a median list price of about $432,000, about 8.5 months of inventory. Builder, plan, lot width, and incentive can put a given home far from those medians, so weigh each house on its own numbers.

What are Wildrye’s HOA dues, and what fees come due at a sale?

Wildrye dues are reported at $1,200 a year in MLS listings (October 10, 2026), paid to the Wildrye Community Association, which Vision Communities Management manages. The association’s management certificate sets four charges at a resale: a community enhancement fee of 0.50 percent of the price, a working capital assessment of 12 months of dues, a $250 transfer fee, and a $340 resale certificate, about $3,500 together on a $341,000 home. The title company orders the resale certificate, and your contract decides who pays each fee; on a new home, ask the builder which charges apply. The resale certificate for your home will show the current amounts.

Is Wildrye in a flood zone?

Partly, on FEMA’s current map. Testing all 391 recorded lots on October 10, 2026, I found every Section 1 lot in Zone X, FEMA’s minimal-risk area, where flood insurance is optional but available and a home can still flood. In Sections 2 and 3, 99 lots touch Zone AE, part of FEMA’s high-risk Zone A floodplain (at least a 1 percent annual chance of flooding, often called the 100-year floodplain), where a federally regulated or insured lender requires flood insurance on a house inside it; 56 lots there also touch the shaded Zone X, FEMA’s moderate-risk 0.2 percent annual chance area. Three 2025 FEMA map revisions remove portions of those sections, and whether a lender requires a policy depends on where the house sits and whether a revision covers the lot. Pull the lot’s FEMA letter and elevation certificate, search the address on FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center, and price a flood policy for that house.

Do I need my own real estate agent to buy a new home in Wildrye?

No rule requires one, but the builder’s sales staff represents the builder. With your own real estate agent, someone on your side reads the builder’s contract, compares homes and incentives across Wildrye’s builders, and negotiates for you. On a new home, many builders require your real estate agent to register you on your first model-home visit, so bring one before you walk in. My guide to whether you need your own real estate agent for new construction in Texas explains more. Before you make an offer, pull the lot’s taxing units at hcad.org.

Who is a good real estate agent for Wildrye?

Look for a real estate agent who compares several builders’ homes at the same lot width, tests each incentive against the price it comes with, and runs your payment on the full tax stack, MUD 597 included, before you choose. I’m Kevan Pewitt, a REALTOR® and the broker-owner of Houston Prime Realty, a Texas real estate broker since 1989, with a 5.0 average across 229 verified HAR client reviews. My guide on how to choose a Realtor lists the questions to ask, and how real estate buyer’s agents get paid in Texas explains compensation. Any real estate agent you hire should check the parcel’s taxing units at hcad.org before you sign.

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