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According to the Houston Chronicle, Kirk Homes, Tilson Custom Home Builders, TDCox Homes LLC, Blackoak Homes, Sierra Classic Custom Homes and RVision Homes are all looking to build on wooded acreage at the Texas Grand Ranch, near New Waverly Texas, about 50 miles north of Houston. The intended target audience are home buyers looking for "more space, a high and dry elevation, lots of privacy and trees, and peace of mind knowing they are surrounded by thousands of acres of protected National Forest and State Park land."

The area includes a quiet portion of Lake Conroe frontage ideal for fishing and boating. Biking, horse-riding and hiking trails aren't far from the home sites at the Ranch. Two to 5-acre pre-construction home sites at Texas Grand Ranch are currently priced from $59,900, and Texas veterans qualify for special financing.

Among the inventory are cul-de-sac lots, state park parcels and some national forest properties that will be released to the market on Aug. 24. "The thing that makes Texas Grand Ranch unique is that we are in the middle of 166,000 acre Sam Houston National Forest," Bear Prince, land consultant and broker at Texas Grand Ranch said in a prepared statement. "This is a beautiful playground. That's what people love about it. People come up from Houston to enjoy the forest on the weekends. We get to live in it."

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