New Construction in San Antonio, TX: 2026 Guide
New construction homes in San Antonio, Texas range from $133,000 to $1,424,900 across 24 builders, with 1358 active listings on All New Homes. Median price $339,990, median size 2,097 sqft.
By the All New Homes team · Published
San Antonio is one of the deepest new-construction markets in the country, and the live counts above reflect that. Production builders have been moving outward in every direction for the better part of a decade — north toward New Braunfels and Bulverde along the I-35 corridor, west toward the Alamo Ranch communities off Loop 1604, south toward Lackland AFB along the I-35/I-37 split, and east toward Cibolo and Schertz.
The dominant pattern is a master-planned community with a builder roster of three to six firms, shared amenities (pool, trail network, sometimes a school site), and a single HOA. That structure is good news for first-time buyers because it standardizes a lot of the unknowns: utility hookups, road quality, eventual school assignments, and resale comparables are all visible from the day the section opens.
It also means the listing prices you see on the area page are competitive within a tight band. When 23 builders are active in the same metro, a community two miles away with a similar floor plan exerts real downward pressure on price. That competition is your friend at the negotiation stage. The data table below shows you the full active inventory; the price-distribution chart shows you where the volume sits.
How to evaluate new construction in San Antonio
Two factors deserve more attention here than they typically get in buyer guides:
- Property tax burden. San Antonio sits in Bexar County (and parts of the metro spill into Comal, Guadalupe, and Kendall). Texas has no state income tax, and the property tax rate is correspondingly high — assume an effective rate around 2 to 2.5 percent of assessed value before homestead exemption. New builds also frequently sit inside Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) or Public Improvement Districts (PIDs) that add to the bill. Ask the builder for the current MUD/PID rate for the section you're considering, in writing, before you sign.
- Heat and cooling envelope. Summers regularly hit 100°F+ for weeks at a time. Insulation, window glazing, and HVAC sizing matter more here than in most of the country. Confirm the SEER2 rating and ductwork plan before optioning anything.
Lot orientation matters too. South- and west-facing back yards bake from May through September. If the section offers a choice, north- or east-facing yards are strictly more livable.
Financing notes for San Antonio buyers
San Antonio is a major builder-incentive market — production builders here aggressively buy down rates, cover closing costs, or kick in cash for design-center upgrades, especially on standing inventory and quick-move-ins. Two practical points:
- Compare the builder's preferred lender against an outside lender. Builder incentives are typically tied to using the in-house lender, but the rate and fee package isn't always best-in-market. Get a Loan Estimate from at least one outside lender so you know what you're trading away by taking the incentive.
- VA loans are widely supported. Joint Base San Antonio (Lackland, Randolph, Fort Sam Houston) anchors the metro economy, and builders here are fluent in VA financing. If you're eligible, the zero-down structure plus the funding-fee waiver for service-connected disability ratings stacks well with builder incentives.
If you're early in the search, the table and chart below give you a price floor and ceiling at today's parser snapshot — start there, then filter by section and floor plan on the area page.
Market snapshot
| Active listings | 1358 |
|---|---|
| Builders active in this market | 24 |
| Price range | $133,000 – $1,424,900 |
| Median price | $339,990 |
| Median size | 2,097 sqft |
Price distribution
Distribution of 27 sampled active listings across five price buckets between $133,000 and $161,999.
Top builders in San Antonio
| Builder | Active listings |
|---|---|
| D.R. Horton | 321 |
| Lennar | 221 |
| Pulte Homes | 128 |
| M/I Homes | 86 |
| Century Communities | 82 |
| Coventry Homes | 67 |
| Meritage Homes | 55 |
| Davidson Homes | 46 |
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Methodology
All New Homes combines hand-written market research with listing data sourced directly from builder websites. We don’t list resales — every inventory record shown here is a new-construction listing taken straight from the builder.
Market inventory last refreshed: · Data sourced directly from builder websites.