Houston is home to two of the country's five top-selling master-planned communities, according to John Burns Real Estate Consulting LLC. The Woodlands ranked second based on 945 home sales last year, up from 786 sales in 2010. Cinco Ranch came in third with 862 home sales, up from 823 sales in 2010. Also cracking the top five was Alamo Ranch in San Antonio, with 500 home sales last year. The top spot went to The Villages in Orlando, Fla., which had 2,307 sales.

Twelve of the top 50 master-planned communities in the survey are in Houston.

• Telfair ranked No. 10 with 381 sales, up from 330 in 2010

• Bridgeland was No. 13 with 334 sales, up from 285 sales in 2010

• Riverstone reached No. 15 with 302 sales, up from 225 in 2010

• Shadow Creek Ranch ranked No. 17 with 277 sales, up from 218 in 2010

• Sienna Plantation came in at No. 18 with 267 sales

• Eagle Springs was No. 25 with 234 sales

• Cross Creek Ranch tied for No. 28 with 225 sales

• Westheimer Lakes ranked No. 33 with 200 sales

• Summerwood came in at No. 36 with 188 sales

• Firethorne was No. 37 with 180 sales

A total of 133 master-planned communities were surveyed by Irvine, Calif.-based John Burns Real Estate Consulting for the second annual ranking.
Source: Houston Business Journal

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