When you're considering buying a home or selling a home in Murphy Texas, it's a good idea to work with a local real estate expert to help ease the real estate purchase process. There's far more to home buying than just searching Murphy homes for sale - and the local Mark Hitz Realtor Team at DFW Realty GMAC Real Estate can give you the knowledge, advice and counsel you need to make the right decisions about your real estate investment.

Murphy TX Overview

Murphy TX 75074, 75094 has around 11,432 residents and is located in Collin County Texas. This primarily residential community is experiencing moderate to significant growth compared to the 2000 US Census Murphy population of 3,099 residents.

Future Murphy Texas real estate growth projections coupled with local Collin County TX road expansion and North Texas Tollway Authority roads may significantly change the past architecture of this community.

Murphy Official Website Link

The City of Murphy Texas is a small, fast-growing community with a history that goes back to the early 1900's. Murphy Texas is located in southeastern Collin County TX, as a far north east suburb of Dallas TX (Dallas/Fort Worth DFW Metroplex). Murphy TX is located between Plano TX and Wylie TX on FM 544 (Farm to Market Road 544). Murphy TX is about two miles south of the famous Dallas TV series South Fork Ranch. Its borders enclosing only 3.8 square miles and shares borders with Plano TX, Richardson TX, Wylie TX, Sachse TX, and Parker TX. Murphy Texas is approximately 20 miles from downtown Dallas TX and about 30 miles from the DFW Airport.

The City of Murphy TX home real estate market balances a country atmosphere in a rapidly growing environment. City of Murphy residential zoning of single family residential home lot sizes are a minimum of 9,000 square feet although the city indicates average new home construction lot sizes of 12,000 square feet.

Several subdivisions have begun building and are occupied. The newest approved development at this time is 470 acres on the northeast side of the city along Maxwell Creek. The country living theme is expressed in this development by a linear park, which is expected to include a hike-and-bike trail. The major new feature to be noted in the Future Land Use Plan is a central business district at the northeast and northwest corners of the intersection of FM 544 and Murphy Road. This is expected to encompass a park-like area with offices and stores fronting on a central plaza. The municipal complex is comprised of a total of four buildings to serve Fire, Police, City Administration and Public Works.

With the opening of the NTTA President George Bush Tollway, access to the west became a reality in 1999. The highway is a major factor in the growth of the economy of Southeast Collin County. Its impact on Murphy has already been felt in the rapid expansion as new homes have been built, with the boom starting in 1999. The population in late 2002 was about 6500 and has continued to grow to around 10,000 in 2006.

Murphy TX MLS Homes For Sale

The existing homes for sale in Murphy Texas typically range from brick one story ranch homes to estate type 2 story homes. A majority of Murphy homes for sale in the residential single family detached houses category range from $150K - $300K. Use our Home Buyers Scouting Report free home search tool to pinpoint and map out homes that meet your specific Murphy TX real estate needs.

Interactive Murphy Maps

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Murphy TX Schools, Wylie Independent School District & Plano Independent School District PISD

Use our local guide to Murphy TX Schools Wylie Independent School District & Plano Independent School District PISD Collin County to learn about your public and private school options as a part of your home buying decision process. Our Plano ISD guide provides Texas Education Agency Academic Excellence Indicator System AEIS performance report ranking for both the Plano PISD and all Elementary, Middle and High Schools including TAKS Testing Results. Our Choosing A School For Your Child Relocation Guide is an excellent resource for all home buying parents.

Plano Independent School District PISD Website

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Use Official Websites

Official Texas State, Collin County, Murphy TX and Plano Independent School District PISD Websites are excellent sources of information. All other websites, including ours, may contain outdated or incorrect information.

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Commentary on this website should never be taken as fact nor should any Murphy home buying or selling decisions be made based upon the information contained on this website. Our personal GMAC Real Estate Premier Service goal is to provide unique useful insight, opinion and information to potential relocating home buyers interested in Murphy homes for sale, new home builders, Murphy schools and ISDs, etc. The Far North Dallas communities in Denton County and Collin County Texas has been undergoing a great deal of change and development so information about any community will change or become outdated. Y'all please keep that in mind. We encourage you to call Mark Hitz, Local Realtor® DFW Realty GMAC Real Estate at 214-514-1800 with any specific Murphy questions you might have if you currently do not have a written agreement with another Texas real estate agent.

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