Explore Highland Lakes Real Estate

The Highland Lakes are a chain of Colorado River reservoirs — Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, and Lake Marble Falls, plus Lake Travis and Lake Austin closer to the city — built by the Lower Colorado River Authority and stretching across Burnet and Llano counties northwest of Austin. That’s the region I work: Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Kingsland, Burnet, and the smaller lake communities around them. I’m Robbie English, REALTOR and Broker at Uncommon Highland Lakes Realty, and this is the market I know best.

Each Highland Lakes town has its own character. Marble Falls sits on Lake Marble Falls and has grown into the area’s retail and dining hub. Horseshoe Bay is built around Lake LBJ and its golf courses, with a mix of resort-style and full-time residential communities. Kingsland sits where the Colorado and Llano rivers meet to form the north end of Lake LBJ, and it still has more of an unincorporated, rural feel. Burnet, the Burnet County seat, sits closer to Lake Buchanan and Inks Lake and has a different price point and inventory mix than the lake-adjacent towns. Buying or selling in one of these markets means understanding which town you’re actually in, not treating “Highland Lakes” as one interchangeable area.

What I bring to a Highland Lakes transaction

I’ve spent my career working in this market, and I also teach real estate to other agents around the country as a national speaker and instructor. That combination means I’m not just familiar with these towns — I actively study negotiation, pricing, and marketing strategy as part of my job, and I bring that directly to my own clients here.

My approach is straightforward: understand what you’re actually trying to accomplish, then build a plan around it. That looks different for a buyer chasing a specific stretch of waterfront than it does for a seller trying to time a listing around the market’s slower winter months. I don’t run every client through the same script.

Buying in the Highland Lakes

My team and I help buyers get a realistic read on a property before they fall in love with the photos — lake access, lot orientation, dock rights, and flood zone status all affect value here in ways that aren’t always obvious from a listing. Whether you’re after a primary residence, a weekend place, or an investment property, I’ll walk you through what’s actually driving the price on a given home.

Selling in the Highland Lakes

On the sell side, pricing and presentation both need to account for what’s unique about lake property — water frontage, view lines, and proximity to the marina or golf course all move the number. I handle the marketing and negotiation strategy myself rather than handing it off, and I price based on what’s actually closing in your specific town, not a regional average.

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