New-home sales in west Houston’s Cinco Ranch community are up 8% for the first nine months of 2009, compared to the same period in 2008. A total of 697 new homes were sold in Cinco Ranch during the first three quarters of 2009. That compares to 643 new homes sold during the same time last year in the 7,600-acre master-planned community. Relocation sales have remained strong in Cinco Ranch, accounting for one in three new-home sales in the community so far this year, according to Heather Gould, marketing director for Newland Communities. “Now in its 19th year of development, Cinco Ranch has built up strong brand equity and awareness among home buyers and Realtors, which has fueled both relocation sales and local move-up sales,” Gould said. “In the present economy, home buyers also seem to be finding a greater level of comfort in investing in a large-scale master-planned community like Cinco Ranch.” Gould said Cinco Ranch has benefited as the largest and most established new-home community near the Energy Corridor, where employment has continued to be relatively stable. Cinco Ranch was also buoyed this summer when the Texas Education Agency gave its top accreditation rating – exemplary – to 12 of the 13 Katy Independent School District campuses serving the community. To learn more about Partners in Building in Cinco Ranch, call us at 281-293-8255 or click http://www.partnersinbuilding.com/Spring-Lake.