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Where to eat
From limestone porches to converted feed stores. The places locals return to and the ones worth the drive.
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New Braunfels, Texas
The local insider
for living in New Braunfels.
Guides, neighborhood deep dives, and friendly market notes from someone who actually lives the river life. No pressure. No hype. Just honest help when you are ready.
New Braunfels · Comal and Guadalupe corridors
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Todd SpencerNew Braunfels, TX
Your local guide
A trusted insider, not a high pressure salesperson.
Fifteen years living, eating, floating, and working in New Braunfels. I help families relocate, retirees right size, first time buyers find their footing, and Austin and San Antonio commuters find a place that finally feels like home.
Hyperlocal is not a buzzword. It is where you float on Saturday and where you grab coffee on Tuesday.
Representing first time buyers, relocating families, retirees, and Austin and San Antonio commuters. Paperwork tight. Communication clear. The pace is yours.
- Years in market
- 15+
- Closings (rolling)
- 180+
- Median days on market
- 22
- Five star reviews
- 120+
Explore New Braunfels
A city worth knowing, one vignette at a time.
Restaurants, river life, live music, breweries, hidden gems, weekend rhythm, neighborhood guides, and family days. A premium local read, kept honest.
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River life
Tubing the Comal, sunset wades on the Guadalupe, and the local etiquette nobody writes down.
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Live music
Gruene Hall, dance floors that still creak, and the small rooms where Texas songwriters work things out.
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Breweries and taprooms
Local hops, river patios, and Tuesday night trivia. A short list, honestly ranked, fully drinkable.
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Hidden gems
The swimming hole behind the limestone bend. The bakery with a line of regulars and zero signage.
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Weekend rhythm
Farmers markets, vintage strolls, river floats, and the early supper that keeps Sunday calm.
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Neighborhood guides
Canopy roads, school paths, walk to water pockets, and the slow streets that locals love.
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Family days
Schlitterbahn after the crowds, Landa Park hideouts, and the parks where kids hand back their phones.
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On camera
Field notes you can watch.
Short, honest videos from around town. Market reads, neighborhood walks, community spotlights, and friendly business features. New episodes most weeks.
Market update6 min
What the corridor is actually doing this month
Inventory by price band, what closed, and what is sitting longer than it should.
Community spotlight4 min
The Saturday morning at Landa Park
Lifestyle reel1 min
One perfect day on the Comal
Field film series · 2026Static posters · no autoplay
Featured neighborhoods
Six places to start.
School paths, tube put ins, porch hours, and walk to water pockets. The quiet details that never fit on an MLS row.
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Gruene
Historic and livelyLimestone bones, hall glow, and front porches that have heard every chorus. Historic, walkable, and rarely quiet on a weekend.
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Downtown New Braunfels
Walkable and waking upPlaza weekends, the river a block away, and a Main Street that has quietly leveled up. Restaurants, coffee, and slow Saturdays.
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Canyon Lake
Lakefront calmDawn pinks on reservoir glass, hill country quiet, and morning views that feel borrowed from a travel annual.
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Vintage Oaks
Family scale luxuryCanopy drives, stone walls, and the kind of cul de sacs where kids still bike at dusk.
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Veramendi
New and consideredA master planned community shaped by the land it sits on. Trails, water, and a fresh take on neighborhood life.
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RiverChase
Hill Country river homesLimestone bluffs, slow river bends, and the kind of evenings where porch light, cicada song, and a slow Hill Country breeze all arrive at once. Quiet acreage minutes from town — upscale, easygoing, and built for the long stay.
Read the guideMargins
Clients, in their own words.
№ 01 / 03
Todd never rushed us. He translated inspection noise into decisions we could sleep on and made the negotiation feel human.
Morgan and AlexRelocated from Austin
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He reads this town the way a good editor reads a manuscript. What to keep, what to cut, what to protect.
LaneDownsizing near the river
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Offers were explained like chapters, not traps. We closed on time and there was zero drama.
Priya and JordanFirst time buyers
Story wins
Small numbers, real outcomes.
9 days
On market for a Gruene cottage
A careful price band read and a buyer pool we already knew. Sold above asking with one inspection request.
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Surprises at close
Disclosure questions answered up front and a lender on speed dial. A drama free close for a relocating family.
3 months
From first call to keys
A retiree downsizing from a multi acre property. Patient touring, clear math, and a result that fit the next chapter.
Field notes
Read the corridor before you tour it.
Plain English guides for the questions buyers, sellers, and the curious actually ask. Updated as the market shifts.
River corridor velocity
+6%
Year over year change in under contract volume inside a 1.5 mile Comal buffer (illustrative).
Moving guide
Moving to New Braunfels
Schools, commute math, the parts of town that work for which season of life.
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Numbers
Cost of living
Housing, taxes, utilities, and the small line items that quietly add up here.
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Lifestyle
River rituals and weekend rhythm
Float seasons, supper hours, market mornings, and the slow part of Sunday.
Read the guideMarket trends
Real estate trends
What is moving, what is sitting, and where the next chapter of the corridor is being written.
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Whenever you are ready
Tell me the chapter you are in. I will bring the map and the patience.
First time buying, relocating, downsizing, or just curious about the market. I read every note and respond within a business day.
Todd Spencer · New Braunfels, TexasHill Country twilight