Griffin Parc is a wonderful place to park yourself in Frisco!

Griffin Parc is an active community located in North Frisco on Legacy Dr. at El Dorado Pkwy. The community boasts lots of things to entertain the kids, and the big kids, too! Central Park is centrally located in the community and has open space, shade and seating offered in the Gazebo, and a peaceful serene fountain. Crescent Park is located Eldorado & Teel is 5 acres and bids were taken this spring while construction is expected 2008. It will serve the residents of Griffin Parc, Shaddock Creek Estates, Heather Ridge and Kings Garden subdivisions.

Griffin Parc also has a great community pool and playground between Phase I and Phase II. We have a Memorial Day through Labor Day (generally) pool weather season here, so we North Texans love to take a dip in this up to 100 degree weather we’re having right now this June. Conveniently, a Frisco Fire Station is also located in the community. The nearby Trails golf course is open for public play. Memberships are available on a limited basis. More amenities you can enjoy include hike and bike trails that run just south of Veneto, tennis courts south of Griffin Middle School, soccer field, football field, basketball court, sand pit north of Pink Elementary and track at the very well maintained surface of the Griffin Middle School track.

Speaking of the embedded in Griffin Parc Pink Elementary and Griffin Middle schools, they are excellent!

Dr. Erwin G. and Elisabeth Pink Elementary
3650 Overhill Dr.
Frisco, Texas 75034
Phone: 469-633-3500
Principal: Bethany Rowan

Frisco ISD’s district average for number of students per teacher is 14:1. Texas’ mandate is not to exceed 22:1 in grades K-4 and grade 5 is kept as close to 25:1 as possible.

Enrollment by Grade

PPCD 32
KN 121
1st 122
2nd 90
3rd 89
4th 76
5th 75

Total 605

TEA Rating from Spring 2007—Recognized

Some of the special programs that Pink Elementary offers are: dyslexia, gifted/talented, content mastery, YMCA/AlphaBest After school care, and Spanish School House 1 day/week.

Bennett and Alma Griffin Middle School
3703 El Dorado Pkwy.
Frisco, TX 75034
Phone: 469-633-4900
Principal: Elizabeth Holcomb
Mascot: Gators
Colors: Green, Gold & White

Enrollment by Grade

6th 398
7th 378
8th 330

Total 1,106

TEA Rating for Spring 2007--Recognized

Some of the special programs offered at Griffin Middle School: Gifted/Talented program, Inclusive Special Education, Honors Math and Reading (6th) , Choir, Band, Orchestra, Theater Arts, Cheerleading and Pep Squad, Double Blocked Language Arts, Double Blocked Extended Math, Academic Recovery, Boys Athletics: Football, Basketball, Track, Soccer, Tennis and Girls Athletics: Football, Basketball, Track, Soccer and Tennis.

Finally, the brand new Justin Wakeland High School

10700 Legacy Drive
Frisco, TX 75034
Phone: 469.633.5700
Principal: Dr. Mike Farish
Mascot: Wolverines
Colors: Navy blue and orange

Enrollment by Grade
9th 532
10th 438
11th 275
12th 207

Total 1452

The class range size is 5 to 25 students per class. SAT Average Scores - N/A in first year.

TEA Campus Rating: Academically Acceptable

Curriculum: includes college prep, standard and career/technology courses in all accepted disciplines. AP courses and numerous pre-AP courses.

Competitive Activities: Academic Decathlon, Debate, Drill Team, Color Guard, Cheerleading, Marching Band, Concert Band, Theater Arts, Technical Theater, UIL Choir, Boys and Girls Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys & Girls Power Lifting, Boys Girls Soccer, Baseball/Softball, Boys & Girls Golf, Boys and Girls Track, Boys and Girls Swimming, Boys and Girls Wrestling, FFA, Robotics Club, UIL Academic Club.

Organizations and Clubs

Student Council, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, French Club, French Honor Society, SADD, HERO, DECA, HOSA, Key club, Teams, Christmas Angels, Computer Science Club, AP Programs, Chess Club, Spanish Club, Junior Achievement, College Fair, Texas Association of Future Educators, Radio TV Broadcast Group.

*Please contact your local school board for verification of school district. All information believed to be accurate, but not warranted.

There is also a Montessori school and day care available in the community.

There are a few styles of architecture in Griffin Parc. Bowen has built some of the Cape Cod style homes in this community. Brand new Bowen Homes start in the $190’s.

The Reserve within Griffin Parc has some of the custom builders like New Lineage Custom Builders, Jeff Pfeifer Custom Homes, Oak Creek Custom Homes, Steve Wylie Custom Homes and others.

Interested in a home in Griffin Parc? Please e-mail us at terri.h@kw.com

Looking to sell your home in Griffin Parc, Frisco, Tx?

Michael O Custom Builders, Wylie Custom Homes, Rossi Custom Homes and other Griffin Parc builders are putting some of their homes in the MLS, so that’s helping with the comps and to balance out some of the foreclosures in the area which is great news for you!

The statistics on what’s recently been sold in Griffin Parc on average looks like this:

	# BR	SqFt	Yr Blt	CDOM	List Price	SP %LP	Sale Price
Avrg	4	3,418	2005	141	334,559	94%	312,856

So, what does that mean? It means, on average, home sellers in Griffin Parc are selling 4 bedroom homes with 3,418 sq. ft. built in 2005. The number of cumulative days on market the homes are spending is 141. Now, if you throw out the quickest sale which was 7 days and the slowest sale which was 431 days, (throw out the low and high which can skew the numbers a bit), then it’ll clean it up to 131 days on market. The average listing price is $334,559 and the percentage of sales price to list price that sellers are asking for and receive is 94% which puts the average sales price at $312,856.

In North Texas, 79 days is the average time it takes to sell a preowned house. That compares to more than 100 days on the market to sell in most large U.S. cities. A new report by analysts at Altos Research and Real IQ finds that the Dallas area has one of the fastest home sales times in the country. In just Dallas alone, they estimate the average sales time is 85 days. Of course, these are just averages, but they give you an idea of what’s going on in the market.

The new FHA loan limit was recently raised up to $271,050 which will help bring in a bigger buyer pool for your homes. Even while buyers are now starting to drop off the proverbial fence sitting in buying homes and the market is starting to shift, they are able to get qualified for a loan which is a welcome relief. The buyer pool in the $350+ market has not been nearly as affected by the sub-prime market fall-out.

Here are some homes that have just sold in Griffin Parc:

If you’re interested in selling your home in Griffin Parc in Frisco, or elsewhere, please contact us at terri.h@kw.com