What does it cost to live at Grey Rock Golf Club at Circle C?

Homes inside the Circle C Ranch boundary around Grey Rock at Circle C sold for a median of $800,000 over the 12 months ending September 2026, across 214 sales, versus $750,000 the year before. Houses, 214 of the sales, had a median of $800,000. 40 listings are for sale today. The right number for a specific home comes from recent sales of the same type and size on nearby streets.

Grey Rock is a City of Austin daily-fee course, so there is no initiation to play it: anyone can book a tee time, residents included. The course also sells memberships that add discounted play and practice, and Rick's recent read is that full memberships have had a waitlist of around three years. For a buyer who wants to live on a course without a private-club bill, Circle C is the most practical option on the south side.

No. Grey Rock Golf Club at Circle C is a daily-fee course, so there is no membership you are required to buy with a home in Circle C Ranch, and anyone can book a tee time. Your home's HOA is separate from the course and has its own dues and rules. If you later want a private club, several are a short drive away, and at most Austin clubs you do not need to live in the community to join.

Jay Morrish designed the course, which opened in 1992 as Circle C Golf Club inside the Circle C Ranch neighborhood. The City of Austin bought it in 2014, and it now runs as Grey Rock Golf Club, a daily-fee course that also sells memberships. It plays to 6,909 yards from the back tees and uses the Hill Country terrain without punishing the average player.

The median home around Grey Rock at Circle C went under contract in 16 days over the last 12 months, versus 20 days the year before, counted on cumulative days on market so relisted homes are not reset. It sold for 98.0% of its original list price, and 37% of the homes that sold had cut their price. Add about 30 to 45 days from contract to closing. A home priced in line with recent sales on launch day usually beats the median.

Over the last 12 months, Grey Rock at Circle C had 214 sales at a median of $800,000 and 16 days on market. For comparison, over 12 months, Onion Creek had 47 sales at a median of $535,000 and 53 days on market, and Barton Creek had 51 sales at a median of $2,650,000 and 79 days on market. Each club's median reflects its own mix of condos, older houses and new construction, so compare the same home type and size. Rick can pull side-by-side sales for the specific homes you are weighing, and walk you through how the clubs themselves differ.

The MLS does not flag course frontage reliably, so we do not publish a course-lot premium for Grey Rock at Circle C. In practice, a lot on the course sells for more than a similar house a street away when the view is good and the lot sits away from the landing areas. What matters is which side of the fairway, how close to a tee or green, and how much the lot sits above the course. Rick knows which streets back to the course and can tell you how each lot plays.

Start with the documents: the HOA and any sub-association rules, leasing and short-term rental limits, golf-ball easements on course-side lots, and whether a seller's club membership can transfer. Homes here often draw more than one offer, so have financing and inspections lined up before you tour, and read the master association rules. Rick adds one more: ask the club, not only the seller, about the current membership timeline before you plan around playing the day you move in.

Of the 214 houses with a recorded build year that sold around Grey Rock at Circle C in the last 12 months, 17 were built before 1990, 162 between 1990 and 2009, and 35 in 2010 or later. The median house measured about 2,827 square feet and sold for about $300 per square foot, and the median lot was 0.21 acres. By price, 78 sales closed under $750,000, 133 from $750,000 to $1.5 million, 3 from $1.5 to $3 million and 0 at $3 million or more.

Tell Rick what you want in a club and a home. He can arrange a clubhouse tour and an honest membership conversation at Grey Rock at Circle C, and walk you through the homes around the course, including ones he hears about before they list. If you are seriously looking, he will also host you for a round at Westlake Country Club, his home club, to compare notes. Meanwhile, save a search inside the Circle C Ranch boundary so new listings reach you first.