This Week in New Braunfels
NBPD Seeks Public Tips in Wren Brook Drive Assault
New Braunfels Police are asking residents for information following a physical assault that occurred between 2:50 and 4 a.m. on July 23 in the 3200 block of Wren Brook Drive, where an adult woman was attacked by an unknown male while outside. Investigators are specifically requesting security camera footage or reports of suspicious activity from that timeframe. Tips can be submitted directly to NBPD at 830-221-4100, and Crime Stoppers is offering up to $4,000 for information leading to an arrest.
Randy Rogers Family Foundation Volunteers at Humane Society
The Randy Rogers Family Foundation brought volunteers to the Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area on August 25 for a day of hands-on community service. The Herald-Zeitung flagged the effort as part of a broader week of local residents and organizations working to improve the city. It's a relatively low-key story, but it reflects the kind of consistent community investment that tends to go unnoticed outside local circles.
Comal County Engineer's Office Named for Thomas H. Hornseth
At a recent Comal County Commissioners Court meeting, county staff and elected officials honored outgoing or retiring county engineer Thomas H. Hornseth with a proclamation, a key to the courthouse, and the formal naming of the county engineer's office in his honor. The recognition points to years of service to the county's infrastructure and administrative operations. Details on Hornseth's tenure length were not included in available reporting.
Heat Persists Through the Week, Highs Near 102°F
The National Weather Service office in New Braunfels is forecasting dry conditions with high temperatures ranging from the lower 90s to near 102°F across south-central Texas this week. Heat indices are expected to climb back up as the week progresses, even as air temperatures hold relatively steady. Overnight lows are settling in the low-to-mid 70s with south to southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph.
Texas High School Football Season Opens
The first week of the Texas high school football season kicked off Friday, August 28, with games broadcast live across local and regional outlets. For New Braunfels, as with most Texas communities, the start of football season marks a genuine cultural shift in how residents spend their Friday evenings through the fall. No specific scores or local game results were available in time for this post.
Real Estate Market
A quick look at what's currently listed in and around New Braunfels shows a market that hasn't compressed into a single price band — inventory is spread across a meaningful range. On the accessible end, a 4-bedroom, 3-bath home at 1433 Havenwood Blvd (2,586 sq ft, built 2016) is listed through LERA MLS. On the upper end, 5723 Copper Forest listed at $1,650,000 through Keller Williams Heritage just hit the market on August 25 — five days old as of this writing. And a 4-bedroom home at 2629 Camel Trail in the Havenwood at Hunters Crossing area is priced at $789,000. That spread — from the mid-range to well over a million — is a consistent feature of this market, particularly in the 78132 zip code where lot sizes and finishes vary considerably.
For buyers, the presence of newer listings (Copper Forest, for example, was last sold in July 2021) suggests some owners who purchased near the peak of the post-pandemic run are now testing exit valuations. Whether those price points hold depends largely on how long those listings sit. The Havenwood Blvd listing description notes that homes at that price point in that neighborhood "rarely come available" — which is either accurate market context or listing language, and worth verifying independently by looking at comparable sales history before drawing conclusions.
The broader New Braunfels inventory picture, based on aggregated listing counts, shows approximately 1,698 active listings across the market. That's a meaningfully larger pool than buyers faced two to three years ago, which shifts negotiating conditions. In a high-inventory environment, days on market and price reduction history become more informative than list price alone. For sellers, presentation and accurate initial pricing matter more than they did when anything listed moved quickly. Neither buyers nor sellers are operating in a straightforward market right now — it rewards patience and preparation on both sides.