Celina · Collin County · The McDonald Group

Your Celina Realtor

Licensed local Realtors serving Celina, honest pricing guidance, professional marketing, and listing options that fit how much help you actually want.

Local, not long-distance

We work Celina from the fast-growing northern edge of the metro.

Celina is where DFW is heading next, and we work both the new builds and the legacy properties that growth is catching up to. Since 2019, the McDonald Group has helped buyers and sellers across DFW and North Texas, brokered by Fathom Realty, with our office in McKinney.

Selling in Celina

Three ways to list. You pick the level of help.

Transaction Only

1%
or $2,000, whichever is greater

Already have your buyer, or just need a licensed pro to carry the deal from contract to close? This is the lean option.

  • Contract preparation on TREC-promulgated forms
  • Offer presentation and negotiation
  • Title, escrow, and lender coordination
  • Deadline and option-period tracking
  • Closing day handled start to finish
Start With Transaction Only

Full Service

3%
of the sales price

The works. We make the home look its best, market it everywhere, and stay hands-on through closing.

  • Everything in Remote Listing
  • Professional photography
  • Drone / aerial photos
  • 3D floor plan and virtual tour
  • Staging and prep consultation
  • In-person showings and open houses
  • Featured social + video marketing
Start With Full Service

Every tier, including Transaction Only, comes with a licensed Texas agent's full statutory duties: we present every offer, answer your questions, and keep you informed of material information throughout the sale.

Commissions and fees are not set by law and are fully negotiable. The fees above are The McDonald Group's standard listing tiers; final terms are set in your written listing agreement. Buyer's agent compensation, if any, is separate and discussed before you list.

Buying in Celina

House hunting here? We've got you.

First home, upgrade, or investment, we guide Celina buyers through search, offer strategy, financing connections, and closing. Browse North Texas listings or reach out below and tell us what you're looking for.

Need to sell a property as-is instead? Get a cash offer on your Celina house →

The ground here

What is Celina, TX like?

Corridors, build era, and taxing boundaries shape what you can buy in Celina and what it costs to hold.

Celina sits on Preston Road about 40 miles north of Dallas, having relocated to its present site in 1902 to reach the railroad. The downtown square still holds brick buildings from the 1910s, but nearly all housing is recent construction on converted farmland. The city runs a formal public improvement district program, so newer subdivisions often carry a PID assessment billed separately from property taxes. Collin College opened a Celina campus in 2021, and Celina ISD serves most addresses, with southern neighborhoods in Prosper ISD.

County
Collin County, Texas
Metro
DFW
Carrying cost

What are property taxes in Celina, TX?

Celina sits in Collin County, where the combined property tax rate runs about 1.70 percent of market value for the 2025 tax year, ranging 1.55 to 2.30 percent depending on the school district. On a $350,000 home with a homestead exemption that works out to roughly $377 a month. The Texas homestead exemption reduces only the school district portion, not the county or city portion, which is the detail most online estimates miss.

1.70%
Collin County typical
$377/mo
On a $350,000 home, with homestead
1.02%
School district share

Taxes and insurance are a large share of a monthly payment in Texas, so a national mortgage estimate will understate what a Celina home actually costs to hold.

Talk to a Celina agent

Your goals,
our mission.

Tell us what you're trying to do in Celina. A real person reviews every submission, usually same day.

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Nearby

We also serve Prosper, Anna, Frisco, McKinney , and the rest of the metro. All DFW cities we serve →