Paloma Creek is a newer subdivision, but the mineral rights underneath it were almost always severed and leased long before the first house was ever built.

Master-planned subdivisions like Paloma Creek get built on land that was farm or ranch acreage a generation ago, and in Denton County that acreage was very often leased during the original Barnett Shale boom before residential development ever arrived. If you're a homeowner here, it's likely you don't own the minerals under your own lot, and if you're one of the family members who originally held that interest, we buy it directly.

Why homeowners here usually don't hold minerals under their own lots

Developers typically purchase surface rights for a subdivision like Paloma Creek without acquiring minerals, which had usually already been leased or sold separately by the original ranching family well before the property was platted. If you're the heir of that original family, your interest is likely still active and pooled into a Barnett unit that predates the neighborhood.

We identify the specific well and unit tied to your family's original tract, regardless of what's since been built on the surface.

What we need from a Paloma Creek-area seller

A recent division order or check stub is the fastest way to confirm your interest. If your family's paperwork from the original Barnett-era lease has been lost, we can research Denton County Clerk records to reconstruct ownership.

Fix the Property Line First

Every review begins with the county record, legal description, ownership fraction, lease position, producing status, wells, units, and paid decimal. Surface location can help find a tract, but it does not prove the mineral interest or participation in nearby development.

Place the Tract in the Producing Context

Formation, field, well vintages, spacing, operator acreage, offsets, permits, and development pace around a subject tract belong in separate evidence lanes. The property's own history carries more weight than activity that does not include the acreage.

Reconcile the Revenue Line

Statements, division orders, unit records, volumes, prices, taxes, deductions, downtime, adjustments, burdens, and decimal changes should reconcile before current revenue or remaining production is projected for the tract.

Write the Conveyance

The written purchase file should identify the right conveyed, county, legal description, fractions or acres, depths, products, wells, units, reservations, effective date, receivables, title standard, adjustment rights, funding, and recording sequence.

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Owner Questions for This Texas Property File

Resolve these owner questions before a Texas mineral purchase is reduced to a single dollars-per-acre number.

An owner bought a home in Paloma Creek. Do owners own the minerals underneath it?

Usually not. Minerals were typically severed and leased before the subdivision was developed, and the original family or their heirs generally still hold that interest.

The owner's family owned this land before it became a subdivision. Do we still have mineral rights?

Likely yes, if the minerals were retained or separately leased rather than sold outright with the surface. We can help confirm your ownership status.

How do you value an interest tied to a subdivision built after the well was drilled?

The same way as any other Barnett interest: off the well's actual production history and current decline stage, independent of what's since been built on the surface.

Is a small, heavily divided interest still worth selling?

Often yes. Fractional size affects the math on the offer, not whether we're interested in buying it, and we buy interests as small as a sixteenth or less from families across this part of Denton County.

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Put This Interest on a Tract File

Send the county, property description, producing status, operator or well name, and the documents already available.