Spencer's Crossing

What Is It Like To Live In Spencer's Crossing?

Spencer's Crossing covers about 600 acres on Murrieta's east edge, and it's still filling in, so a finished street can sit a block from one the builder is still working on. Brookfield Residential laid it out with about four miles of paseos and trails running between the neighborhoods.

The parks are the thing to know about. The Club on Evening Glow Drive has the pool, the clubhouse and a playground. The Oasis opened in 2018 with two more pools, fire pits, barbecues, shade and lawn across more than three acres. Heroes Park is 14 acres, and the Sports Park is 11.5 acres of lighted soccer and ball fields.

Which Schools Serve Spencer's Crossing?

Spencer's Crossing is split between two school systems. Most of it is Murrieta Valley Unified: Lisa J. Mails Elementary and Dorothy McElhinney Middle are next door to each other on Briggs Road, and Vista Murrieta High is on Clinton Keith Road, about ten minutes away. About a third of the sales in the year to August 2026 were on streets that go to Menifee Union for kindergarten through eighth grade and Perris Union High for high school instead.

Schools are assigned by address. Send me the one you're looking at and I'll confirm the elementary, middle and high school before you write an offer.

What Is Close To Spencer's Crossing?

Loma Linda University Medical Center in Murrieta is about ten minutes west, right by the 215 on-ramp at Clinton Keith Road. The Promenade in Temecula is about 15 minutes south. Old Town Murrieta is about 16 minutes, and Old Town Temecula is about 20.

Still Building, And Who Runs The Parks

Spencer's Crossing is a master-planned community in ZIP 92563, and it's still filling in. Seventeen of the sixty-three sales in the year to August 2026 were homes built in the 2020s. That mix of brand-new construction and early resales changes how you shop, because you'll often be comparing a builder's standing inventory against a five-year-old house on the next street.

Seventy-two homes sold here in the last twelve months. In August 2026, twenty-five were on the market.

Different groups own the recreation, and that matters for your dues. The Club on Evening Glow Drive belongs to the association, with the pool, clubhouse and playground. Heroes Park belongs to the Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District. The Spencer's Crossing Sports Park, with its two ball diamonds, soccer fields and courts, belongs to the Murrieta Community Services District, so two of the three largest amenities here are public.

What Do Homes In Spencer's Crossing Cost?

Big and recent. Not one of the sixty-three sales in the year to August 2026 was under 1,600 square feet, twenty-five were over 3,000, and the great majority were built after 2010. When The Oasis opened in 2018, the builders' plans here ran from about 2,010 to 4,002 square feet. Expect open ground floors, a loft or bonus room upstairs, and plenty of tandem or three-car garages.

In the year to August 2026, most prices landed between $650,000 and $800,000, and sixteen sales went above that. In that stretch nothing closed under $500,000, so this isn't the budget end of Murrieta.

What Should You Check Before Buying In Spencer's Crossing?

Price the Mello-Roos before you price the house. A master plan built out over the last fifteen years is exactly where a Community Facilities District applies, and the special assessment is a big ongoing cost on top of the base property tax and the HOA dues. It's disclosed. I pull the parcel figure before you write an offer, and all three go into your monthly number together.

On a resale from an early phase, ask what the first buyer paid for in upgrades and what came standard. A base version and a fully optioned version of the same plan can be far apart, and you can't always tell from the photos.

If a home backs up to a phase that's still under construction, ask the builder what's planned behind it. Here, an open view is usually temporary.