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Practically Brand New Home Inside Point Vista at Parks of Aledo

By Seth Fowler / April 16, 2019 /

Point Vista at Parks of Aledo is where nature calls home.  If you’re tired of large cookie-cutter homes and concrete, this is the neighborhood for you. Point Vista — The Place To Be Located in the burgeoning town of Aledo, just 13 minutes west of Fort Worth, the Parks of Aledo neighborhood was established to…

Italian Villa Opulence in Somerset Estates

By Eric Prokesh / April 12, 2019 /

Not all of the action in unapologetically opulent construction in Fort Worth is in the west-think Montserrat and Mira Vista. Off radar, east of 820, bounded by Cooks Lane is the exclusive enclave of Somerset Estates. Well not entirely off the radar, our own Joanna England checked in here four years ago. The gated development…

Tarrant County Taxes: Something’s Gotta Give

By Seth Fowler / April 9, 2019 /

    According to a recent report from CoreLogic, home prices in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex increased by nearly 4 percent from February 2018 to February 2019. In the State of Texas, Fort Worth took home first prize as the municipality where home prices increased the most during that span with 5.7 percent increase.  Not a…

Alston Avenue Bungalow Maximizes Charm and Space

By Eric Prokesh / April 5, 2019 /

With the 37th annual Fairmount Tour of Historic Homes on the near horizon, it seems a good time to take the temperature of the market in the trendy Near South neighborhood. In short, it’s still hot. Realtor.com is more circumspect, calling the market balanced, meaning there is a healthy balance of buyers and sellers in…

Peaceful Living With The Sound of Water in This Mira Vista Home

By Seth Fowler / April 2, 2019 /

What is it about water that is so peaceful and relaxing?  We go to the beach to hear the waves, the lake to hear the lapping of the water, and if you’ve ever watched a front-loading washing machine go through a cycle, it’s quite mesmerizing. People spend tons of money to have fountains installed in…