Fort Worth Dirt

Dallas Real Estate Market Mimics The Atlantic's City Report on DFW, But What Exactly is The "Creative Class" Anyway?

By Joanna England / March 5, 2013 /

  Here’s my question to all you sharp Realtors: Does this piece by The Atlantic Cities tell us anything we don’t already know? Through much of the piece, I was reading sentence after sentence and saying to myself “OK, and … ?” I was looking for a conclusion that was new and eye-opening, something enlightening.…

Dallas Real Estate Market Mimics The Atlantic’s City Report on DFW, But What Exactly is The “Creative Class” Anyway?

By Joanna England / March 5, 2013 /

  Here’s my question to all you sharp Realtors: Does this piece by The Atlantic Cities tell us anything we don’t already know? Through much of the piece, I was reading sentence after sentence and saying to myself “OK, and … ?” I was looking for a conclusion that was new and eye-opening, something enlightening.…

Friday Four Hundred: Fort Worth Home Has Tons of Custom Features On a Two-Acre Lot

By Joanna England / February 15, 2013 /

Sometimes I run across a home that has me wondering if the builder was psychic or something. The house will have some cool finish or feature that I didn’t even know I wanted, but after ogling that listing, it becomes something I can’t live without. That’s how I felt after checking out this brand new…

Curbed Checks Out Fort Worth’s Redeveloped Texas And Pacific Lofts by Wood Partners

By Joanna England / September 21, 2012 /

I love redeveloped historic properties, and it turns out Curbed’s Chris Berger and I share that passion. He’s covered some really interesting buildings, including a jail-turned-luxury-apartment-building! But one of the more recent focuses of his Past Lives column is the Texas and Pacific Lofts in Fort Worth, which is pretty incredible in its own right.

Tarrant County is Mailing Property Tax Notices Early, But You Still Have Until May 31st to File

By Joanna England / April 4, 2012 /

“It has been common practice in Tarrant and all of the surrounding counties for YEARS that the District will send out their notice of appraised value on May 1st,” says property tax consultant Tiffany Hamil. “Tarrant County has been known to even send their notices out past May 1st, but to my knowledge they have never sent their notices out PRIOR to May 1st … until THIS YEAR.”