Fort Worth Dirt
Native Texan Suzanne Westrum has been named CEO of the Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors. Blake Barry, 2024 GFWAR president made the announcement Tuesday. With more than 15 years of real estate experience, Westrum’s previous position was serving as CEO of the Prescott Area Association of Realtors in Prescott, Arizona. During her tenure there,…
Where is Frisco Heights you ask? Most Fort Worth residents wouldn’t be able to locate this Near Southside neighborhood on a map, but there are many intriguing houses in this slim swath bounded by West Berry St. to the south, Forest Park to the east, and TCU to the west. If you’re a visual learner,…
More and more cities are recognizing that the best way to bring affordable housing to the neighborhoods that need it most is to make their own rules. That’s just what the Fort Worth City Council did when they adopted a resolution prohibiting local developers from opting out of building affordable housing in Neighborhood Empowerment Zones. The…
If this grand 7,800-square-foot English manor in River Hills looks familiar, it’s because this lovely four-bedroom, six-bath spread has been singled out for special attention before. It enjoyed a high-profile christening in 2009 as the Southern Accents Show House in the year it was built. It shares with many of the better River Hills constructions…
The special thing about homes is how a seemingly innocuous feature can mean so much to its owner. Take homeowners Curtis and Tara Westbrook, for example. When they first toured the Fort Worth home at 4805 Selkirk Drive, he had a vision of himself happily cooking in the kitchen while friends and family talked and…
