Fort Worth Real Estate

Fort Worth Population Growth Leads Nation, Jobs Big Part of Reason

By Leah Shafer / December 17, 2014 /

Cowtown has new braggin’ rights: the U.S. Census Bureau says they were the fastest-growing big city in the nation between 2000-2013. Fort Worth population saw a 42.34 percent increase in that time. Dallas lagged far behind, coming in at 24th. The 2010 Census count for Fort Worth put the number of residents at 741,206. Compare this to a…

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Stealth Dorms? Historic District Neighboring TCU Wants to Limit Cohabiting College Co-Eds

By Joanna England / October 7, 2014 /

  This is an interesting story out of Fort Worth, as some neighborhoods push back against big, zero-lot-line homes full of college kids by proposing an overlay to limit unrelated adult residents to three per single-family home instead of the current five. The overlay, which in its current version would not grandfather existing properties, is facing some…

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Fort Worth-Arlington Outranks Dallas in First-Time Homebuyer Poll From Realtor.com

By Joanna England / March 27, 2014 /

North Texas is a hot area for first-time homebuyers, says Realtor.com in a new ranking released today. The data, pulled from Realtor.com searches and U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, ranks the Fort Worth-Arlington MSA fourth and the Dallas MSA eighth in their list of top 10 markets for first-time homebuyers. Pittsburgh, Pa.; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.;…

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Monday Morning Millionaire: Modern in Fort Worth Features Bright Lights, Great Views

By Joanna England / March 24, 2014 /

Let’s head west to Fort Worth this morning, where we’ll find an incredible modern home that has fantastic museum-worthy interiors and has some huge windows overlooking the heavily treed lot. This home at 4258 Altura Road in the Westcliff neighborhood is an amazing 1980s modern that feels so fresh and open. It has aged so well,…

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Time to Double Down? North Texas Cities Ripe For Investment, Says Forbes

By Joanna England / March 5, 2014 /

We wanted to get some boots-on-the-ground perspective from North Texas Realtors after Forbes named Fort Worth-Arlington and Dallas-Plano-Irving as the top two “best buy cities,” or areas in the U.S. where buying a home is a good investment. Forbes teamed up with Local Market Monitor to measure the “equilibrium home price,” which strips away several…

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