Fort Worth

This Blackwood Homes-Updated Fort Worth Home Is a Steal at $300K

By Shelby Skrhak / February 21, 2019 /

We love home before-and-after photos because there’s something just so satisfying about seeing a transformation (Scroll to the end for the photos; it’s worth it!). This home at 6713 Genoa Road in Fort Worth is no exception. Recently appraised at $355,000, this three-bedroom, three-bath, 2,028 square-foot home has been drastically reduced to $300,000! This 1975-built ranch…

Rents Are Higher in North Texas Suburbs, Exburbs

By CandysDirt / February 9, 2019 /

Dallas proper posted moderate rent increases, but it was the area suburbs and exburbs that saw the biggest apartment rents in 2018, RentCafe revealed in a recent report. Flower Mound posted the highest rent at $1,526 (despite only having a minimal increase of 0.1 percent), higher than Farmers Branch and Frisco with average rents of…

Fabulous Fort Worth: Where You Will Be Drinking Wine This Weekend

By Candy Evans / January 25, 2019 /

Man and the land. One of the most wonderful things about living in Texas is, I believe, the fabulous access to land we have in our outlying communities. Sure, we are getting ever more vertical in our urban cores — and that’s great — but then sometimes, some of us want to go home, put…

Old Meets New in Historic Park Hill Spanish Revival

By Seth Fowler / January 22, 2019 /

It’s not easy to do. It takes time, patience, money, and certainly skill. I’m not talking about negotiating the government shutdown stalemate, I’m talking about perfectly mingling new materials and construction into an older home. What did you think I was talking about? Think about it — most contractors want to simply tear down an…

Four Percent Say Buying a New Home Is a Goal in 2019

By Bethany Erickson / January 21, 2019 /

Who is most likely to have home buying as a goal this year? Will remodeling and home improvement spending continue to grow?  We look at this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Four Percent List Home Buying a 2019 Goal Four percent (about 10 million Americans) said buying a new home…