Fort Worth Real Estate

West Side One Story: Cottage on Clarke Offers Value and Location

By Eric Prokesh / December 9, 2016 /

If you are looking for a choice 76107 location near Fort Worth’s museums in the heart of the west side, you could do a lot worse than Clarke Avenue. Clarke Avenue and its perpendicular sister, Clover Lane, almost constitute a neighborhood by themselves. It’s the kind of area mobile young families locate and form lifelong…

Agent Updated Berkley Place Charmer

By Eric Prokesh / September 16, 2016 /

Ah Berkley Place. Once an insider’s secret, with charming, venerable, older houses tucked under canopies of mature trees, it used to be a place to hunt for a real estate bargain. No more. Its proximity to parks, a zoo, and TCU — plus its undeniable allure — have pulled Berkley out of the shadows. Add to…

Corner Lot Cottage Charmer in Colonial Hills Has Original Details, Modern Updates

By Eric Prokesh / September 2, 2016 /

Colonial Hills, another alluring, older enclave near the Colonial Country Club and TCU is benefiting, like other reviving Near South Side neighborhoods, from development on nearby Hulen. That development will eventually include the Clearfork project, anchored by Neiman-Marcus, set to open in 2017. Unfortunately large lots and access to desirable Tanglewood schools, also make these vintage charmers tempting tear-down targets.…

Terri West Transforms Ryan Place Home Into a Charming Craftsman

By Eric Prokesh / August 5, 2016 /

One of the most encouraging things about covering Fort Worth real estate is observing the lengths to which people will go to preserve and adapt existing housing stock. “What makes a good flip?” I ask designer, micro developer, and house flipper, Terri West. “The worst house on the block!” is the snap retort of the…

Featured Realtor: What do Bill Nye, The Doctor, and Fort Worth Agent C. Seth Fowler Have in Common?

By Joanna England / August 1, 2016 /

It all started as a bet about 6 years ago, says C. Seth Fowler, a Fort Worth real estate agent with Williams Trew. Little did he know that a friendly wager would turn into a calling card. Now Fowler, a go-getter of a Realtor, has something in common with Bill Nye the Science Guy and Doctor…