River Oaks

We Dug Deep to Find Five Affordable Starter Homes in Fort Worth

By Eric Prokesh / December 22, 2023 /
Five Affordable Starter Homes

Realtor.com pegs the median sales price for a house in Fort Worth at around $342,000 — down approximately 4 percent from last year — moving Fort Worth ever so slightly into buyer’s market territory. Some good news perhaps, but most affordable starter home buyers will still report frustration with the lack of appealing inventory, and…

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Flip or Flop Fort Worth: River Oaks Ranch Goes From Foreclosure to Flawless

By Bethany Erickson / January 5, 2018 /

In the next-to-last first-run episode of Flip or Flop Fort Worth, we get a peek at the bustling community of River Oaks, where Andy and Ashley Williams find a foreclosure with great bones and plenty of room. But first, as usual, we have some reader mail to answer.

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Exhilarating Views and Modern Design Spark Inspiration

By Eric Prokesh / July 28, 2017 /

Last week, while exploring the area of the Beverly Hills Estates listing, I stumbled on to 1716 Inspiration Lane, only a few short blocks away in the unincorporated city of River Oaks. A chunk of Inspiration Lane is part of a new upscale development that is markedly grander than its much humbler neighbors. Still, with the…

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Houston’s Hurting: Mansion Prices Tumbling as Low as Crude

By Candy Evans / February 26, 2016 /

Looking just in tony River Oaks, almost every home there has been reduced, from a $14 million spread that was once asking $19 million, to a 2,100-square-foot starter ranch now at $699,000, down from $840,000. Reuters reports that folks are pulling together with oil prices at their lowest since, well gosh, the 1980s. They are…

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