North Texas Real Estate Blog

The legendary Chisholm Trail led us to the classy cowboy City of Fort Worth, Texas—where it is just as dignified to slip into a piano concerto as it is to ride into a Lone Star sunset on a Palomino.   One of the largest cities in Texas and in the United States with a population of 661,850, Fort Worth’s neighborhoods give a big Texas welcome to buyers of North Texas real estate. 

The average new home cost is an affordable $156,000.  Fort Worth homes may be in downtown condominiums with miles of skyline views, historic Fort Worth houses with a story to tell, snuggled into undulating golf greens, or conveniently located in a Fort Worth master-planned community.   Some of the fastest growing communities in the nation have sprouted up north of Fort Worth in Southlake real estate, Keller TX real estate, Grapevine real estate, and Flower Mound real estate. 

Known for its well-preserved Western heritage (cowboys) and art museums (culture), Fort Worth comfortably wears a cowboy hat and a beret.  Just begin at the Stockyards National Historic District where the cattle drive, rodeos and Wild West shows and move on to the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame or a watering hole near Billy Bob’s Texas honky-tonk with country music’s top performers, and you will soon be talkin’ with a drawl.  Another day, take in the Kimball Art Museum, “America’s best,” and the Amon Carter Museum collection and the Modern Art Museum for post-war art and to experience the stunning architecture of Japanese Tadao Ando.  There is much, much more to do including performing arts such as symphony, ballet, opera, and live theater. 

Families enjoy the glitz of downtown where areas like Sundance Square offer entertainment, shopping, restaurants, movie theaters, galleries, museums and nightclubs offer options along with the acclaimed Bass Performance Hall with outstanding shows, concerts, and Broadway tours.  Everyone loves the world-renowned zoo ranked as the No. 1 attraction in the Metroplex.  Popular ventures like the Texas Motor Speedway, Texas Christian University sports, basketball, baseball, and golf—all the way down to young people’s sports leagues—begin the long list of recreational activities.

The newly remodeled downtown Convention Center, over 10,000 hotel rooms, the central U.S. location and DFW International Airport, along with the wonderful variety of attractions downtown, have made the city into a convention destination.

With several top-notch colleges and universities, the highly rated Fort worth, Castleberry, Keller and HEB school districts, and a multitude of private schools, the cowboys around here are educated. 

The Metroplex expects to lead the nation in employment growth for several years.  With 140,000 businesses and 6,000 corporate headquarters including Fortune 500 companies such as Advance PCS, Dean Foods, ExxonMobil, Kimberly-Clark, Neiman Marcus, Southwest Airlines, and Texas Instruments, there are employment opportunities in every direction.   Add the reasonable cost of living (91.6 on the index), beautiful homes and neighborhoods, and a great quality of life and, yes, the dancin’ cowboy city has a winning formula. 

Contact Dave Warden at (817) 706-3291 for a bird’s-eye view of the hometown feeling and exceptional quality of life in the area.