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What the Overland H-E-B Means for Southwest Fort Worth
H-E-B is coming to Chisholm Trail and Oakmont in late 2028. I measured six North Texas stores to find out what that does to home values. It doesn't — but it changes ho… Read more
Home Improvement
What a Workshop Adds to a House
A shop with electricity adds about 6% of the sale price. The same building without power adds 2.6% — the same as a storage shed.
Home Improvement
What a Guest House or ADU Adds in Fort Worth
2,002 accessory units measured. Having one adds about 7% — and how big it is adds nothing, so build the smallest one that does the job.
Seller Resources
Don't Pull Your Listing for Two Weeks
Your old days on market follow you until you've been gone 30 days — then they vanish completely. 16,465 relisted DFW houses measured.
Home Improvement
What a Pool Actually Adds
About 9% of your price almost regardless of neighborhood — half to all of what one costs to build. And they sell eight days faster.
Buyer Resources
The Tax Number on the Listing Is Not Your Tax Bill
On a new build the listed tax is the vacant lot's bill, and it roughly quadruples in year two — about $526 a month on a $450,000 house.
Buyer Resources
Solar Pays Only If You Own It
Owned panels add about 3%. Leased panels add nothing — and a listing that doesn't say which gets priced like a lease.
Seller Resources
What land is actually worth around Fort Worth
Your twenty acres are not worth ten times your neighbor's two. Per-acre price falls about a quarter every time a tract doubles.
Owner Resources
What a home elevator is actually worth
I listed one in North Richland Hills that sold in nine days at 99% of asking. The elevator wasn't why — and 121 sales out of 89,302 show why not.