By Kevin Buchanan / Pegasus News
In the 1930s, as the Great Depression brought on tough times for the city of Fort Worth, a concrete engineer named Charles M. Davis and his daughter Zoe became interested in transferring that concrete engineering knowledge to the creation of affordable, compact homes. They adapted that engineering work to the Streamline Moderne style and created a series of one-bedroom “Aparthomes” (apartment-homes) in the TCU/Berry Street area. The homes were sponsored by the Portland Cement Association.
Today, four of the C. M. Davis Aparthomes are still standing, and here’s a look at how they are today.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
More Tarrant cities focus on saving trees
By Elizabeth Campbell / Star-Telegram.com
August 16, 2009
Imagine tree-lined streets and heavily wooded areas seemingly left untouched by development in a city experiencing an explosion of growth.
That is a vision Burleson leaders cling to as rooftops continue to pop up on the horizon and the extension of Southwest Parkway from Fort Worth promises even more.
It’s also why Burleson is considering adopting an ordinance designed to save trees and create green space. But unlike other municipalities, the city is taking an approach that its leaders hope will save its leafy canopies in huge swaths, not one piece of property at a time.
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August 16, 2009
Imagine tree-lined streets and heavily wooded areas seemingly left untouched by development in a city experiencing an explosion of growth.
That is a vision Burleson leaders cling to as rooftops continue to pop up on the horizon and the extension of Southwest Parkway from Fort Worth promises even more.
It’s also why Burleson is considering adopting an ordinance designed to save trees and create green space. But unlike other municipalities, the city is taking an approach that its leaders hope will save its leafy canopies in huge swaths, not one piece of property at a time.
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Dallas-Fort Worth home prices improving slightly
By Steve Brown / The Dallas Morning News
July 29, 2009
Home values in the Dallas area are showing modest improvements from a low point set in early 2009, according to the latest data released Tuesday.
But Dallas-area prices were still down 4.1 percent in May from a year ago in Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index report.
Some analysts are betting that the North Texas market will flatten out later this year after more than two years of steady declines in prices and sales.
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July 29, 2009
Home values in the Dallas area are showing modest improvements from a low point set in early 2009, according to the latest data released Tuesday.
But Dallas-area prices were still down 4.1 percent in May from a year ago in Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index report.
Some analysts are betting that the North Texas market will flatten out later this year after more than two years of steady declines in prices and sales.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Rise in Tarrant County property values puzzles some homeowners
By ANTHONY SPANGLER May. 16, 2009
FORT WORTH — A reeling economy plus rising foreclosures plus a faltering housing market equals higher home values.
Sound like fuzzy math?
Thousands of property owners in Tarrant County may be asking that question. Roughly the same number of homeowners’ values increased as fell, but overall property values rose 4.6 percent in Tarrant County in the past year, according to preliminary data.
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FORT WORTH — A reeling economy plus rising foreclosures plus a faltering housing market equals higher home values.
Sound like fuzzy math?
Thousands of property owners in Tarrant County may be asking that question. Roughly the same number of homeowners’ values increased as fell, but overall property values rose 4.6 percent in Tarrant County in the past year, according to preliminary data.
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Dallas-area home foreclosure filings jump 31% from last year
May 14, 2009 By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
The number of Dallas-Fort Worth area homes scheduled for foreclosure next month jumped by almost a third from a year ago.
But foreclosure filings inched down a bit from the record highs recorded last month.
More than 5,000 homes in the four-county area are threatened with foreclosure at next month's auctions, a rise of 31 percent from a year ago, Addison-based Foreclosure Listing Service said Thursday.
The biggest jumps were in Tarrant and Collin counties, where the volume has risen about 40 percent since last June.
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The number of Dallas-Fort Worth area homes scheduled for foreclosure next month jumped by almost a third from a year ago.
But foreclosure filings inched down a bit from the record highs recorded last month.
More than 5,000 homes in the four-county area are threatened with foreclosure at next month's auctions, a rise of 31 percent from a year ago, Addison-based Foreclosure Listing Service said Thursday.
The biggest jumps were in Tarrant and Collin counties, where the volume has risen about 40 percent since last June.
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Monday, March 02, 2009
Fort Worth rated among healthiest housing areas
Fort Worth is one of the healthiest metropolitan areas for housing in the country, according to Builder magazine, in conjunction with Hanley Wood Market Intelligence.
Fort Worth ranks third on the list of Healthiest Housing Markets for 2009, after Houston (No. 1) and Austin (No. 2). The study looked at the housing markets in 75 metro areas. In all, five metro areas in Texas made the survey’s top 15 — all at the top. San Antonio was No. 4 and Dallas No. 5.
"When the housing market stages its official recovery, the markets listed on the following pages are likely to lead the parade," according to the Builder magazine article by Boyce Thompson posted this month.
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Fort Worth ranks third on the list of Healthiest Housing Markets for 2009, after Houston (No. 1) and Austin (No. 2). The study looked at the housing markets in 75 metro areas. In all, five metro areas in Texas made the survey’s top 15 — all at the top. San Antonio was No. 4 and Dallas No. 5.
"When the housing market stages its official recovery, the markets listed on the following pages are likely to lead the parade," according to the Builder magazine article by Boyce Thompson posted this month.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices slide, but not as bad as nationally
By Andrea Jares
Feb 24, 2009
North Texas home values dropped 4.3 percent between December and a year ago, according to figures released Tuesday morning from the S&P Case-Shiller Price Indices.
The price drop is the second-least severe of all 20 metro areas surveyed. Denver had a 4 percent drop.
Dallas-Fort Worth is also faring better than the national average, which saw an 18.2 percent drop between December 2007 and December 2008.
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