Hey Fort Worth Insiders, it's Kirstine.
Every week I pick one Tarrant County home at $500K and up that gives you the most house per dollar next to its own neighbours. Not the cheapest home. The best value on its street.
🏡 This week: Fannin Farm West, Southwest Arlington
The home
5 bedrooms, 3 full baths and 2 half baths
4,594 sq ft (as listed), two storeys
Built in 2008
Mansfield ISD
A home office, a game room and a media room
Formal living and dining, plus two-storey ceilings and a wall of windows
2-car garage, fenced yard
The money
Now: $533,000
First listed: $560,000 in May
Total cut: $27,000
Price per sq ft: about $116
Days on market: about 141
The comps
Here are 3 other Fannin Farm homes for sale right now. Same area, same school district, no private pool.
Fannin Farm home A (built 2001, 3,626 sq ft): $138 per sq ft
Fannin Farm home B (built 1999, 3,006 sq ft): $151 per sq ft
Fannin Farm home C (built 1999, 3,098 sq ft): $155 per sq ft
This home (built 2008, 4,594 sq ft): $116 per sq ft
The average of the 3 is $148 per sq ft. This home is about $32 less per sq ft. That is about 21% below.
Now the fair way to say it. Bigger homes almost always cost less per foot. So look at the closest one in size, home A. At its $138 a foot, this home would ask about $633,000. It asks $533,000. That is still about $100,000 more house for the money.
The honest part
Measure it. This is the big one. The listing data says 4,594 sq ft. The written ad says "over 3,400". If the true size is closer to 3,400, the price per foot jumps to about $157 and the deal is VOID. Check the county record and the floor plan.
Cosmetic or systems? The seller offers a paint allowance with a full-price offer. That tells you the walls need paint. The listing says nothing about the age of the roof, the AC or the water heater. At 18 years old, ask.
Count the rooms. 5 bedrooms plus an office, a game room and a media room. Make sure every room counted as a bedroom has a closet and a window.
Why so long? About 141 days on the market, with two cuts. Arlington homes sold in 33 days in September [Source: NTREIS]. Ask what buyers have said - or better yet, have us do that for you.
Taxes. The 2025 bill was much lower than the listing estimate. A sale can push the value up. Plan for the new bill, not the old one.
Why it's still the pick
If the size checks out, nothing else I found in Tarrant County this week beat its own street by this much. A newer, bigger home than its neighbours, in Mansfield ISD, for less per foot. And a long wait plus a price cut means room to talk.
📩 Reply PRICE and I'll send you the address, the full photo set, and my honest read on what I think it closes at.
Let's get you home,
Kirstine
🏡 I'm Kirstine Openshaw, Top 250 Fort Worth Texas Realtor. Clive and I own the Fort Worth Pulse Realty Group. I get you the home. Clive gets you the loan. NMLS # 2639452