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Two ways in
If you want a brand-new house, you can buy one a builder is selling, or you can build one on a lot. We do both, under one roof. Our real estate agents represent you when you buy, and our drafting, design and construction teams work with you when you build.
Buying from a builder
Building your own with us
From the city’s permit records
Mostly on the edges of the city. In the 12 months to September 30, 2026, the City of Fort Worth took 7,553 permit applications for new single-family houses, and 6,022 of them were in the seven ZIP codes at the top of the table below.
So a new house in Fort Worth usually means one of two things: a house in a new subdivision at the edge of town, or a single house on a single lot in an older neighborhood. This page covers both.
| ZIP code | Where | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| The seven busiest ZIP codes (6,022 together) | ||
| 76179 | Northwest, about 11 miles from downtown | 1,113 |
| 76052 | North, about 17 miles from downtown | 1,082 |
| 76247 | North, about 20 miles from downtown | 1,063 |
| 76036 | South, about 12 miles from downtown | 968 |
| 76140 | South, about 10 miles from downtown | 786 |
| 76008 | West, about 15 miles from downtown | 568 |
| 76108 | West, about 10 miles from downtown | 442 |
| Every other ZIP code with more than 100 (755 together) | ||
| 76131 | North, about 10 miles from downtown | 311 |
| 76126 | Southwest, about 12 miles from downtown | 169 |
| 76112 | East, about 6 miles from downtown | 162 |
| 76123 | Southwest, about 10 miles from downtown | 113 |
| Four central and west-side ZIP codes with older neighborhoods (159 together) | ||
| 76107 | West, about 3 miles from downtown | 62 |
| 76109 | Southwest, about 5 miles from downtown | 36 |
| 76116 | West, about 6 miles from downtown | 31 |
| 76110 | South, about 4 miles from downtown | 30 |
| Everything else (617 together) | ||
| 20 other ZIP codes | Elsewhere, in and around the city | 509 |
| No ZIP code on the application | — | 108 |
| Total | 7,553 | |
The next-busiest ZIP codes, 76105 (89), 76104 (67) and 76106 (63), are in the “20 other ZIP codes” row. Distances are straight-line miles from the Tarrant County Courthouse downtown to the typical application in each ZIP code.
City of Fort Worth development permits (open data): new single-family residence applications filed October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, with withdrawn, void and expired applications left out. Directions and distances from each application’s location on the city’s map. City limits, extraterritorial jurisdiction and public improvement district boundaries from the city’s open boundary layers. Read October 7, 2026.
A “Fort Worth, TX” address doesn’t tell you which city a house is in. Mailing addresses follow ZIP codes, and ZIP codes cross city lines, so a house with a Fort Worth address can sit in another town or outside every city. Ask which city’s limits it’s inside before you sign, because that decides which city taxes and services apply. The new-home contract itself says how to check: every city keeps a map of its limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (TREC No. 23-20 ¶6E(5)).
Named in the permit records
Here are five of them, on the west, north and southwest sides of Fort Worth, all with new houses in the city’s permit records over the same 12 months. Next to the city’s count, each card says what its developer publishes about it.
317 applications
Its developer describes it as “located in Aledo, just twenty miles west of downtown Fort Worth.” Aledo ISD, per the developer.
317 applications filed with the City of Fort Worth. Only 4 were inside the city limits, and 278 were in Fort Worth’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
207 applications
A 7,200-acre development by the Walsh family and Republic Property Group. Aledo ISD, per the developer.
207 applications. 204 inside the city limits, and 196 inside PID 16, one of the city’s public improvement districts.
187 applications
615 acres in north Fort Worth, developed by Hanover Property Company. Northwest ISD, per the developer.
187 applications, all inside the city limits.
68 applications
In southwest Fort Worth, developed by Provident Realty Advisors.
68 applications. 66 inside the city limits.
67 applications
Over 700 acres on “Fort Worth’s western edge,” in its developer’s words.
67 applications, all inside the city limits.
The city’s records name other new subdivisions too, including Madero (246 applications), Northpointe (243) and Hulen Trails (71). Prices and incentives change, so we don’t print them. For new homes for sale today, ask your agent or search every Fort Worth listing.
Before you sign
One of two state contracts written for new homes, or the builder’s own. TREC’s New Home Contract (Incomplete Construction), No. 23-20, is for a house the builder hasn’t finished. Its New Home Contract (Completed Construction), No. 24-20, is for a finished house that has never been lived in. The current versions of both took effect July 1, 2026.
Texas agents normally have to use TREC’s forms. The rule makes an exception for a contract the owner wrote, or one an attorney wrote that the owner requires, so a builder can hand you its own. Read it as closely as you would a state form, because it can say different things.
22 Texas Administrative Code §537.11(a)(3)
On a house still being built, the contract lets the builder substitute materials, equipment and appliances of comparable quality for the ones in the plans. If a particular brand or finish matters to you, write it into the contract.
TREC No. 23-20 ¶7E
Where you get to pick finishes, your picks have to fit the builder’s normal standards. You make them within a set number of days after the builder asks.
TREC No. 23-20 ¶7D
Every change order has to be in writing. If a change or a finish you choose costs more than the allowance in the plans, you pay the difference, on terms the contract spells out. An allowance you don’t use lowers the price.
TREC No. 23-20 ¶7C
Beyond what the contract, a separate written warranty or the law provides, the builder makes no other express warranties. It hands you the manufacturers’ warranties at closing. Ask for the builder’s written warranty before you sign.
TREC No. 23-20 ¶7F · TREC No. 24-20 ¶7C
Both contracts carry a notice about Chapter 27 of the Texas Property Code. Before you sue or start arbitration over a construction defect, you send the builder a written notice by certified mail at least 60 days ahead, and you give it a chance to inspect and fix the problem.
Texas Property Code §27.004, as printed in TREC Nos. 23-20 and 24-20
Buying from a builder
Your agent represents you, not the builder. They read the builder’s contract with you, keep your deadlines and negotiate the terms the contract leaves open. The person who greets you in the model home works for the builder, and Texas law doesn’t require a builder’s own salesperson to hold a real estate license (Texas Occupations Code §1101.005(6)).
Diving into the real estate process can be daunting for anyone. It’s hard enough to know who to trust.
Buying a house that isn’t built yet means signing a long contract before you can walk through it. You shouldn’t have to read it alone.
Gets you registered before your first visit. Builders set their own rules for buyers who bring an agent. One national builder’s published policy says your agent has to be named at your first contact with its staff, and has to come with you on your first visit. So talk to your agent before you choose a new home builder or walk into a model.
Negotiates what the contract leaves open. The price, the dates the builder has to start and finish, how you’ll pay for anything over an allowance, and how much the builder puts toward your closing costs are all left for you and the builder to fill in on the new-home contract (TREC No. 23-20 ¶¶3, 7C, 7E and 12A).
Uses your option period. The new-home contracts carry the same paid option period a resale contract does, ending at 5:00 p.m. on its last day (TREC Nos. 23-20 and 24-20 ¶5B). Your agent makes sure your questions get answered inside it. Here’s when a Texas option period actually ends.
Everything a buyer’s agent does on a resale house applies here too. Here’s what a Fort Worth buyer’s agent does for you, and what a Texas buyer representation agreement actually says.
We show you our fee before you sign anything.
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Inspections
Yes. Both TREC new-home contracts say you may have the house inspected by inspectors you choose who are licensed by TREC or otherwise allowed by law to inspect (TREC Nos. 23-20 and 24-20 ¶7A).
6,807 of 7,553
new-house applications to the City of Fort Worth in the 12 months to September 30, 2026 were filed under its third-party plan review and inspection program.
Under that program, private firms the city certifies review the plans and inspect the house for code. It’s a city-approved route. The Fort Worth Report wrote in May 2026 that the program “handles the bulk of residential development inspections.” Your own inspector is different: they work for you, and they report to you.
The useful times to look are just before work gets covered up: before the foundation is poured, and before insulation and drywall close over the framing and wiring. Then once more before closing. Ask your agent to set those visits up with the builder at the start.
Make every square foot your own
It takes land, a plan and a builder, and we help with all three. Our drafting team draws the house, our designers choose every finish with you, and our construction team builds it, on your lot or a teardown. No land yet? Our agents can help you find it.
When it comes to construction, you need a partner you can trust to help you make wise choices and look out for your best interest throughout the process.
Before you buy a lot, our construction team can tell you what’s actually buildable on it. If you only want the plans, our drafting team sells them on their own. Either way, an outside engineer does the structural engineering, and it isn’t part of our drafting fee. Here’s how our custom floor plans work.
What a custom home with us costs:
$550,000 to $2,000,000
for roughly 2,100 square feet at the low end, past 4,000 at the top.
Per square foot:
$260–$450
Best Home Builder & Remodeler, Fort Worth Magazine, four years running.
We bill cost-plus, so you see what each part of the house really costs, plus a transparent markup. Here’s how we build custom homes in Fort Worth.
It happens one lot at a time, and the houses tend to be bigger. In the four central and west-side ZIP codes in the table above, 76107, 76109, 76116 and 76110, the median application lists 3,514 square feet on the permit, against 2,582 in the seven busiest ZIP codes.
| Neighborhood | 12 months to Sept. 30, 2026 | 2021 through 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Tanglewood | 6 | 12 |
| Mira Vista | 2 | 17 |
| Ridglea Hills | 6 | 4 |
| Westcliff and Westcliff West | 5 | 30 |
| Arlington Heights | 8 | 15 |
| Overton Park | 1 | 7 |
| Crestline | 6 | 14 |
| Monticello | 7 | 12 |
| Park Hill | 1 | 0 |
An association’s boundary can differ from what people call the neighborhood.
A tree took down the house this family had lived in for decades.
Today, the home feels as though it has always belonged there.See the Tanglewood rebuild
We also build new in the towns next to Fort Worth, and on larger lots in Aledo and east Parker County.
This custom 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath home in Benbrook was designed and built entirely by 6th Ave Homes in collaboration with the homeowners.
After years of living in an apartment and waiting for the opportunity to build, the clients came to 6th Ave with a clear vision for a home that would work for their growing family.
See the Benbrook houseHow it works
Either way, it starts with a conversation about what you want and where.
Tell us whether you want to buy from a builder or build your own, where you’d like to live and when. We’ll put you with an agent, with our construction team, or with both if you’re weighing the two.
Buying: you and your agent sign a written agreement, register with the builder and read the contract together. Building: our drafting team draws the house, and our drafting, design and construction teams set one budget with you.
You walk through the finished house, get the keys, and we raise a glass with you on the front porch of a home that feels like you.
You won’t know what you’re getting into.
Buy without your own agent, and the only person explaining the builder’s contract works for the builder.
Skip your own inspections, and the drywall goes up over work no one on your side ever saw.
Close without reading the district notices, and you can end up paying a utility district tax or an improvement district assessment you never budgeted for.
Building your own without a partner you can trust?
Your project will be over budget or over timeline and you’ll be stuck paying extra.
Bring us in early, and you have someone on your side for every step.
Before you buy or build
No law requires you to use one. Texas law does set one rule if you do: before an agent shows you a residential property, or, if nothing is shown, before they present an offer for you, the two of you sign a written agreement that says what they’ll do and how they’re paid (Texas Occupations Code §1101.563).
Only if the builder agrees to, and each one sets its own terms. TREC’s new-home contract has each side pay its own broker under its own written agreement, and anything the builder puts toward your agent’s fee is applied to what you owe without rewriting your agreement (TREC No. 23-20 ¶12B). One national builder publishes that its terms for buyers’ agents vary by community. So before your first model visit, get two answers in writing: your agent’s fee, and what this builder will put toward it.
Not for a house that has never been lived in. The Texas law that makes sellers disclose what they know about a house’s condition exempts a new home that hasn’t been occupied (Texas Property Code §5.008(e)(10)). On a house still being built, what you get instead are the Construction Documents: the plans and specifications, the finish-out schedules, and any change orders and allowances, signed by you and the builder and made part of the contract (TREC No. 23-20 ¶7B). Read them before you sign, and have your own inspector look at the house itself.
The seller has to tell you, in writing. If the house is in a municipal utility district or another district that provides water, sewer, drainage or flood control, Texas Water Code Chapter 49 requires a notice about the district’s tax rate, its bonded debt or its standby fee, delivered and signed before the contract is final (TREC No. 23-20 ¶6E(3)). If it isn’t given before you sign, the law lets you terminate the contract. If it arrives late and you close anyway, that right is gone (Texas Water Code §49.452(f)). If the house is in a public improvement district, the seller owes you a separate notice of your obligation to pay its assessment (Texas Property Code §5.014; TREC No. 23-20 ¶6E(7)). Ask for both before you sign, and read the numbers in them.
The contract tells you. TREC’s new-home contract has a box for whether the house is subject to mandatory membership in a property owners association. If it is, the notice in that paragraph says you’ll owe the association’s assessments, that the amount can change, and that not paying them can lead to the association enforcing its lien on the house. You’re entitled to copies of the documents that govern the subdivision and the association, including its restrictions, bylaws and rules (TREC No. 23-20 ¶6E(2), citing Texas Property Code §207.003).
With a builder, your contract sets the dates. It says how many days the builder has to start and the date the house has to be ready, and the house counts as finished once it passes final inspection and approval by the government authorities and any lender. Delays from acts of God, fire, strikes or materials that can’t be substituted add time, but never past your closing date (TREC No. 23-20 ¶7E). A custom home we build takes 11–18 months, depending on the size of the house and how complex it is.
We all want the perfect home, but most people don’t know where to start. At 6th Ave Homes, we give you a clear and uncomplicated path to a home that feels like you.
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Sources for the contract, statute and permit figures on this page, verified October 2026: TREC New Home Contract (Incomplete Construction), No. 23-20 · TREC New Home Contract (Completed Construction), No. 24-20 · Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1101 · Texas Property Code §§5.008 and 5.014 · Texas Property Code Chapter 27 · Texas Water Code §49.452 · 22 Texas Administrative Code §537.11 · City of Fort Worth development permits and boundary layers · Fort Worth Report, May 12, 2026 · Lennar’s published broker policy · the developers’ sites for Morningstar, Walsh, Wellington, Tavolo Park and Ventana. Paragraph numbers move between form revisions, so each one is cited with its form. Both new-home contracts tell you to consult an attorney before signing (TREC Nos. 23-20 and 24-20 ¶23), and so do we.
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