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Living in Denton, Texas
In the northwest part of the metroplex, the county seat of Denton County.
Living in Denton
The Denton, Texas neighborhoods are organized around something almost no other city in the metroplex has: a real square, with its 1896 courthouse in the middle, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Denton is the county seat of the county that shares its name, in the northwest part of the metro area. That makes it different from the suburbs that grew outward from Dallas: Denton was already a city with its own downtown before the metroplex reached it.
The two universities shape everything. University of North Texas, from 1890, and Texas Woman's University, from 1901, are both a few blocks from the square. Together they account for a good part of the city's jobs, so for many jobs, work is close by.
How I work Denton
I'm Veronica Yeary, REALTOR® with All City Real Estate DFW. I work the whole Dallas-Fort Worth area and have been doing it since 2010. More than 450 families in that time.
I cover the whole Denton area, in every price range. From the hundred-year-old home near the square to the subdivision they just finished on the edge of town. I don't focus on one type of home or one price level: I focus on the people in front of me.
If you're selling, your home gets professional photography, video or drone depending on the property, and its own website with its own address, so you can text it to anyone you like. It gets paid ads on Facebook and Instagram, postcards to the homes around it and an open house. Every week you get a report with what the people who came to see it said, exactly the way they said it.
If you're buying, we start with the preapproval before going out to see anything. On every home you'll hear my honest opinion, even when it's not the one you want to hear, and when it's time to make an offer we put together the full offer: price, dates and terms.
I explain the process and the documents you're going to sign, clearly.
The parts of Denton
First, a clarification: Denton County has a lot of cities inside it. This page is about the city of Denton, the one with the square.
The heart of it is that square. Around it are shops, restaurants and live music almost all year, and the two universities are a few blocks away. Quakertown Park and Bowling Green Park are in that same part of town.
Right next to it is the Oak-Hickory Historic District, designated in 1985. It's about 70 buildings along Oak, Hickory, Denton and Mounts streets, among big trees and rolling streets. There you'll find Queen Anne homes, Prairie style, Craftsman bungalows, several styles from the early 1900s and some 1950s ranches. It's one of the few parts of the metroplex where you can buy a home that's a hundred years old.
Mingo Creek and Golden Triangle are other areas with their own names, each with its own mix. And to the east, toward South Mayhill Road, is where there's more land and more recent construction.
Depending on what you need: buying a home in Denton, selling your home in Denton, your first home in Denton, moving up in Denton, a VA loan in Denton or what your Denton home is worth.
What kind of home you'll find
A bit of everything, and in Denton that's literal. New homes and old homes. Very large homes and affordable homes. One that's a hundred years old near the square and one finished last month on the edge of town, in the same city.
That range is wider than in almost any other city in the northern metroplex, and the reason is simple: Denton didn't grow all at once. It had been a city for more than a century when the metro area reached it.
What does change is how you buy each one. A historic home gets inspected with different eyes, and in a designated district there are rules about what you can change on the outside. That's worth knowing before you make the offer, not after, and I'll walk you through it when we get there.
If what you want is new construction from a builder, it's on new construction. And if you want your home's number here, with real comparables from your street: what your home is worth.
What's nearby
The downtown square is the city's gathering place, with the 1896 courthouse, shops, restaurants and live music almost all year. Quakertown Park, Bowling Green Park and the historic Oakwood Cemetery are in that same area.
Denton sits in the northwest part of the metroplex, so it's one of the cities where people weigh the distance to work against how far their money goes. If you're coming from another state and still deciding, start with moving to Dallas-Fort Worth.
Here are all the cities where I work. To talk about Denton, reach out: call or text 469-441-8890, or email veronica@veronicayeary.com.
Frequently asked questions
What makes Denton different from other cities up north?
It was already a city with its own downtown before the metroplex grew out this far. It has a historic square with the 1896 courthouse, two universities a few blocks away, and hundred-year-old homes minutes from recent subdivisions. The suburbs that grew all at once don't have that range.
What's it like to buy a home in the historic district?
Different from a typical home. In a designated district there are rules about what you can change on the outside, and the inspection on a home that age gets read with different eyes. It can be done, and done very well, but it's worth knowing before you make the offer.
Do you work the whole city?
All of it. The historic part near the square, the areas with their own names like Mingo Creek and Golden Triangle, and what's growing to the east. And in every price range, from affordable to large.
Will you walk me through the whole process in Denton?
The whole process, start to finish: the conversations, a clear explanation of the process and the documents you're going to sign, and the negotiation.
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