# Guides | New Fort Worth Apartment Team > Plain-English guides for renting a new Fort Worth apartment: specials, fees, year two, lease-ups, utilities, commutes, and what to check before you sign. URL: https://newapartmentsfortworth.com/guide/ Learn Board facts as of Oct 25, 2026. Live prices load from the morning pull. # Guides for renting a new Fort Worth apartment 40 guides that show the math, say what's confirmed, and end with what to do next. Each one links back to the page where you can use it. - Free to you, and your rent is the same either way - 73 new communities tracked (board, Oct 25, 2026) - Prices pulled every morning How we do the math [/how-we-do-the-math/ →](/how-we-do-the-math/) ## Before you sign anywhere ![Corner unit of a new mid-rise apartment building with tall windows at golden hour](/images/featured/corner-unit-of-a-new-mid-rise-apartment-building-w.webp) Decision guide ### How to Pick the Right Unit in a New Building Choose the floor, stack, and exposure with facts: 2021 IBC STC/IIC 50 sound ratings, Tarrant County's 101°F design temperature, and what sits next to the unit. [How to Pick the Right Unit in a New Building →](/guide/how-to-pick-the-right-unit-in-a-new-building/) ![Phone showing an apartment listing on a wood desk beside a set of keys](/images/featured/phone-showing-an-apartment-listing-on-a-wood-desk-.webp) Guide ### How to Spot a Fake Apartment Listing The warning signs of rental scams on new-build listings: requests to pay before a tour, off-platform deposits, and prices far below the market. Here's how to verify a listing first. [How to Spot a Fake Apartment Listing →](/guide/how-to-spot-a-fake-apartment-listing/) ![Lease addendum pages fanned on a wood table with a pen in soft window light](/images/featured/lease-addendum-pages-fanned-on-a-wood-table-with-a.webp) Decision guide ### Lease Red Flags to Check Before You Sign at a New Build A pre-signing checklist for new-build leases: concession repayment, RUBS, required fees, renewal terms, early exit, the separate military right, late fees, and the signed flood notice. [Lease Red Flags to Check Before You Sign at a New Build →](/guide/lease-red-flags-new-build/) ![Two-bedroom new apartment hallway with two open bedroom doors](/images/featured/two-bedroom-new-apartment-hallway-with-two-open-be.webp) Guide ### Renting a New Apartment With a Roommate How two applicants qualify at a new apartment: combined income multiples, guarantors, and splitting required fees and utilities fairly. The steps in order. [Renting a New Apartment With a Roommate →](/guide/renting-a-new-apartment-with-a-roommate/) ![Kitchen faucet and quartz counter in a new apartment in soft golden-hour light](/images/featured/close-up-of-a-new-apartment-kitchen-faucet-and-qua.webp) Guide ### RUBS and Property-Billed Water in Texas Apartments: What Your Lease Must Show Ratio billing and submetering work differently. Here's how each one is calculated, what 16 TAC Chapter 24 says your lease must show, and how to estimate water in your true monthly. [RUBS and Property-Billed Water in Texas Apartments: What Your Lease Must Show →](/guide/rubs-and-property-billed-water-texas/) ![Electric meter bank on the limestone wall of a new apartment building in golden-hour light](/images/featured/electric-meter-bank-on-the-limestone-wall-of-a-new.webp) Guide ### Setting Up Electric and Water for a New Fort Worth Apartment At Oncor addresses you pick a retail electric plan, and prepaid plans need no deposit. Co-op addresses work differently. Fort Worth Water's $50 deposit can be waived. Here are the steps in order. [Setting Up Electric and Water for a New Fort Worth Apartment →](/guide/setting-up-electric-and-water-fort-worth/) ![Hand signing a lease addendum on a wood table in a bright new apartment](/images/featured/hand-signing-a-lease-addendum-on-a-wood-table-in-a.webp) Guide ### Texas Flood Notice for Renters: What §92.0135 Requires Before You Sign Texas Property Code §92.0135 requires a floodplain and flood-history notice at or before signing, and since Sept 1, 2025 both parties must sign it. Here's what to expect and how to check a FEMA zone yourself. [Texas Flood Notice for Renters: What §92.0135 Requires Before You Sign →](/guide/texas-flood-notice-92-0135/) ![Leasing office desk at a new Fort Worth apartment with a printed fee sheet and a calculator](/images/featured/new-fort-worth-apartment-leasing-office-desk-with-.webp) Decision guide ### What Required Monthly Fees Add to New-Apartment Rent At 12 new Fort Worth buildings, required fees ran $36 to $199 a month on Oct 25, 2026. Here's what they cover, how they change your true monthly, and how to get the fee sheet in writing. [What Required Monthly Fees Add to New-Apartment Rent →](/guide/what-required-monthly-fees-add-to-rent/) ![Wall calendar and moving boxes in a sunlit new apartment living room](/images/featured/wall-calendar-and-moving-boxes-in-a-sunlit-new-apa.webp) Guide ### When to Start Looking for a New Apartment Before Your Lease Ends Work back from your lease end: the notice window, lease-up availability, and pre-leasing dates. A step-by-step timeline for moving into a new Fort Worth apartment. [When to Start Looking for a New Apartment Before Your Lease Ends →](/guide/when-to-start-looking-for-a-new-apartment/) ## 55+ New Apartments Open 55+ New Apartments [/55-plus-new-apartments/ →](/55-plus-new-apartments/) ![Single-level new apartment courtyard with shaded seating and limestone walls](/images/featured/single-level-new-apartment-courtyard-with-shaded-s.webp) Guide ### What "55+" Means on an Apartment Listing (and When It Doesn't) How 55+ communities are designated under the Housing for Older Persons Act, which labels only look similar, and how we label buildings. Ennova Highlands, for example, is not 55+. [What "55+" Means on an Apartment Listing (and When It Doesn't) →](/guide/what-55-plus-means/) ## Fort Worth Apartment Specials Open Fort Worth Apartment Specials [/fort-worth-apartment-specials/ →](/fort-worth-apartment-specials/) ![Two lease documents side by side on a wood table in a sunlit room](/images/featured/two-lease-documents-side-by-side-on-a-wood-table-i.webp) Decision guide ### 12-Month vs. 15-Month Lease When a Special Is Offered When a special only applies to a 14 to 16-month term, compare net effective by term, where your renewal lands, and your year-two exposure. A worked example and a calculator. [12-Month vs. 15-Month Lease When a Special Is Offered →](/guide/12-month-vs-15-month-lease-special/) ![Moving boxes stacked by the door of a bright new apartment](/images/featured/moving-boxes-stacked-by-the-door-of-a-bright-new-a.webp) Guide ### Breaking a Lease That Came With a Special: Concession Repayment in Texas Leaving early after free rent? What a Texas concession addendum may ask you to repay, how early-exit and reletting fees stack on top, the separate military right, and how to weigh breaking against waiting. [Breaking a Lease That Came With a Special: Concession Repayment in Texas →](/guide/breaking-a-lease-with-a-special-texas/) ![Laptop showing a resident portal ledger on a wood desk in a new apartment](/images/featured/laptop-showing-a-resident-portal-ledger-on-a-wood-.webp) Guide ### Getting the Special in Writing: Concession Addenda and Ledger Checks The steps to lock in an advertised special: the concession addendum, end-date checks before you sign, and day-7 and day-30 ledger checks if the credit is missing. [Getting the Special in Writing: Concession Addenda and Ledger Checks →](/guide/getting-the-special-in-writing/) ![Leasing office counter with a printed special flyer and keys in warm light](/images/featured/leasing-office-counter-with-a-printed-special-flye.webp) Guide ### How a Weeks-Free Special Works Out Per Month N weeks free equals base × 12 ÷ 52 × N. Here's the math on a dated example: $1,320 base with 6 weeks free on 12 months is about $1,168 a month (Oct 25, 2026). [How a Weeks-Free Special Works Out Per Month →](/guide/how-a-weeks-free-special-works-out/) ![Balcony of a new apartment at golden hour with a coffee mug and a renewal letter](/images/featured/balcony-of-a-new-apartment-at-golden-hour-with-a-c.webp) Decision guide ### How to Approach Your First Renewal at a New Building Prepare for the month-10 renewal offer: notice windows, comparing the offer with new-lease specials nearby, and your options in order: renew, counter, or move. [How to Approach Your First Renewal at a New Building →](/guide/how-to-approach-your-first-renewal/) ![Renewal letter envelope on a kitchen island in a new apartment](/images/featured/renewal-letter-envelope-on-a-kitchen-island-in-a-n.webp) Guide ### Why Year Two Costs More After a Weeks-Free Special Renewals price from base rent, not the discounted year. After 8 weeks free on 12 months, year two rises about 18% at the same base. Here's the math before you sign. [Why Year Two Costs More After a Weeks-Free Special →](/guide/why-year-two-costs-more/) ## Income-Restricted New Apartments Open Income-Restricted New Apartments [/income-restricted-new-apartments/ →](/income-restricted-new-apartments/) ![Modern mid-rise apartment entrance with a warm wood canopy at golden hour](/images/featured/modern-mid-rise-apartment-entrance-with-a-warm-woo.webp) Guide ### PFC, LIHTC, and Workforce Housing: What the Labels Mean What PFC, HFC, LIHTC, workforce, and attainable mean on new Fort Worth apartment listings, which buildings on our board carry each label, and how the labels show on cards. [PFC, LIHTC, and Workforce Housing: What the Labels Mean →](/guide/pfc-lihtc-workforce-housing-labels/) ![Bright new apartment kitchen and living area with natural wood and white walls](/images/featured/bright-new-apartment-kitchen-and-living-area-with-.webp) Guide ### Using a Housing Voucher at a New Texas Apartment Where vouchers are accepted at new builds: HFC buildings must accept them (§394.9026), and cities can't otherwise require it (§250.007). How Small Area FMRs and FWHS 2026 payment standards work. [Using a Housing Voucher at a New Texas Apartment →](/guide/using-a-housing-voucher-new-apartment/) ![New workforce apartment building facade in Fort Worth at golden hour](/images/featured/new-workforce-apartment-building-facade-in-fort-wo.webp) Guide ### Who Qualifies: 2026 Tarrant County Income Limits for New Apartments TDHCA's 2026 Tarrant County limits: MFI $110,300; 60% AMI for a 2-person household is $52,980; max 60% rent is $1,242 for a 1BR and $1,489 for a 2BR. How to check eligibility before you apply. [Who Qualifies: 2026 Tarrant County Income Limits for New Apartments →](/guide/tarrant-county-income-limits-2026/) ## Lease-Up Apartments Open Lease-Up Apartments [/lease-up-apartments-fort-worth/ →](/lease-up-apartments-fort-worth/) ![Close detail of a fresh drywall corner and new baseboard in a bright apartment](/images/featured/close-detail-of-a-fresh-drywall-corner-and-new-bas.webp) Guide ### First-Year Defects and the 7-Day and 30-Day Punch List How to document and fix first-year defects in a new apartment: the 48-hour move-in form, written punch lists at day 7 and day 30, the common first-generation issues, and how to track repairs. [First-Year Defects and the 7-Day and 30-Day Punch List →](/guide/new-apartment-punch-list/) ![New apartment pool deck nearly finished with temporary fencing at golden hour](/images/featured/new-apartment-pool-deck-nearly-finished-with-tempo.webp) Decision guide ### Moving In While Amenities Are Still Unfinished What to expect living in a building that's still being finished: amenity opening dates, construction noise and access, parking during construction, and what to get in writing. [Moving In While Amenities Are Still Unfinished →](/guide/moving-in-while-amenities-unfinished/) ![Apartment building in final construction with scaffolding and a finished limestone base](/images/featured/apartment-building-in-final-construction-with-scaf.webp) Guide ### Pre-Leasing Delays: What Happens If Your Move-In Date Slips When a new building opens late: how Certificate of Occupancy timing works, what your lease says about delays, bridging options with your current lease, and getting dates in writing. [Pre-Leasing Delays: What Happens If Your Move-In Date Slips →](/guide/pre-leasing-delays-move-in-date-slips/) ![New apartment building during lease-up at golden hour](/images/featured/new-apartment-building-with-a-blank-banner-area-on.webp) Guide ### What "Lease-Up" Means and Why Prices Move During It Lease-up is the stretch from a new building's first move-ins to stabilized occupancy. Here's why specials and rents change daily during it, and why we pull prices every morning. [What "Lease-Up" Means and Why Prices Move During It →](/guide/what-lease-up-means/) ![Row of new apartment balconies at golden hour, some furnished and some empty](/images/featured/row-of-new-apartment-balconies-at-golden-hour-with.webp) Decision guide ### When During Lease-Up the Deals Tend to Be Deepest How specials track a new building's fill curve and the season, and how price history and one-a-day alerts on saved buildings help you time a move without rushing it. [When During Lease-Up the Deals Tend to Be Deepest →](/guide/when-lease-up-deals-are-deepest/) ## Moving to Fort Worth Open Moving to Fort Worth [/moving-to-fort-worth/ →](/moving-to-fort-worth/) ![Phone on a tripod recording a video walk of a bright new apartment living room](/images/featured/phone-on-a-tripod-recording-a-video-walk-of-a-brig.webp) Guide ### Leasing a New Apartment From Out of State: Video Tours and Remote Signing The steps to lease a new Fort Worth apartment before you arrive: a video walk of the actual unit, an income and document pre-check before any fee, e-signing the addenda, and utility setup. [Leasing a New Apartment From Out of State: Video Tours and Remote Signing →](/guide/leasing-from-out-of-state/) ![New apartment mailbox wall with blank labels in a bright lobby](/images/featured/new-apartment-mailbox-wall-with-blank-labels-in-a-.webp) Guide ### Mailing City vs. City Limits: Why Your Fort Worth Address Can Mislead You At about a dozen new buildings, the mailing city differs from city limits, county, or ISD. Examples: The Emma, The Henley, Jefferson Lakehaven, The Palo, and Holloway Champions Circle. How to check any address. [Mailing City vs. City Limits: Why Your Fort Worth Address Can Mislead You →](/guide/mailing-city-vs-city-limits-fort-worth/) ## New Apartments Near Transit Open New Apartments Near Transit [/new-apartments-near-transit/ →](/new-apartments-near-transit/) ![Commuter rail platform in Fort Worth at golden hour with a train arriving](/images/featured/commuter-rail-platform-in-fort-worth-at-golden-hou.webp) Guide ### TEXRail and La Línea Rosa: What's Running Now and What's Planned Which Fort Worth transit runs today and which is planned: TEXRail, the TRE, La Línea Rosa bus service starting fall 2026, and the TEXRail Medical District extension expected about 2029. [TEXRail and La Línea Rosa: What's Running Now and What's Planned →](/guide/texrail-and-la-linea-rosa/) ## New Apartments Near Work Open New Apartments Near Work [/new-apartments-near-work/ →](/new-apartments-near-work/) ![New apartment community near an open North Texas logistics landscape at golden hour](/images/featured/new-apartment-community-near-an-open-north-texas-l.webp) Guide ### New Apartments Near Alliance New buildings within 20 minutes of Alliance employers like Celestica, MTU, Foxlink, and Wistron, with free-flow drive times via I-35W and SH 170 and any toll segment priced in. [New Apartments Near Alliance →](/guide/new-apartments-near-alliance/) ![New two-story townhome-style apartments in Grand Prairie at golden hour](/images/featured/new-two-story-townhome-style-apartments-in-grand-p.webp) Guide ### New Apartments Near GM Arlington Assembly New Arlington and Grand Prairie buildings within 20 minutes of the GM plant, with city-limits notes and shift timing. Jefferson Ashford, for example, is Grand Prairie city in Arlington ISD. [New Apartments Near GM Arlington Assembly →](/guide/new-apartments-near-gm-arlington/) ![New apartment building in west Fort Worth at golden hour with open sky](/images/featured/new-apartment-building-in-west-fort-worth-at-golde.webp) Guide ### New Apartments Near Lockheed Martin and NAS JRB New buildings within 20 minutes of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (19,193 employees) and NAS JRB Fort Worth, with routes, shift-start timing, and how the military clause works. [New Apartments Near Lockheed Martin and NAS JRB →](/guide/new-apartments-near-lockheed-martin/) ![New apartment building in the Northeast Tarrant suburbs at golden hour](/images/featured/new-apartment-building-in-northeast-tarrant-suburb.webp) Guide ### New Apartments Near Skyview and American Airlines HQ New buildings within 20 minutes of the Skyview campus (American Airlines, 10,772 employees), with Northeast Tarrant routes and how TEXpress managed-lane pricing changes the math. [New Apartments Near Skyview and American Airlines HQ →](/guide/new-apartments-near-skyview/) ![New mid-rise apartment near Fort Worth's Near Southside at golden hour](/images/featured/new-mid-rise-apartment-near-fort-worth-near-souths.webp) Guide ### New Apartments Near the Fort Worth Medical District New buildings near Cook Children's, JPS, and Texas Health Harris Methodist, with sound ratings for daytime sleep, structured parking as a fact, and what's running on rail now. [New Apartments Near the Fort Worth Medical District →](/guide/new-apartments-near-medical-district/) ![Toll parkway curving through open prairie at golden hour](/images/featured/toll-parkway-curving-through-open-prairie-at-golde.webp) Decision guide ### Toll Costs on Your Commute: Chisholm Trail Parkway and TEXpress Lanes The Chisholm Trail Parkway is 22¢ a mile with a TollTag, and ZipCash runs about double. From the Cleburne end, a daily commute is $286.02 a month (NTTA, Jul 1, 2025). Here's how to add tolls to your rent math. [Toll Costs on Your Commute: Chisholm Trail Parkway and TEXpress Lanes →](/guide/chisholm-trail-parkway-toll-costs/) ## New Apartments Opening Soon Open New Apartments Opening Soon [/new-apartments-opening-soon/ →](/new-apartments-opening-soon/) ![Finished apartment building beside one still under construction at golden hour](/images/featured/finished-apartment-building-beside-one-still-under.webp) Decision guide ### Pre-Lease a Building That Isn't Open, or Move Into One Now? How to choose between pre-leasing an unopened building and moving into one that's open: lease-end timing, delay risk, and how pre-leasing specials compare with lease-up specials. [Pre-Lease a Building That Isn't Open, or Move Into One Now? →](/guide/pre-lease-or-move-now/) ![Garden-style apartment community with finished buildings and a framed second phase behind](/images/featured/garden-style-apartment-community-with-finished-bui.webp) Guide ### Renting in a Building That Opens in Phases Living in Phase 1 while Phase 2 is built: phased Certificates of Occupancy, which amenities are in which phase, construction near occupied buildings, and asking for the phase map. [Renting in a Building That Opens in Phases →](/guide/renting-in-a-building-that-opens-in-phases/) ## New Build Board Open New Build Board [/new-construction-apartments/ →](/new-construction-apartments/) ![Row of new single-story built-to-rent homes with small yards in North Texas](/images/featured/row-of-new-single-story-built-to-rent-homes-in-nor.webp) Decision guide ### Built-to-Rent Home vs. New Apartment: How the Costs Compare Compare a built-to-rent home and a new apartment side by side: rent, required fees, yard and pet terms, utilities, specials, and lease terms, with a calculator to run your own numbers. [Built-to-Rent Home vs. New Apartment: How the Costs Compare →](/guide/built-to-rent-vs-new-apartment/) ![Two new apartment buildings across a Fort Worth street at golden hour](/images/featured/two-new-apartment-buildings-facing-each-other-acro.webp) Decision guide ### How to Compare New Buildings Side by Side on 24-Month Cost Rank your shortlist by what you'd actually pay over two years: move-in cash, year one after the special, required fees, tolls, parking, and year two at 0% and +3%. [How to Compare New Buildings Side by Side on 24-Month Cost →](/guide/compare-new-buildings-24-month-cost/) ![Fenced dog park at a new apartment community with turf and limestone walls](/images/featured/fenced-dog-park-at-a-new-apartment-community-with-.webp) Guide ### Pets in New Fort Worth Apartments: Fees, Rent, and Breed Rules What a pet adds to the true monthly at a new Fort Worth build: monthly pet rent, one-time fees, deposits, and the breed and weight rules that vary by community. [Pets in New Fort Worth Apartments: Fees, Rent, and Breed Rules →](/guide/pets-in-new-fort-worth-apartments/) ![Bright new apartment living room with large windows and wood floors](/images/featured/bright-new-apartment-living-room-with-large-window.webp) Decision guide ### Tour Checklist for a Brand-New Apartment A printable checklist for touring a brand-new apartment: the model vs. the actual unit, STC/IIC 50 sound, HVAC sizing for Tarrant's 101°F design temperature, unfinished amenities, and the 48-hour move-in form. [Tour Checklist for a Brand-New Apartment →](/guide/new-apartment-tour-checklist/) ![Brand-new four-story apartment building facade in Fort Worth at golden hour](/images/featured/brand-new-four-story-apartment-building-facade-in-.webp) Guide ### What Counts as a New-Construction Apartment (and What Doesn't) Our board includes ground-up builds with first move-ins from 2024 to 2027 only. Renovations, conversions, and renamed older buildings are out. Here's the rule and the stages a new building moves through. [What Counts as a New-Construction Apartment (and What Doesn't) →](/guide/what-counts-as-new-construction-apartment/) Free to you · Your rent is the same either way ## Get the whole price before you tour Tell us your move date, budget, and where you need to be. We'll make the calls, collect the fee sheets, and do the math for every building that fits. Get my shortlist [/contact/ →](/contact/) See the New Build Board [/new-construction-apartments/ →](/new-construction-apartments/) What happens next: We'll text you within minutes during our hours, then send a same-day shortlist. We don't guarantee pricing or approval. The community sets both, and we confirm them before you sign.