New home rates are slowing near Keller ISD as space for more development decreases, according to data from Zonda Demographics.

Members of the Keller ISD's Long Range Planning and Citizens Advisory Bond Committees were provided a presentation of the latest enrollment and housing trends at a meeting Feb. 5.

Current situation: New home in 2025 starts and closings are expected to finish below the 2024 totals, according to the presentation. Housing starts are when construction for a new development begins, according to the National Association of Home Builders, while a closing is when ownership is passed to a buyer. District enrollment has decreased by 4,370 students over the last five years.

What's next: With slower community growth and a decline and enrollment, Keller ISD's newly created Long Range Planning and Citizens Advisory Bond Committees are considering cost-saving options for the school district.

There was a year-over-year decrease in the number of homes sold from January 2025 to January 2026 in Keller, Roanoke and northeast Fort Worth.

The details: Last January, 101 homes were sold in the area compared to 96 homes sold in January 2026. Take a look at other related real estate trends in Keller, Roanoke and northeast Fort Worth.

TOCA Social, a European interactive soccer-themed entertainment destination, is set to open its first American location March 6 in Grandscape in The Colony.

The overview: The venue will have 20 playing boxes, which are semi-private spaces, where guests play games, eat and drink.

Each space will have an interactive digital screen with five soccer ball-oriented game options.

• 5652 Grandscape Blvd., The Colony

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During an arctic blast last month, the Texas power grid remained stable throughout the storm and the state came away largely unscathed. The Lone Star State has not seen widespread blackouts since February 2021, when millions of Texans lost power and nearly 250 people died.

The response: In Uri’s wake, state lawmakers and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas made changes to restructure ERCOT’s governing board, mandate earlier public alerts during tight grid conditions and require that energy providers “weatherize” their facilities to withstand extremely hot or cold temperatures.

Roughly 40,000 megawatts of power—enough to serve about 10 million residential customers—have been added to the grid since 2021 and the state’s energy supply has become more diverse.

Looking ahead: State leaders have expressed confidence that the grid would hold up during “a storm similar to Uri.” Yet some energy analysts caution that rapidly rising electric demand, driven by the construction of new data centers throughout Texas, means challenges may still lie ahead.

The overview: Dallas-Fort Worth residents can expect to see mixed-use developments continue to drive residential and commercial growth across the region, local real estate leaders say.

Community Impact Founder and CEO John Garrett sat down with local real estate experts for a panel discussion Feb. 17 for the company’s first InCIder Hour event in Dallas-Fort Worth.

The panel included Michael Ortiz from Pogue Construction, Laura Blackstock from The Cheney Group and Jay Nelson from Rimosa Real Estate Services.

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