Real Estate in Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne Homes For Sale
Are you tired of owning or renting a series of Toronto Condos and Lofts that are too small for your growing family? Would you like a change of scene without sacrificing opportunity or the four seasons you have come to love in Canada? Would you like an affordable home in a safe neighborhood? We have just the place. It's called Fort Wayne, Indiana. The real estate agents of Fort Wayne, IN have made this website to help you familiarize yourself with the area before investing in real estate there. Browse through its pages and you'll see that Fort Wayne and its real estate offerings are just what you're looking for.
Fort Wayne, Indiana: The Summit City
Fort Wayne is the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, and while it is a moderately sized city of 251,000 itself, it is less than a day's drive from 50% of the population of the United States. Fort Wayne, IN takes its name from General "Mad" Anthony Wayne and the forts he re-captured from the Kekoinga Indians. Its nickname, "the summit city" doesn't come from its being located on high ground, in fact, most of the city occupies the low ground of the Wabash and Maumee watersheds. It comes instead from the fact that it was located at the "summit" of the locks in the Wabash and Erie Canal system.
Like many cities in Illinois and Indiana, Fort Wayne was a major player in the manufacturing industry until the 1980s and 1990s. Since then manufacturing has fallen by the wayside and the economy has diversified into national defense, health care, and insurance. Fort Wayne, Indiana is now among the top 100 places for business and careers according to Forbes magazine. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Ivy Tech Community College, and the Fort Wayne Center for Medical Education turn out hundreds of qualified graduated into these industries every year.
These three public higher education institutes, plus the numerous private religious colleges and universities, plus the millions of dollars the city has spent to upgrade its library facilities have made Fort Wayne, Indiana a very smart and well-informed city. In 1997, it was listed in the Places Rated Almanac as the place with the highest reading quotient of anywhere in North America.
Reading is only one of the many pastimes Fort Wayne, IN residents enjoy. They also have seven minor league sports teams, numerous museums, art galleries, and theaters, a zoo, and more than 20 miles of trail through over 3,000 acres of parkland and protected wetlands, which give them the opportunity to keep fit and have fun.
Neighborhoods and Housing in Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Wayne, Indiana has over 180 neighborhoods within the town boundaries. Many of them were annexed into the city from surrounding unincorporated lands over the last few decades. Some of them, like Thurman and Liberty Hills, were former rural townships and feature a quaint small-town feel with lots of space. Others, such as Briarwood Hills and Sunnybrook Acres were suburban housing developments before the annexation, so they have a lot of single-family homes with a pre-designed feel to them.
There are several types of neighborhood that belonged to Fort Wayne, IN prior to the annexations as well, like the historic districts of Forest Park Boulevard and Williams-Woodland Park with their restored homes, many of which were designed by famous architects, and the subdivisions of Wildwood Park and Seven Oaks, which feature neighborhood associations and their own systems of bylaws. There is also a rather unique neighborhood near downtown called Lake of Brooks Crossing which combines the restoration of historic homes with the building of new ones that compliment them.
Whichever neighborhood you choose you will be able to afford a much larger house in Fort Wayne than you would in Toronto or any of its surrounding suburbs. The cost of living in Fort Wayne is low, only 77.3 to the national average of 100. You can own your own home for $103,000 to $131,000 on average, and for a rented apartment you would be looking at paying around $600 per month.
Contact a Fort Wayne, IN Real Estate Agent
Now that you've got an overview of Fort Wayne, Indiana and what its citizens have to offer you, let's talk about what you can offer Fort Wayne's citizens - the pleasure of your company. Your friendly future neighbors are eager to make your acquaintance so don't keep them waiting. Contact a Fort Wayne real estate agent today for more information on making the move or to start looking through the real estate listings.
