Forest Hills

A Favorite Neighborhood by White Rock Lake

Explore the Best Homes in Forest Hills Neighborhood

Forest Hills is a neighborhood of 595 homes on the sunset side of White Rock Lake. The neighborhood’s popularity increasingly grew during the pandemic as the residential movement towards land and nature accelerated. This Forest Hills neighborhood is bounded by Garland Road, Lakeland Drive, the Santa Fe railroad tracks, Highland Drive, and a block of San Rafael. Many of the original homes of this neighborhood, founded in 1924, were built in the 1920s and 1930s, yielding Tudor style homes and cottages. Forest Hills was incorporated into Dallas in 1945, and since then many one-story ranch homes were built along with large homes built at the end of the 20th century and in the first few decades of the 21st century. The large lots in the neighborhood prompted larger original homes than in many East Dallas neighborhoods. These large Forest Hill lots are also conducive to the large new homes now being built. The new homes that have been built here are often Modern, Transitional Modern, Tudor, Mediterranean, or Spanish Colonial Revival.

Forest Hills is a Tree-Lined Neighborhood

Forest Hills Boulevard is tree-lined and, like Swiss Avenue, attracts cyclists on their way to or from White Rock Lake. In addition, Forest Hills Boulevard links to the Lake Ray Hubbard bike ride that is so popular with avid cyclists, who proceed to St. Francis Avenue and onto the access roads that take them to the edge of Lake Ray Hubbard.

Forest Hills is the East Dallas equivalent of Old Preston Hollow in relationship to its distance from downtown. However, Forest Hills feels closer to the city and yet conveys a greater sense of a neighborhood further removed from the city. Forest Hills also benefits from being across from the Arboretum and White Rock Lake.

Here is What You Will Find on This Forest Hills Page

In this Forest Hills neighborhood section you will discover the best homes found in this neighborhood. In addition you will see a few featured homes to provide you a sense of the range of homes you will find.

You will also see new listings of homes that just came on the market in MLS along with the homes with recent MLS status changes. These new listings are followed by every home for sale in MLS found in this neighborhood. You also will see every MLS home for sale mapped. And to give you a better understanding of the East Dallas market, you will see the homes in MLS that have previously sold in this neighborhood.

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Forest Hills Modern Home

Modern home at 8515 Santa Clara Drive in the Forest Hills neighborhood near White Rock Lake in Dallas.
Intersecting planes, geometric shapes and bands of vertical windows define this Dallas modern home found in Forest Hills, near White Rock Lake, at 8515 Santa Clara Drive.

8379 Forest Hills Boulevard, Dallas, Texas

Living room in modern home in Forest Hills.
Living room and staircase of modern home in Forest Hills at 8379 Forest Hills Blvd.

Forest Hills Neighborhood Modern Home

Architect Dan Noble, FAIA, President and CEO of HKS Architects, has lived in historic and architecturally significant homes in Old East Dallas for his 37-year career in Dallas. Most recently, he designed this modern home for himself in Forest Hills. Over the last four decades, each of the homes Dan has lived in has been located closer to White Rock Lake and more involved with nature. This home visually integrates nature on all four sides of the home.


8130 Forest Hills Boulevard, Dallas, Texas

White Rock Lake Neighborhood Home


Today’s New Forest Hills Listings and MLS Status Changes

Find today’s new listings and the total number of Forest Hills homes for sale in MLS. Today we have a total of 0 new listings and a total of 14 homes for sale listed in Forest Hills.

Acres0.46Sqft.3,599Bed4Bath4Year1941Lot Size100x200
Acres1.03Sqft.6,519Bed6Bath6Year2004Lot Size150x300
Acres0.3Sqft.5,128Bed5Bath5Year2025
Acres0.23Sqft.4,654Bed5Bath5Year2008
Acres0.46Sqft.4,257Bed5Bath5Year1948
Acres0.88Sqft.5,698Bed5Bath5Year1960
Acres0.79Sqft.5,710Bed5Bath5Year2006Lot Size119x290
Acres0.6Sqft.5,372Bed6Bath6Year1941Lot Size103x250
Acres0.72Sqft.6,884Bed5Bath5Year2010Lot Size125' x 250'
Acres0.59Sqft.6,069Bed5Bath5Year1996Lot Size110 x 251

Mapped Forest Hills Homes for Sale in MLS

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Are You a Forest Hills Homeowner? You Have Come to the Right Place

If you are considering selling your Forest Hills home, we will bring you the best results as we best understand your home and the potential buyers. Call me to see if I should represent you in selling your Forest Hills home.

You understand the gracious elegance of East Dallas when riding your bike from Urban Reserve along the bike path past Mockingbird Lane, to West Lawther, to the Santa Fe Trail, Tokalon and Swiss Avenue to downtown Dallas.

-Douglas Newby

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The Best Homes in Forest Hills Neighborhood


Sold MLS Homes in Forest Hills

This section is created to help you understand the Forest Hills market. Knowing the homes that have sold will give you an idea of the future inventory of homes coming on the market and the trend of the Forest Hills prices.

Acres0.33Sqft.2,240Bed4Bath4Year1959Lot Size100x150
Acres0.5Sqft.4,920Bed4Bath4Year2010Lot Size100x200
Acres0.46Sqft.3,617Bed3Bath3Year1938Lot Size100x200
Acres0.57Sqft.6,553Bed5Bath5Year2007
Acres1.03Sqft.0Lot Size150 x 300
Acres0.46Sqft.5,558Bed5Bath5Year2009Lot Size100x200
Acres0.23Sqft.1,631Bed3Bath3Year1952Lot Size0x0
Acres0.33Sqft.3,232Bed4Bath4Year2010
Acres0.31Sqft.2,084Bed3Bath3Year1957
Acres0.25Sqft.2,773Bed5Bath5Year1964