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Highlands Ranch Real Estate - and Buying & Selling Highlands Ranch Homes For Sale
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Highlands Ranch real estate and new homes for sale might just be the perfect place for you to live in the Denver metro real estate area. If you're looking for a master planned community that's built specifically for families, built around untouched open space wildlife areas - in a beautiful hilly setting - then you'd choose Highlands Ranch homes for sale for sure! Highlands Ranch is considered one of the safest, homogenous, family-friendly middle class neighborhoods in the Denver area. Highlands Ranch Colorado real estate is located in Douglas County, Colorado about 10 miles south of Downtown Denver, on the south side of C-470. It's comprised of about 22,000 acres in size and Highlands Ranch is still experiencing massive real estate, jobs and population growth.
Highlands Ranch Real Estate:
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Highlands Ranch is a blended city with Littleton Colorado, as many homes show up in the tax records, legal descriptions and the U.S. Post Office as both cities - depending which document you're looking at. Please refer back to our home page for more information on other Denver metro cities.
Some of the more popular neighborhoods and subdivisions to search for Highlands Ranch Homes For sale and real estate include: Settlers Village, Eastridge, Wildcat Reserve, Eastridge terrace, Camden - Highlands Ridge, Highlands Ranch Village Center, Tesena, Venneford Ranch, Town Center Highlands Ranch, Legacy Apartments, Mansion Pointe, Indigo Hills, Backcountry - Wild at Heart, Stonebury, Kently Hills, Lanturn Hill, Firelight, Highlands Walk, Hawks Pointe, The Hearth, Cobble Creek, Weatherstone, Southridge Crossings, Westridge Village, Westridge Meadows, Westridge Glen, Highlands Ranch golf club, Highlands Ranch Town Center, Clocktower Residences, Southridge, Southridge Vista and Northridge.
Sales Statistics for Highlands Ranch Real Estate
The recent Sales Statistics for Highlands Ranch real estate and new homes for sale show that Highlands Ranch in 2007 had an amazing +13.18% positive real estate sales growth over 2006, with 108 more homes SOLD. Although Highlands Ranch real estate had a strong sales growth, the Highlands Ranch new homes were not as strong or as high as 2006 or 2005 simply because there is less land for expansion now to the south towards Daniels Park. Retail building continues to grow and Highlands Ranch real estate boosts one of the highest per capita incomes in the nation according to Money Magazine and Forbes Magazine at about $94,000 per household. The Highlands Ranch Town Center, Highland Walk, and Highlands Ranch Village Center offer great restaurants, dining and retail shopping. There has been a high number of homes in foreclosure, simillar to Denver bank owned homes, but this has NOT caused Highlands Ranch homes for sale or their prices to plummet like other areas in Aurora, Denver and north in Weld County.
Highlands Ranch Colorado and the real estate is an almost entirely self-contained, full service development. Everything you need or want is nearby and easily accessible including restuarants, retail shopping, doctors & dentists, and parks and recreation. The Highlands Ranch Community Association features four state-of-the-art recreation centers - one of the biggest selling points of Highlands Ranch if you've got kids! These fully-equipped facilities offer high quality programs and classes for kids, seniors, and all ages in between. They also provide indoor, outdoor, and tot swimming pools, spa and steam rooms, indoor running tracks, fitness and dance studios, and more. Whether you like dancing or martial arts, wall climbing or volleyball, you can enjoy these and many other activities in a safe and clean environment at a very affordable price. This is a very cool benefit to buying Highlands Ranch new and resale homes for sale.
Great Shopping in Highlands Ranch
Highlands Ranch real estate also offers a myriad of great shopping places. Shopping for groceries and food? Take your pick: from traditional King Soopers, Albertson's, and Safeway - and the very popular organic alternatives like Vitamin Cottage, Whole Foods, and the Sunflower Market. In the summer produce growing season, you can enjoy fresh produce from the Highlands Ranch Farmer's Market. New and resale homes are so popular here because of the convenience. Are you shopping for clothes? You have the big upscale Park Meadows Mall right at your doorstep at C-470 and I-25. Shopping at Park Meadows is fun when you browse through their four large department stores including Nordstrom's, Macy's, JC Penny's and more than 100 other speciality stores, including; Dick's Sporting Goods, outdoors, elite and top brand stores. You can also treat yourself to a tasty meal by the cozy fireplace in the Park Meadows Dining Hall - a hugely popular eatting spot for teenages and adult shoppers. 
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Highlands Ranch real estate accommodates a wide variety of restaurants in the area too. If you're looking for something inexpensive, the area abounds with traditional fast food restaurants and excellent salad restaurants like Soup or Salad, great sushi at Jonny Holly's by Park Meadows, P.F. Changs, the Claim Jumper, LODO's, the kids favorite place at Chuck E. Cheese at Quebec & C-470, and Country Buffet. Craving ethnic cuisine? Indulge in a heavenly dessert that people call the best in the area at the Café de France or taste a delicious home style Italian recipe at Romano's.
Highlands Ranch Colorado School Information
Do you have or plan to have children - but are concerned about the quality of their education? If you live in Highlands Ranch, you can stop worrying. The Douglas County School District is highly regarded and has an impeccable reputation in Colorado and nationally. It focuses on developing each child's individual potential and offers its students a comprehensive curriculum as well as numerous extra-curricular enrichment activities and programs. There are 17 public elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high schools for you to choose from. In addition to these, you might consider buying Highlands Ranch new and resale homes for sale because of the 2 private Christian schools, six charter schools, and 17 preschools.
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There are many more educational and recreational opportunities for families with children in or just minutes away from Highlands Ranch. Introduce your kids to ventriloquism by taking them to one of the wildly entertaining programs of Puppets and Things on Strings. Give them a chance to perform in a Broadway-style musical by enrolling them in acting classes at the Christian Youth Theater. Nurture their love for books by taking them to a story hour at the Highlands Ranch library. Instill respect for nature through innovative exhibits, art, film, and interactive educational programs at the Wildlife Experience Museum. Can you see why buying Highlands Ranch real estate and new homes for sale is so popular? Treat your kids to an unforgettable birthday party at the Bumble Bounce's House of Bounce with its fun inflatable rides and slides.
Highlands Ranch Real Estate - Near Fun Entertainment & Recreational
Highlands Ranch real estate also has a diverse spectrum of fun entertainment and recreational opportunities for adults as well. The AMC and United Artists movie theaters bring you the latest movie flicks. If you like sports, you'll appreciate all the public golf courses, skate parks, tennis courts, lighted ball fields, outdoor inline hockey rinks, and martial arts studios. If you are a mountain or road biking, hiking, or jogging enthusiast, you will be pleased to know that the Metro District operates over 70 miles of paved and natural trails in and around Highlands Ranch homes for sale. There are thousands of acres of natural open space, and 22 parks throughout Highlands Ranch. The community also hosts over 100 public cultural and social events per year. These include the summer concert series, holiday celebrations, seasonal bazaars, exclusive annual classic car shows, and much more. If you like water sports, the beautiful Chatfield Reservoir located in Chatfield State Park is where you want to be. It boasts of breathtaking scenery and is a very popular place for swimmers, boaters, marina and jet-ski enthusiasts, wind-surfers and fishermen. It's a great place to take the kids fishing for rainbow trout, smallmouth and largemouth bass, perch and huge walleyes. My personal best walleye caught out of Chatfield was 12.5 pounds!
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Highlands Ranch residents have quick access to quality healthcare too. If you prefer large multi-field medical centers that offer extensive services, cutting edge technology, and latest equipment, Sky Ridge Medical might be the right place for you. If you are looking for a family doctor, there are plenty of family practices to choose from. Emergency rooms, dental offices, chiropractor practices, health awareness education, and specialty clinics are also at your fingertips. Yes, Highlands Ranch real estate offers you all this too.
Highlands Ranch is conveniently located close to Interstate 25 and highway C-470. I-25 will take you to the famous Denver Tech Center that has many major businesses and corporations. It's the national headquarters to Metro Brokers and RE/MAX too. The DTC is located in Greenwood Village, only 4 miles away or a 15-minute drive. I-25 and C-470 will also take you to Downtown Denver, which is only about 10 miles away, in about 30 minutes - non-rush hour traffic.
As an alternative, the Regional Transportation District or RTD offers the immensely popular and efficient quality bus and light rail system. The Park Meadow Mall location is the light rail southern pick-up spot, with additional services, such as dial-a-ride to anywhere in Highlands Ranch, express bus, and two park-n-Ride terminals at Mineral and Santa Fe with easy access to light rail.
Highlands Ranch Homes For Sale Information...
Do you know what’s the #1 MISTAKE people make and the #1 COMPLAINT to the Colorado Real Estate Commission when buying or selling Highlands Ranch homes for sale; especially buying Highlands Ranch new homes?
Shockingly, it’s that there was confusion on the Purchase Contract and the buyers or sellers got “screwed financially” because they didn’t understand or were not clear on the Contract they signed! What's amazing is that only a small fraction of those complaints were filed against experienced Highlands Ranch real estate agents or experienced Highlands Ranch Realtors. The majority of the complaints in 2007 and the majority of people who get pissed during and after the closing used inexperienced or part-time Highlands Ranch real estate agents - or NO Highlands Ranch Realtor at all (…especially buying new homes in Highlands Ranch Colorado!)
Wouldn’t you want experienced Highlands Ranch real estate agents sticking up for YOUR legal rights when the Sellers or Buyers decides to try to “screw you over” financially - or if there’s a problem on the mortgage loan and closing? Did I mention that I’ve personally closed nearly $100 million in real estate and mortgage loan transactions…and have always been able to negotiate or resolve every single problem we’ve encountered since 1998. I’m not saying that to brag, but instead to let you know that a professional Highlands Ranch Realtors or Denver real estate agents representing your rights and helping you is absolutely mandatory, especially when problems come up!
Tell me about what price range of homes you're interested in and what part of town you want to buy in? Buying and selling Highlands Ranch real estate is much more profitable when you hire me and when you send me the email form here...
Thank you, I look forward to helping you.
Jeff Boyce
(303) 588-4665
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This article was written by Jeff Boyce and Kristina Merrick. Kristina is a freelance writer from Denver, Colorado.
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