Highlands Ranch CO Real Estate : No Down Payment or Closing Costs, Tell Me More A mortgage loan in today's market with no down payment and no closing costs, I know it sounds too good to be true, but really it isn't. In fact, there is even more to be excited about: 100% FinancingNo Down PaymentNo Closing Costs, Points or FeesBelow Market Interest RatesInterest Rate Buy-Down ProgramNo Monthly Mortgage Insurance PremiumNo Perfect Credit RequiredBuy Any Home in Colorado (new, used, fixer-upper)No Income RequirementPurchase or Purchase and Renovate Loans Available I know you're thinking, "But Carrie, what's the catch?", and here are the caviots: You can't own another home (so your home must be sold before you finish the purchase of your new home)The purchase price cannot be more than $406,25... 02/28/2011

Originally posted on my Denver Real Estate Blog | Real Estate Transaction Series: Full Disclosure I get many questions working with Denver real estate clients or Highlands Ranch homes sellers and buyers that have to do with the real estate contract.  Some issues and questions relate only to Colorado, others are more broad.  This real estate contract series addresses those questions. Real Estate Transaction Series: Full Disclosure Have you ever had a small leak, burst pipe, stained carpet or some other incident happen at your home? These things do happen and most of the time we just fix them and move on.  Sometimes we may need to make a claim with our insurance company to fix the issue, but we do and move forward. Homeowners may encounter many different problems that come up in the cours... 02/27/2011

Active Rain in Anaheim, Steven Graham, Sandy Corrigan and the Active Rain Cast! Last week I spent a great time at the Keller Williams Family Reunion in Anaheim, California. This year's Keller Williams event was even better than year's past. The training was engaging and relevant, helping agents take their business to the next level. Some of the highlights included hanging out in the vendor area with the great people from Active Rain. It is always so great to meet people face the face and have a chance to ask questions and get the "secrets" of the top bloggers! Thank you Steven Graham for spending one on one time with me giving me great tips to help me with blogging for 2011. I am very excited about the continued training on Active Rain University. Rain Storm Camp was crazy and interesti... 02/27/2011

Originally Posted at: STEM School in Highlands Ranch You have probably been hearing for some time that there would be a new charter middle & high school in Highlands Ranch - attempts to get it opened for this current school year didn't get far enough - but it is a go for next year. STEM School did collect enough open enrollments during the Douglas County Open enrollment period and their contract charter was signed on 2/1/2011.   Additionally, the principal has been secured and was introduced to the public this week. STEM School is a Douglas County charter school with a core curriculum but also focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering & Math and is being modeled after the very successful Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia. STEM School will open in Augu... 02/20/2011

I am generally a pretty healthy eater and don't really tend to try the fast food too much. My idea of fast food is generally Subway or Tokyo Joe's or something I will splurge calorie wise at Chipotle or Qdoba. When I saw that we were getting a Jack in the Box in Highlands Ranch I knew I would have to try it.  It is relatively near my home and I am out & about working in Highlands Ranch most days - on any given day I am driving by it at least 5 times.  I could only hold out so long.   Way better than the other fast food burger joints around.  It was a great splurge but I think my calorie count is done for the week, and it is Sunday.  Thankfully they had some other options that I could make better choices with such as some bowls and a pita next time.  But my kids seem to like it - so now ... 02/20/2011

Originally posted on my blog: Real Estate in Denver & The Suburbs Just this last night I flipped the switch on my Denver & Highlands Ranch homes search to bring forward upgrades from my provider, Diverse Solutions.  They provide my IDX that allows you to search the homes in the Denver MLS through my site. I am thrilled that I was able to bring the changes this weekend – just wanted to post & let anyone know that in fact you are on the right site, things just look a little different.  I will be posting again this weekend to point out some new things.  I’ll probably be tinkering with the setting this weekend as well. Until then – search away! 02/19/2011

Firelight Neighborhood: Highlands Ranch Colorado Homes The Firelight neighborhood in Highlands Ranch is a beautiful neighborhood located in the Southridge area of Highlands Ranch Colorado.   Firelight's location makes it convenient for shopping, dinning, close to schools parks & trails and the Southridge Rec Center.  The Southridge Rec Center is the newest of the 4 HRCA rec centers and features a beautiful indoor pool with lazy river, outdoor pool, auditorium, dance/martial arts studio room, gym and work out facilities.   Firelight is part of the Douglas County School District and feeds into Mountain Vista High School with Heritage Elementary and Copper Mesa Elementary & Mountain Ridge Middle School as it's feeder schools.  You can view the boundary maps here to see the exact school bou... 02/19/2011

Originally posted at: Ellen Gifts a Car to Rock Canyon HS Teacher in Highlands Ranch In case you haven’t heard yet, today on The Ellen Show, a teacher from Rock Canyon High School, Chris Page, was given a car on the air. My wife just heard about this and we just watched the video – its really great! Additionally Rock Canyon received a very generous gift as well. We are so fortunate to have great schools and great teachers in the Douglas County School District. I don’t know Chris personally but we are very lucky to have teachers like him all over the school district. Congratulations Chris!  I’ll wave if I see ya sporting your new car!  I can’t seem to embed the video here at the moment, will later if I can – but for now you can go to The Ellen Show youtube channel to see the event take p... 02/18/2011

Highlands Ranch Real Estate: Homes Sales Data & Market Reports Originally posted at: Highlands Ranch Market Data January 2011 January is behind us already and there is a lot of questions about how the real estate market is doing in Highlands Ranch.  Well, I suppose that depends a lot on which market segment you may be curious about.  The bulk of activity remains in the sweet spot between $200 – $500k.  This is generally where the majority of homes in Highlands Ranch fall as far as price range. Looking at the data, the largest segment for activity is the $200 -$300k price range. On the other hand, getting up above $600k is really tough, with no sales for January in Highlands Ranch CO.  Once we have some sales on the book, months of inventory in these upper price ranges can be calculated.... 02/18/2011

Small Business Owners-Do You Have A BMD? A BMD is a Business Maturity Date, a date that you could leave your business to go on vacation or do something you have always dreamed of doing, while making money and not having to put the pieces of your business back together. About a year ago, The Corrigan Group got involved with The Crankset Group. About 100 plus business owners from all types of business gathered to explore the topic of growing our businesses. That day changed our business and our lives. Chuck Blakeman, author of Making Money is Killing Your Business, ( # 1 business book of the Year by the Federation of Independent Business Owners) spoke . "The number one reason that most business owners remain on the treadmill and cannot make money while they are on vacation or have a plan ... 02/16/2011

Originally Posted at - Denver Relocation Info: The Extremes of Colorado Weather Through much of December and January of this current winter, here in Denver we were very lucky to experience an extremely mild winter.  With temps often in the 40's, 50s and even 60's - snow in Denver was sparse if any.  The Colorado mountains kep the snow to themselves and here in Denver we were very lucky to be spared of the major storms in other parts of the country. Then into very late January and early February we finally received a deep freeze - 2 of them actually.  Two arctic fronts found their way to Denver finally and absolutely bitter cold temps surrounded the Denver metro area with temps some mornings with -20 degrees F.  Denver schools closed from the cold in the first storm, the 2nd front it was... 02/13/2011

I have been posting quite a bit lately to update much of the information that I posted back in 2007 and 2008 about different Highlands Ranch neighborhoods/ subdivisions.   I still have many to go, but here are the ones that I have posted here thus far.  I have included links to IDX search, so that if there are homes available for sale that are listed in the Denver MLS - they will appear on each page. As I add more Highlands Ranch neighborhood postings, I will add the links here.  If you have any questions or would like to see any of these Highlands Ranch homes for sale, just let me know! Enjoy!   Highlands Ranch Colorado Neighborhoods and Subdivisions BackCountry Neighborhood Falcon Hills Neighborhood Hillcrest Neighborhood Indigo Hill Neighborhood Kentley Hills Neighborhood Lantern Hil... 02/13/2011

Highlands Ranch Memories as the 30th Anniversary Year Long Celebration Begins The HRCA website is accepting submissions for Highlands Ranch memories as they begin their celebration of 30 years as Highlands Ranch. Click on over to the Highlands Ranch Community Association website to submit your memories and see what is already posted.  The first newsletter is there, along with photo memories.  I didn't move to Highlands Ranch until 1995, but I have been here 16+ years now - living and working selling real estate, so I do consider myself a fairly long time resident.  But watch this page for memories to come, you will be seeing residents that have been here from the early days and even the very beginning.  Celebrations will be occurring all year as Highlands Ranch celebrates 30 years - sta... 02/13/2011

Falcon Hills Neighborhood: Highlands Ranch Colorado Homes For Sale Falcon Hills is the original luxury neighborhood of Highlands Ranch.  Both a gated and pool community - Falcon Hills is actually two neighborhoods - Falcon Hills North and Falcon Hills South.   Falcon Hills, both North and South, is known for its large expansive yards, some even with pools. Additionally, from its perch high on a hill, many homes in Falcon Hills have beautiful wide open mountain views of the entire front range.  Located just off of University Blvd, residents of Falcon Hills have extremely easy access to C470 for commuters. Falcon Hills Subdivision is part of the Douglas County School District and feeds into Highlands Ranch High School with Cougar Run Elementary & Cresthill Middle School as its feeder scho... 02/13/2011

Hillcrest Neighborhood: Highlands Ranch Colorado Homes For Sale Hillcrest is a neighborhood in the heart of Highlands Ranch.  I find Hillcrest to be a stunning neighborhood, larger executive style homes with lots of brick, larger lots and many side entry garages with curved driveways make it a bit different than many of the other Highlands Ranch neighborhoods.  Another quality that differentiates itself is the number of streets that are cul-de-sacs and the fact that it is a bit of a smaller neighborhood than some of the others.  Many of the Hillcrest homes also are known for its very generous sized bedrooms. Hillcrest has a great location, close to schools, parks and shopping - especailly the very popular Whole Foods.  It is also not far from the HRCA Eastridge Recreation Center and man... 02/13/2011

Highlands Ranch Colorado Homes For Sale: Westridge Glen Westridge Glen is another of the "Westridge" neighborhoods in Highlands Ranch.   A beautiful neighborhood, it boasts a great location close to parks (Marcy & Redstone), trails and more - it is a neighborhood for many with a wider range is size and price of homes - ranging from the mid 200,000's to into the $600,000's. Westridge Glen does indeed have a great location, within minutes you can be shopping, dining at a Highlands Ranch Town Center restaurant, checking out books at the library, golfing at the Highlands Ranch Golf Club, working out in the Westridge HRCA Rec Center or riding your bike on the Highline Canal. This great location makes commuting from Westridge Glen ideal as well - easy access to C470 off of Lucent Blvd and als... 02/13/2011

Highlands Ranch Colorado Homes For Sale:  Timberline Ridge Timberline Ridge Neighborhood in Highlands Ranch is one of the "older" communities in Highlands Ranch but still remains to be one that I receive many inquiries about.  Numerous factors contribute to its level of interest, large yards, many open space lots, quite a few with breathtaking full mountain views, easy access to trails, walkability to the elementary school and much more.  In addition, Timberline Ridge is a pool community with a private neighborhood pool and clubhouse for residents only.     Located at the northern section of Highlands Ranch, but almost in the middle in the east-west scheme of things, Timberline Ridge has an ideal location.  Easy commuter access to C470, close to schools, shopping, trails and parks (Sand... 02/12/2011

Highlands Ranch Colorado Homes For Sale: Lantern Hill Neighborhood The Lantern Hill neighborhood in Highlands Ranch is a very nice neighborhood that is built with Joyce homes.  When the neighborhood was first being built, it was highly talked about as it was fairly different than many of the other Highlands Ranch neighborhoods with some unique floor plans. Located at the southern end of Highlands Ranch with some lots having open space, its a great location close to schools, shopping, recreation centers, parks and more. The Lantern Hill neighborhood is a part of the Douglas County School District and feeds into Mountain Vista High School with Summit View Elementary & Mountain Ridge Middle School as its feeder schools. Interested in seeing homes in Lantern Hill?  Let me know and I would b... 02/08/2011

Originally Posted At: How To Prepare Your Highlands Ranch Home For Snow Showings Regardless of the snow, if your home is for sale in the Denver area and you have showings today, you better take them seriously.  Because if anyone is out in this weather, you better bet they are a serious buyer. Please be sure you have your sidewalks and driveways cleared of all snow and hazards.  I have trudged through numerous driveways over the the years with buyers that snow is not cleared.  And I have to tell you, every now and then a home buyer will just have had enough and not even get out of the car.  This is especially true if they are a Denver relocation client, in from out of town and maybe not prepared for the weather.  Do not loose a potential sale because of something that is very much under ... 02/06/2011

Originally posted on my Real Estate in Denver & The Suburbs Blog - Highlands Ranch Winter Week What a week.  First we had our Below Zero spell.  Yesterday I heard pretty last minute there was a chance of an inch or so of snow, yet it seemed to start snowing very quickly after lunch and didn't ever really stop.   I had to travel north into Englewood and Denver last night, roads north of County Line Rd didn't seem too bad, but Douglas County was far icier it seemed.  When I returned home a bit after 9 it seemed, there weren't many cars on the road but the snow seemed to be tapering off.  I though I had maybe 4 inches on my deck.  Weather report said snow moving out, some more tomorrow.  Did that snow tomorrow, now today, arrive early or did it just never stop? Flash forward to this mornin... 02/06/2011