Lone Tree restaurants are not spread evenly across town. They cluster in a few places: in and around Park Meadows, along the RidgeGate side of I-25, and near the five RTD light rail stops. I'm not going to hand you a "top 10" list, because restaurant lists go stale within a season. What I can do is show you where dining sits on the map, and why that matters when you're deciding which part of Lone Tree to...
Colorado Real Estate Blog: Market Insights & Buyer Guides
Things to do in Parker, Colorado come down to four anchors: the historic Mainstreet area, the Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center (PACE Center) at 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., the Cherry Creek Trail along Cherry Creek, and the open space and trails the Town of Parker maintains. Nearby Rueter-Hess Reservoir adds a fifth option, though it sits outside town limits. Here's what each one actually offers, from...
Highlands Ranch has three main ZIP codes: 80126, 80129 and 80130. All three are in Douglas County, and all three list Littleton as the primary mailing city, even though the homes are in Highlands Ranch, not in the City of Littleton. A ZIP code only tells the Postal Service where to send your mail. It doesn't tell you which government, which taxing districts or which HOA rules apply to a house. That...
Castle Rock has three ZIP codes: 80104, 80108 and 80109. 80104 is the primary ZIP and includes downtown, 80108 sits on the north side of town and also accepts "Castle Pines" as a mailing city, and 80109 includes The Meadows. A ZIP code tells you where your mail goes. It doesn't tell you which town, taxing district or HOA a house belongs to. That last part trips up buyers all the time. If you're still...
Picture a Saturday showing in Centennial. The kitchen is updated, the price looks fair, and then a jet climbs overhead while you're standing in the backyard. Nobody at the open house mentioned it. That moment is why I walk every buyer through the airport question before they write an offer anywhere near Centennial Airport. If you're still sorting out which part of town fits you, start with my Living in...
I've been watching Lone Tree's numbers for a few months now, and they finally tell a clear story. The median sale price is down 13.3% from a year ago, days on market have crept up to 54, and 41.9% of listings have taken a price cut along the way. If you own a home there, that headline alone is enough to make you nervous. But the number that actually explains what's happening isn't the price. It's the...
If you've been searching for a brand-new home in Highlands Ranch, you've probably noticed the search results keep pointing you somewhere else. That's not your filters. Highlands Ranch is close to built out, and the new-construction inventory left inside city limits has shrunk down to a handful of listings on a couple of streets. That's worth knowing before you fall in love with a floor plan that doesn't...
If you own a home in Castle Pines and you're thinking about selling, here's the part nobody puts on the listing checklist: some of the buyers touring your house this fall walked through a brand-new model at The Canyons that same morning. They had a coffee at the builder's information center, looked at a quick move-in home with a 2026 build date, and then drove west across I-25 to see yours. That's not a...
Castle Rock’s New I-25 Exit Is Half Open. Here’s What It Changes for Buyers in Crystal Valley Ranch.
Every time I show a home in Crystal Valley Ranch, the conversation ends up in the same place before we've even walked through the front door. Not the kitchen. Not the view of the Rock from the back deck. The drive to I-25. For years, south Castle Rock had a strange problem for a place that sits right next to an interstate: you could see I-25 from your neighborhood and still spend fifteen minutes getting...
Most buyers assume a home inspection would catch something as serious as drug contamination. It won't. A standard inspection checks the furnace, the roof, the outlets, and the water heater. It does not swab the walls. And methamphetamine residue, the thing I'm talking about here, is invisible, odorless, and sits on drywall, cabinets, and inside ductwork for years after the person who left it there has...