Littleton Real Estate - and Buying & Selling Littleton Colorado Real Estate
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Littleton Colorado real estate is one of the most popular areas of the Denver Colorado real estate market. With 3102 homes SOLD in 2007, it ranks as the #3 city in the Denver Real Estate market. The city of Littleton Colorado incorporated March 13, 1890, and was founded by merchants and farmers. The town hired engineer Richard Sullivan Little, who fell in love with the town and brought his wife over in 1872, in which they subdivided their property into the town of Littleton. Littleton Homes For Sale and real estate can be traced back to the Gold Rush of 1859 - bringing a rush of people to the small town. At that same time, a nearby city named Highlands Ranch, was undergoing minor development.
Highlands Ranch back in the 1880's still consisted of small farms and ranches. They had to travel all the way to visit the town of Littleton when they needed clothing, food, supplies or to see a doctor or dentist. Now days, Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community with nearly 100,000 residents and Littleton is part of that community. It's kind of confusing because the Highlands Ranch portion of Littleton depends on what your tax deed says, your U.S. Post office address says or what the legal description is on the home you bought. Please refer back to our home page for more information on this or Denver Metro cities.
In 1977, 26,000 acres, south of Littleton, was incorporated into Highlands Ranch. Littleton Colorado real estate and new homes for sale is divided into several areas on the Denver MLS search including Jefferson County South Central (JSC), Jefferson County South (JFS), Jefferson County West (JFW), Jefferson County Central (JFC), Douglas County West (DCW) and (DHL) Highlands Ranch, and South Suburban Central (SSC). There are newer Littleton homes by Morrison, homes south in Roxborough Park, homes in older Littleton off Broadway and Sante Fe, homes near Southwest Plaza Mall built in the late 1970's and 1980's, and Governors Ranch and Ken Caryl Ranch homes built in the 1990's and 2000's.
Popular subdivisions in Littleton include Country West, Governor's Ranch, West Meadows, Powderhorn, Ken Caryl Ranch, Ken Caryl Ranch Plains, Foothill Green, Willow Springs, Willow Brook, Woodmar, Leawood, Bow Mar, Canterbury, The Valley, Stony Creek, Normandy Estates, Columbine, Columbine Knolls, Columbine Hills, Columbine Manor, Oakbrook, Southbridge, Meadowbrook Heights, Friendly Hills, Harriman, Lakehurst, Quincy Lake, Belleview Acres.
The recent Littleton homes Sales Statistics for 2007 show that Littleton had a -7.12% negative sales growth over 2006, with 238 less homes SOLD and there was a higher number of Littleton foreclosure homes for sale too. Yet, since Littleton real estate overlaps with homes for sale in Highlands Ranch, the sales figures are slightly skewed depending on the specific MLS search areas as Highlands Ranch had a positive 13.18% sales volume increase! The median home prices fluctuated quite a bit too, depending on the specific area or Littleton Colorado real estate area. Call me at (303) 588-4665 and I can help you go over this further; depending on the areas in the Littleton real estate that you're interested in?
Schools, churches, hotels and stores were able to be built in Littleton with the addition of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad back in 1871 and agriculture remained the major industry of Littleton after WWII. Nowadays, Littleton is known for high tech electronics, weapons, telecommunications, and aerospace. Manufacturing companies and employers include Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies and Dish Network. Littleton is the 17th most heavily populated city in Colorado. The suburb south of Denver is 13.9 square miles, with a population of approximately 41,519, including 17,313 households, and 10,387 families residing in the city. Littleton Colorado real estate and new homes for sale have approximately 155 miles of streets, public service departments maintain 151 miles of streets, snow removal, traffic control, engineering, inspections and sewer and storm drainage.
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Do you know what’s the #1 MISTAKE people make and the #1 COMPLAINT to the Colorado Real Estate Commission when buying or selling Littleton Colorado real estate and homes for sale; especially buying Littleton new homes?
Shockingly, it’s that there was confusion on the Purchase Contract and the Buyers or the Sellers got “screwed financially” because they didn’t understand or were not clear on the Contract they had just signed! What's amazing is that only a small fraction of those complaints were filed against experienced Littleton Colorado real estate agents or 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 Littleton real estate agents - or NO Aurora Realtor at all (…especially buying new homes in Aurora Colorado.)
Wouldn’t you want experienced Littleton Colorado 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 or 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 Littleton Realtors or Denver Colorado 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 Littleton real estate is much more profitable when you hire me to represent you.
Thanks again I look forward to helping you.
Jeff Boyce
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This article was written by Jeff Boyce and Tamara Mohamed. Tamara is a freelance writer in Denver, Colorado and may be contacted at tamaramohamed83@yahoo.com.
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