Denver Homes
The Kuchar Team is a group of Denver Realtor’s who specialize in serving Denver-area home buyers and sellers including Highlands Ranch, Parker, Castle Rock, Greenwood Village, and more. In Colorado, prime real estate is in abundance, and there are plenty of locations and houses that you can choose from. Making sure you have all the information to make the right Denver home choice is what the professional realtors at The Kuchar Team do best. Buying or selling a house doesn’t have to be a difficult experience, especially when you choose an agent that is dedicated to not only getting you into the right house, but knowing you well enough to put you in a home.
Denver Real Estate with a Personal Touch
As a team we believe that everyone deserves to be treated like they aren’t just a sale but a person or family looking for a Denver home, a place to have comfort, a place to lay their head without worry. For this reason we like to do our business with a personal touch, making your buying or selling experience a good one from beginning to end. Through an interview process we like to use our vast real estate experience to help develop not only our personal relationship with you, but also a complete understanding as to how to best accommodate your needs. During our interview process we can find the right payment plan for you, to make sure that you are comfortable not only in a new home, but with your wallet as well. Buying a house doesn’t have to be stressful. It should be an exciting time which creates a lasting memory for you to treasure.
With Experience and Confidence
With over 22 years of experience buying and selling houses we have a degree of specific knowledge when it comes to buying and selling Denver homes for our clients. However it’s not just getting to know the buyer and being able to find the right house, as we use a number of tools to find the Denver homes that best fit our clients, including the use of the latest technology. With these great search tools, we are able to communicate better with our buyers to get them the newest and most modern houses on the market. All of these tools help The Kuchar Team bring you the right options for your Denver home.
Comfort with Denver Homes and Buying
All of these factors will help make you more comfortable in buying or selling your home with The Kuchar Team. No matter the area around Denver that you have your sites set on, we’ll make certain that it is a good experience, so that you not only get a home you want, but a home that you can afford and make your own.
Thinking About Living in Highlands Ranch? Good Thinking!
Some reasons to consider making Highlands Ranch your home
It’s not a secret what my opinion is when it comes to living in Highlands Ranch; it’s a great move! There are plenty of reasons for my opinion on the matter; great schools, great community, safe and secure environment, open spaces, gorgeous homes, proximity to Denver, proximity to the mountains, and, of course, the best neighbors in the state! While I think that everyone should be OK with simply taking my word for it, I realize that for some, my word alone isn’t enough. That’s why in today’s post I’m going to bring in some third party opinions which I think solidify my belief that if you are thinking about living in Highlands Ranch, well, that’s good thinking!
CNN Money
In 2010 CNN Money rated Highlands Ranch as the 12th best place to live in the nation, and the second best in Colorado! CNN cites the town’s 8,100 acres of undeveloped land, 22 recreational parks, activities such as hiking, biking and golfing, as well as a strong school district and consistent home prices all as reasons for this impressive ranking. According to CNN, one of the World’s most trusted news sources, if you are considering living in Highlands Ranch, there are a ton of good reasons why.
GreatSchools.org
As one of the premier school rating sites on the web, greatschools.org lists over 200,000 public and private schools across the country, and uses reviews from over 800,000 parents, as well as other performance-based indicators (test scores, faculty ratings, etc) to rank each school system in the country. Needless to say, they are a high quality source for finding the nation’s top educational systems, and they rate Highlands Ranch schools a 9 out of 10! If you want the best possible education for your children (and what parent wouldn’t?) you simply can’t go wrong choosing Highlands Ranch.
Bestplaces.net
This site has a lot of great information pertaining to quality of life standards of towns and cities across the United States. They rank Highlands Ranch the “number 3 City on the Edge of Greatness”, citing the relatively low unemployment, the great school system, and the steady population growth as indicators of it’s greatness.
So, there you have it. You no longer have to just take my word for it when I say that living in Highlands Ranch is a great decision. If you are interested in finding out what Highlands Ranch has to offer you and your family, please give me a call today, and let The Kuchar Team help you get into the perfect Highlands Ranch home for you.
Highlands Ranch Short Sales
Short Sales in Highlands Ranch
A Short Sale is the sale of a home where the owner owes the bank more than the property is worth. The bank is forced to either foreclose on the property or take less than is owed on t
he mortgage creating a “shortage”. Usually a person applying for a short sale has some sort of hardship that is causing them to no longer afford the home that they once qualified for. The most common reasons for owners to consider a short sale is a loss of income due to unemployment or increase in expenses due to illness. Another cause of short sales I come across is divorce. When a divorce happens and the couple can no longer live together the remaining spouse is unable to afford the property with one income and they are forced to sell the home via short sale.
Falling Home Values Cause Short Sales
When I started selling homes in 1991 there weren’t any short sales. Throughout the 90′s and into the mid 2000′s there weren’t many foreclosures so a short sale wasn’t really considered. In most cases values were steadily increasing and people Read the rest of this entry »
Highlands Ranch Foreclosures
Foreclosures in Highlands Ranch
As a real estate agent in Highlands Ranch I get asked about foreclosures and bank owned properties all of the time. The perception is that by purchasing a bank repossession you are automatically getting a great deal thousands of dollars below market value. There are definitely opportunities to be had in buying these homes but much of it depends on what type of buyer that you are ( owner/occupant or investor ) and what type of bank is selling the property.
Investor vs. Owner Occupant
In recent years with the government involvement with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the selling of these bank assets has changed. Very similar to HUD Homes ( HUD Homes are FHA loans that have been foreclosed upon ) both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Read the rest of this entry »
Highlands Ranch Mountain View Homes
Many people want to see the mountains from their home
When my wife and I began our home search here in Highlands Ranch, we began as most people do with a wish list. There were the criteria that the property had to have and then the list of what would be nice to have. With our size family, we had to have at least four bedrooms and 2,400 square feet. We wanted a large basement as a place for the kids to enjoy when we entertained guests. The other must have was a view of the mountains. When we moved to Highlands Ranch, we rented for the first year to give us time to find the house that we really wanted and the rental was backing to open space with a wide open view of the front range. Waking up to see the mountains every day was enough to get us hooked and mountain views were added to the must have list when we bought our home.
Mountain Views add value in Highlands Ranch
We quickly realized as most people do that we would have to pay extra to get a decent view of the mountains. The builders and developers Read the rest of this entry »
Patriots Day In Highlands Ranch 2010
Do Something Special for a Service Professional on Patriots Day
Highlands Ranch Patriot Day
Highlands Ranch Patriot Day
September 11th brings up a ton of emotions for me each year as I remember the terrorist attacks in 2001. I can tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing that morning. It is as if that happened just yesterday. Instead of focusing on the anger I feel towards our enemies, I choose to focus on the gratitude I have for those who serve me and my community on a daily basis. Yes this included the police officer that writes me a ticket when I got caught speeding. I have a brother and cousin that are in law enforcement and can tell you that I know it is a tough job. It is tough on both the individual and their families.
September 11th in Highlands Ranch
This year and for every year to come I plan to go out of my way to thank every police officer, nurse, fireman, and military person that puts themselves in harms way in order to make me safe. It doesn’t take much effort to take a meal to a local fire department or pick up a gift card and give it to somebody in that specific occupation with a card of thanks. If I don’t have enough time to show my gratitude then something is really wrong. I’d like to ask anyone who reads my blog to join me in honoring those who serve this weekend and every September 11th from now on.
Here are a few locations where we can go to say thanks and/or drop off items of gratitude.
Highlands Ranch Stations -
Where are the fire stations that serve Highlands Ranch?
Fire station # 16 is located at 8119 Blakeland Drive off Santa Fe Drive.
Fire station # 17 is located at 9554 South University Boulevard in Highlands Ranch.
Fire Station # 18 is located at 401 Timbervale Trail near the intersection of S. Broadway and Lucent Boulevard.
City of Lone Tree Police Department –
9777 S Yosemite St Littleton, CO 80124 (303) 339-8150
Please come back and post a comment on the bottom of the blog and let me know how you spent your Patriots Day.
