Most Expensive Academy School District 20 Home Sales for February 2010

The Colorado Springs real estate market has several school districts within its boundaries. The most northern one is Academy School District 20.

In February 2010, the Academy School District 20 real estate market saw 5 homes sell for more than $500,000. The most expensive home sold in the Pine Creek real estate market. Two sales were in the Black Forest Real estate market and 2 sales were in the Northgate real estate market.

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Here are the top 3 most expensive home sales in the Academy School District 20 real estate market.

1. 9735 Summit Ash Court, Colorado Springs CO 80920 ~ Pine Creek

MLS# 480583 - Expensive Home Sale in Academy School District 20

  • List Price: $649,900
  • Sales Price: $629,000
  • Date of Sale: 2/17/2010
  • Brokers/Companies Involved:
    Listing: The Platinum Group
    Buyer: Milner Properties, LLC
  • Days on Market: 10 Days
  • MLS Remarks: Exceptional Ranch Style Home On Half Acre On Pine Creek Golf Course. This Beautiful Home Sits In A Cul-de-sac Within The Pine Creek Golf Course Community And Is Pleasing In Every Way. From The Grand Stucco And Stone Exterior With Tiled Roof, To The Open And Well Thought Out Floor Plan, With Gorgeous Landscaping And Golf Course Views. The Covered Entry Opens Up To The Beautiful Hardwood Flooring And Large Formal Dining Room With Elegant Columns And Coffered Ceiling. Oversized Windows Provide City And Mountain Views! A Study Is Off The Entry With French Doors And Built-In Bookcases. The Living Room Features A Vaulted Ceiling, Oversized Arched Windows, Tiled Raised Gas Fireplace And Mantle, Entertainment Niche And Tremendous Views Of The Golf Course. The Large Kitchen And Breakfast Nook Are Appropriately Situated Nearby And Walk Out To A Covered 35 Foot Patio And Back Yard. Elegant Maple Cabinets With A Cherry Stain Are Throughout The Home, Including The Kitchen, Which Also Features Granite Slab Counters And Backsplash, Island With Pendant Lighting, Walk-In Pantry, Convection Self-Cleaning Oven, Filtered Hot And Cold Water, Flat Cook Top, Hood Vent, Dishwasher And Microwave. The Master Suite Features Coffered Ceiling, Walk-Out To The Covered Deck And A 3-Way Fireplace Shared With The 5-Pc Bath, With Jetted Tub, Glass Block Oversized Walk-In Shower, Double Sinks And Large Walk-In Closet. A 15×15 Guest Bedroom Is Also On The Main Level And Features Its Own Full Bath. The Laundry Room Includes Ceramic Tile Flooring, Built-In Cabinets And Utility Sink. The 3-Car Garage Is Oversized With Work Bench Area, Built-In Shelving And Two Access Doors Into The Home. A Powder Room Leads Past The Wrought Iron Railing, Which Leads To The Full Finished Basement. The Family Room Features A Gas Fireplace With Stone Surround And Raised Hearth, Wet Bar With Ceramic Tile Floor And Counters, Mini Fridge, Glass Front Cabinets And Wine Rack. A Recreation Room And Theatre Room Adjoin This Area, With The Theatre Room Wired For A Sophisticated Projection And Sound System. Three Very Large Bedrooms Are On This Level, With Walk-In Closets And One With A Private Bath. The Fifth Bath Is Also On This Level, Is Full Sized And Features Ceramic Tile Like The Other Baths In This Home. Additional Amenities Include: Central Air, Central Humidifier, Surround & Environmental Sound, Security Alarm System, Central Vac, Two Trane Furnaces With Electrostatic Filter, Two Hot Water Heaters, Abundant And Newly Refinished Hardwood Flooring, One Year New Tile Roof & So Much More! Near Parks, D-20 Schools, Hospitals, Restaurants And Shopping With Easy Access To I-25, Downtown And Denver!

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2. 6902 Juniper Drive, Colorado Springs CO 80908 ~ Black Forest

MLS# 583854 - Expensive Home Sale in Academy School District 20

  • List Price: $795,000
  • Sales Price: $531,000
  • Date of Sale: 2/19/2010
  • Brokers/Companies Involved:
    Listing: Save With Gary
    Buyer: JR Julsonnet
  • Days on Market: 337 Days
  • MLS Remarks: Fabulous Black Forest Horse Property on 18+ acres w/3 barns and plenty of fenced pastures. Quality home w/Pella Brand windows, hardwood floors, new furnace/new water heater, new carpet/paint throughout, beautiful Cherry Cabinets, Granite counter tops, new Travertine master bath, jacuzzi tub, lg 2 head shower. Minutes from shopping/doctors. Private, treed lot free of underbrush. 4-6 car drive-thru garage,(not tandem). Barn next to house has heated workshop. Barn behind has steel paneling & Upgrades galore.

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2. 13630 Northgate Estates Drive, Colorado Springs CO 80921 ~ Northgate Estates
(Near the Flying Horse real estate market)

MLS# 489128 - Expensive Home Sale in Academy School District 20

  • List Price: $561,110
  • Sales Price: $525,000
  • Date of Sale: 2/10/2010
  • Brokers/Companies Involved:
    Listing: Challenger Homes
    Buyer: RealTeam Real Estate
  • Days on Market: 180 Days
  • MLS Remarks: Brand new home for sale in D-20. Beautiful open ranch plan on walkout lot, 3 Car Stucco & Stone Exterior with Tile Roof, Covered 18×12 Trex Deck with stamped and stained patio below, Gourmet Kitchen with Granite Slab, Gas Cooktop and Butler s Pantry, Full Finished Basement. Two additional bedrooms with jack and jill bath in basement. Two 50 gallon hot water heaters, Air Conditioning and Humidifier included. Step ceiling featured in formal dining and master bedroom.

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Conversely, the least expensive home sales in the Academy School District 20 real estate market fell between $140k and $170k. There were 6 homes in this sold price range.

For more information on buying or selling a luxury home in Colorado Springs, please contact the Wagner iTeam at Keller Williams Realty: 719.434.7525

Based on information from the Pikes Peak REALTOR Services Corp. (”RSC”), for February 2009 . All information and images are courtesy of the Pikes Peak MLS SOLD data and used by permission through the IDX agreement. RSC does not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy.  Data maintained by RSC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.

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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Mariana Wagner

Featured Patio Home for Sale in Briargate | 8174 Regiment Court

Please take a moment to check out this beautiful Colorado Springs real estate listing – patio home for sale in Briargate.

8174 Regiment Court, Colorado Springs CO 80920
Sweetwater Ridge Patio Homes

Immaculate newer 3 Bedroom patio home in Briargate with stunning Peak views.

Main level low-maintenance living. Tiled entry greets you as you enter this wonderful home. To the right is a coat closet, tiled 3/4 bath and an archway leading you to the main level office or den. Further inside you will love the sunny and open floor plan with great room concept. There is a spacious dining area and a living room with vaulted ceilings, gas fireplace and built in entertainment center. The large kitchen is inviting and open up into the living room. There are beautiful 42" cabinets, tiled floors and counter tops, a large eat-at island with deep double basin stainless sink, desk area, pantry and a breakfast area. All appliances are included: side-by-side refrigerator, smooth top stove, in-wall double oven and microwave. Off the kitchen is the laundry room with built in cabinets and sink, 2 closets and access to the 2-car attached garage. This main level also boasts a beautiful master bedroom with private bathroom and walk-in closet.

The basement of this home has been fully finished to include a large family room that walks out to the rear covered patio, 2 bedrooms, a full bathroom and a huge tiled wet bar with ample bar seating, counter tops and cabinets. Off the main level is a covered deck with room for a table, chairs and grill.

Perched on top of a hill this Briargate patio home has stunning Pikes Peak views from both the deck and lower patio. Central A/C and 2 water heaters. HOA covers insurance, exterior lawn and maintenance, snow and trash removal and covenant enforcement. Academy School district 20 schools. Super well-cared for and move-in ready.

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Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Mariana Wagner

Cordera Real Estate Market and Neighborhood Information

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Cordera Real Estate Neighborhood

The Cordera Real Estate market is located in the N/E part of Colorado Springs. It is a new home, master planned development in Academy School District 20. The Cordera real estate market is east of Powers Blvd. and North of Wolf Ranch.

Cordera Real Estate Market Boundaries:

South Boundary: Wolf Ranch neighborhood
North Boundary: Old Ranch Road
West Boundary: Powers Blvd. (Older Briargate neighborhoods)
East Boundary: Black Forest neighborhoods

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Neighborhoods Near Cordera:

Cordera Real Estate History

The first homes in Cordera were built in 2005. “Part of the original Briargate Master Plan, annexed to the City of Colorado Springs in 1982, Cordera represents the third major residential phase of the Briargate project build-out.” – Cordera.com

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Cordera Neighborhood Highlights

  • Cordera is only partially built-out and there are some great new home builders in Cordera, if you choose to buy a new home.
  • All homes in the Cordera real estate market are 100% ENERGY STAR® Certified.
  • There is a great Cordera Community Center that “includes a heated outdoor pool complete with kid’s splash zone and zero depth entry, state-of-the-art fitness equipment and fitness classes, multipurpose rooms and a 5+ acre Grand Lawn.” (Cordera.com)
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Cordera Homes – Academy District 20 Schools

Chinook Trail Elementary School (in Cordera)
11795 Grand Lawn Circle, Colorado Springs  80924
719.234.5700

Challenger Middle School (Across Powers from Cordera)
10215 Lexington Drive, Colorado Springs CO 80920
719.234.3000

Pine Creek High School (Just North of Cordera)
10750 Thunder Mountain Avenue, Colorado Springs CO 80908
719.234.2600

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Cordera Real Estate Information

Resale Cordera Homes:
Homes in Cordera have 4-5 bedrooms, 3-4 bathrooms and an average of 3,100 sf. and can be found on one of over 24 streets in this NE Briargate neighborhood.

About 2 homes in Cordera sell each month. The average sale price is about $400,000, and prices range from the lower $300k’s to the upper $500k’s. Homes for sale in Cordera stay on the market about 3 months (91 days) before selling. [2009 PPMLS data]

New Home Builders in Cordera:

  • Campbell Homes
  • Keller Homes
  • Saddletree Homes
  • Vantage Homes
  • Symphony Homes

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For more information on buying a new or resale home in the Cordera real estate market, or for more information on selling your Cordera home, please contact the Wagner iTeam: 719.434.8346

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Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by Mariana Wagner

Annual Briargate Real Estate Market Report for 2009

Here is the annual Briargate Real Estate market report for 2009 – brought to you by the Colorado Springs Real Estate Connection.  The Briargate real estate market consists of almost all D-20 neighborhoods north of Woodmen Road and South of Old Ranch Road. Popular Briargate neighborhoods include: Pine Creek, Cordera, Wolf Ranch, Windjammer, Cumbre Vista, Fairfax and Gatehouse Village.

Briargate Real Estate: Available, New and Sold Listings, by Month:

Briargate real estate available new nad sold listings in 2009

Comments: In 2009 the Briargate real estate market saw the same availability pattern as last year, and only slightly less new homes go on the market and slightly less homes sell. The big difference between this and last year is that there were LESS Briargate homes for sale each month in 2009 than in 2008. This is excellent news for home sellers = less competition.

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Briargate real estate sold homes in 2009

Comments: The Briargate real estate market saw a total of 550 homes sell in 2009, with the most homes sold in the summer months and the least amount of homes (29) sold in February and March 2009. This is a very similar pattern to last year, as most people looking to buy a home for sale in Academy School District 20 (all of Briargate) move during the summer months, while the kids are on summer vacation.

Briargate Real Estate: Average Days on Market, by Month:

Briargate real estate market report for 2009 - days on market

Comments: For the homes in Briargate that SOLD in 2009, the days on market statistics are all over the board. The highest average days on market was just under 4 months (119 days in January 2009), which is good news for Briargate home sellers. Briargate annual average was just 89 days on the market – Under 3 Months! “Technically” the Briargate real estate market is in a normal market, still bordering on a Seller’s Market – defined by homes on the market LESS than 4 months.

Briargate Real Estate: Median and Average Sale Price, by Month:

Briargate Real Estate sales price info for 2009

Comments: In 2009, Briargate homes sold for the most money in the Springs and Fall months. The average sales price for Briargate homes was $294,760 and the median sales price was $279,658. These prices are slighly lower than last year.

(Average sales price is determined by adding up all the sales prices and dividing by how many sales happened. Median sales price is determined by finding the mid-way point between the highest and lowest price of sold homes. In some real estate markets, the median sales price is a better indicator of sales prices, as a random super-high or super-low sales price can thwart an average.)

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Based on Briargate real estate single family home information from the Pikes Peak REALTOR Services Corp. (”RSC”), for January-December 2009 .  RSC does not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy.  Data maintained by RSC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.

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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Mariana Wagner

Colorado Springs Foreclosure Report for 2009

Here is the Colorado Springs real estate market foreclosure report for 2009.

Colorado Springs saw 1,487 foreclosure or pre-foreclose homes sell in 2009. Foreclosures made up 24% of all homes sales in Colorado Springs last year.

Here is how the foreclosure sales were represented throughout the city:

Colorado Springs Real Estate Foreclosures Graph 2009

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How does this break down per area?

Briargate Real Estate Market: 71 foreclosures
12.9% of Briargate home sales were a foreclosure.

Briargate had only 5% of the city’s sold foreclosures. I would attribute this to the general higher price point of the homes in Briargate as well as the fact that most Briargate home buyers have owned a home in the past and had enough mortgage savvy not to get into a “bad loan”. Briargate DID have the least concentration of foreclosures per area.

Central and Downtown Real Estate Markets: 190 foreclosures
32.7% of central and downtown Colorado Springs home sales were a foreclosure.

Central and Downtown Colorado Springs has a lot of smaller homes. Because of this, there are more homes in this area and more opportunities for foreclosure. Additionally, there are a lot of lower priced homes in central Colorado Springs which were very appealing to first time home buyers who maybe should NOT have qualified to buy a home.

Eastside Colorado Springs Real Estate Market: 169 foreclosures
28.5% of eastside home sales were a foreclosure.

Like central Colorado Springs, the Eastside has a lot of smaller and less expensive homes – which gives us more potential for foreclosures in this area.

Northeast Colorado Springs Real Estate Market: 174 foreclosures
24.3% of northeast home sales were a foreclosure.

The Northeast part of Colorado Springs is one of the largest areas of town, with more homes than almost any area.So, although this area was the 4th largest contributor to the city’s foreclosures, it is actually right in line with the city average.

Northwest Colorado Springs Real Estate Market: 44 foreclosures
13.8% of NW Colorado Springs home sales were a foreclosure.

The Northwest part of Colorado Springs wins as having the fewest foreclosures AND the 2nd lowest concentration of forecloses within its area.

Northgate and Flying Horse Real Estate Markets: 48 foreclosures
19.9% of Northgate and Flying Horse home sales were a foreclosure.

The homes in Flying Horse and Northgate are larger, sit on larger lots and generally (like Briargate) are not first-time-home buyer homes. In addition to this, the geographic area is smaller. All of this leads to a very small number of foreclosures.

Old Colorado City and Westside Colorado Springs Real Estate Markets: 88 foreclosures
25.9% of westside and Old Colorado City home sales were a foreclosure.

The Old Colorado City and Westside areas of Colorado Springs sat right at the city average and right in the middle of the scale when representing area foreclosures.

Powers, Marksheffel and Banning Lewis Ranch Real Estate Markets: 315 foreclosures
27.9% of Powers and Banning Lewis Ranch area home sales were foreclosures.

This area contributed the MOST foreclosure sales to the Colorado Springs real estate market in 2009. I attribute this to how new the area is and how many people bought new homes with the Adjustable Rate Mortgage. However, this is one of the largest and most densely packed areas of the city, so the actual ratio of sold homes to foreclosure sales was not much higher than the city average.

Southeast Colorado Springs Real Estate Markets: 289 foreclosures
43.8% of S/E Colorado Springs home sales were foreclosures.

Southeast Colorado Springs was the second highest contributor to the Colorado Springs Foreclosure sale market, at 19%. However, it DID rank the highest for foreclosure sales concentration per area.

Southwest Colorado Springs and Broadmoor Real Estate Markets: 99 foreclosures
20.4% of S/W Colorado Springs and Broadmoor home sales were foreclosures.

Southwest Colorado Springs has a drastic difference in property area types. The eastern part of this area has some of the lowest priced homes in the city, whereas the western parts have some of the most expensive homes ever built and sold in Colorado Springs. This always is “interesting” when trying to accurately compare this area to other real estate markets.

So, although the graph shows that the Powers Area was the largest contributor to foreclosures, it is interesting to note that it was the S/E and Central areas of Colorado Springs that had the highest concentrations of foreclosures sell in 2009.

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Based on Colorado Springs home information from the Pikes Peak REALTOR Services Corp. (”RSC”), for January-December 2009 .  RSC does not guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy.  Data maintained by RSC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market. Data includes any property listed as pre-foreclosure, short sale, foreclosure, REO, repo or bank owned.

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Posted on January 17th, 2010 by Mariana Wagner

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