Shea Homes in the Denver Metro

Every home in the grid below names Shea Homes as the builder, and the prices run $430K to $1.85M. Shea Homes is a family-owned California builder with a long Colorado history in Highlands Ranch and the southwest metro, and around Denver it builds move-up and luxury plans in Littleton, Highlands Ranch and Castle Pines. What changes the payment most is not the plan, it is the city and its metro district; the snapshot below shows both.

Shea Homes builder snapshot, Denver metro

Counts and prices come from the listings on this site and refresh with the weekly pass; the grid above is the live list on any given day. Finished homes, to-be-built homes and resales of Shea Homes-built homes all appear when the listing names the builder.

What a Shea Homes home costs per month: a worked example

The example uses the average Shea Homes listing price on this site, 5 percent down on a conventional loan at a 7 percent note rate, in a community with a metro district. The assumptions are on the chart so you can swap in your own.

Before you visit a Shea Homes sales office

• Register your agent on the first visit. Shea Homes pays the buyer agent; walking in alone removes your negotiator, not the commission.
• Ask for the quick move-in list with days on market. Finished homes that have sat carry the credits; to-be-builts carry design allowances.
• Get two loan quotes. Shea Mortgage and one outside lender, both with the metro district tax in the payment.
• Inspect twice during construction. Pre-drywall and final, your own inspector.
• Read three documents before the deposit. The purchase agreement, the warranty booklet, and the metro district disclosure.

Questions Denver buyers ask about Shea Homes

Is this page new construction only?

No. The grid shows every listing that names Shea Homes as the builder: finished quick move-in homes, to-be-built homes released to the MLS, and resales of homes Shea Homes built years ago. The year built and the remarks tell you which; ask us to filter to new only.

How do deposits, upgrades and cancellation terms work?

Earnest money at contract, often $5,000 to $10,000, plus a design-center deposit when upgrades are selected. Cancellation terms live in the purchase agreement, and the upgrade deposit is the part buyers lose; read that section before signing and have the contingencies written in.

What should I know before visiting a Shea Homes sales office with my own agent?

Register the agent on the first visit, in person or on the online form. Shea Homes pays the buyer agent; walking in alone does not lower the price. Bring the quick move-in question: which finished homes have sat past 60 days.

Can I compare Shea Mortgage with an outside lender?

Yes, and you should. The incentives usually require Shea Mortgage, so compare the whole package: rate, points, closing-cost credit, and the payment in year one and year five. Take the lower year-five payment.

What does the advertised base price leave out?

The lot premium, the design-center upgrades, the metro district tax, the HOA and closing costs. On a Shea Homes home the lot and upgrades add $15,000 to $80,000 to the price, and the tax, insurance and dues add $900 to $1,300 a month to the mortgage payment.

What is Shea Homes giving right now?

Preferred-lender credits through Shea Mortgage and upgrade allowances. Ask for it three ways, as a permanent buydown, a 2-1 temporary buydown and cash toward closing, and compare the year-one and year-five payments.

Shea Homes homes for sale statewide, what every builder is giving right now, all new construction homes for sale, and what closing costs are that the credits pay. Call or text 303-955-4220 with the community name. A live person answers and sends the current incentive, the mill levy and the two-lender comparison the same day.