Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County divorce home sales
Selling or keeping the house in an Arapahoe County divorce: Aurora, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village, Sheridan, Glendale and unincorporated Arapahoe County. Neutral for both spouses, ready for both attorneys, priced by data, led by a Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist.
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Where Arapahoe County divorces are filed
Arapahoe County District Court, Arapahoe County Justice Center, 7325 S Potomac St, Centennial, CO 80112, 18th Judicial District
Damon L. Chavez
Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist, Collaborative Divorce Professional I and II, Certified Residential Appraiser. Affiliate partner, RE/MAX Professionals.
Court-ordered salesUnder a stipulation or an order
Terms the court expects, proceeds held as ordered, a written log of everything.
EquityBuyouts and division
How the equity is calculated, divided and paid in an Arapahoe County case.
Arapahoe County runs from 1950s Englewood and Littleton ranches to 2020s construction in southeast Aurora, with Cherry Hills and Greenwood Village at the top of the metro price range. Divorces are filed at the Justice Center in Centennial, the same city as the Kenna office. Because the housing stock varies so much, valuation disputes here are usually about condition and comparables, not about the market; a written report with same-subdivision comps and a condition note settles most of them.
Divorce home sales in Arapahoe County: how they run
After the case is filed and served, neither spouse can sell, refinance or borrow against the house without the other’s written consent or an order from the Arapahoe County court. A sale during the case starts with a written stipulation (agent, price rules, who pays until closing, how proceeds are held) or a court order. Both spouses and both attorneys receive the same valuation, listing draft and net sheet at the same time; the divorce never appears in the marketing; every showing and offer goes in a written log; proceeds are disbursed exactly as the stipulation or decree says. The full process.
Home equity division and spousal buyouts in Arapahoe County
Colorado divides marital property equitably, values the house as of the decree, and treats a premarital home’s appreciation as marital. On the Denver-metro detached median of $649,500 with $350,000 owed, each spouse’s half of the equity is $149,750. Paying it by refinance at today’s rate takes the payment from about $1,476 to about $3,308 a month; a HELOC or an assumption can keep the old rate. Decrees usually give 60 to 90 days to refinance, with a sale as the fallback. Equity and buyouts, and qualifying for the loan alone.
Court-ordered home sales in Arapahoe County
When the spouses cannot agree, or a decree’s refinance deadline is missed, the court orders the sale. A workable order names the broker, sets the price or the rule for it, schedules automatic reductions, caps repairs, assigns carrying costs, sets access rules and directs where the proceeds go. If a spouse refuses to sign, the court can authorize someone else to. Court-ordered sales, and if one spouse refuses.
Looking for a divorce realtor in Arapahoe County?
Search “divorce realtor in %s County” and you will find agents who list divorce as one of twenty specialties. Ours is the only Colorado team we know of that pairs a Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist who is also a licensed appraiser with a free monthly divorce workshop, a written process both attorneys can read, and one phone number a live person answers. We work %s County divorce home sales from the first valuation to the disbursement at closing, and we tell you when the honest answer is to wait. The divorce real estate specialists, and Damon L. Chavez.
Places we work in Arapahoe County
Moving after divorce in Colorado: Arapahoe County
One income, support that counts with six months of receipts and three years to run, the old mortgage excluded from your ratios if the decree assigns it to your ex, CHFA and metroDPA help for one-income buyers, and the full MLS on kennarealestate.com. Buying after divorce, and downsizing.
Questions people in Arapahoe County ask
Who gets the house in an Arapahoe County divorce?
Nobody automatically. Colorado divides marital property equitably; the house is sold and split, bought out by one spouse, kept for a period for the children, or one spouse assumes the loan. How judges and couples decide.
How long does an Arapahoe County divorce take?
At least 91 days from service. Agreed cases often finish in three to six months; contested cases with a house and children commonly run a year or more. Divorce in Arapahoe County.
Do you charge for the valuation?
No. The Smart Pricing Report goes to both spouses free; an appraisal, if needed, is $550 to $800. On a sale we are paid at closing like any agent.
Is Damon a Kenna agent?
He is an affiliate partner of The Kenna Real Estate Group and leads our divorce practice; his license is with RE/MAX Professionals. Both brokerages are disclosed to both spouses in writing.
The divorce real estate division
One specialty. One designated specialist. One team behind him.
Damon L. Chavez is a Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist and a Level I and II Collaborative Divorce Professional, a REALTOR® since 2000, a Certified Residential Appraiser, and has worked with divorcing couples for more than 12 years. He leads the divorce listing practice as an affiliate partner of The Kenna Real Estate Group; his own license is with RE/MAX Professionals, and we say so on every page. Brian Lee Burke leads the Kenna team and founded the free Colorado divorce workshop. Between them, by our count, the team closed more than ten divorce sales in the past year.
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Where to go next
- Divorce real estate specialists (the hub)
- Damon L. Chavez, Certified Real Estate Divorce Specialist
- Brian Lee Burke
- For divorce attorneys and mediators
- Court-ordered home sales in Colorado
- What if one spouse refuses to sell
- Highlands Ranch divorce realtor
- Littleton divorce realtor
- Centennial divorce realtor
- Denver divorce realtor
- The free Colorado divorce-home guide
- All six free guides (PDF)
- Sell the house
- Keep the house
- What is the house worth
- CFPB: what happens to a mortgage in a divorce
- Colorado Judicial Branch: divorce self-help
- IRS Publication 523: selling your home
- Fannie Mae Selling Guide B3-6-05: debts paid by others
- Call or text 303-955-4220: a live person answers
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