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Longmont Rules of Thumb
Contributed by: Lane Hornung   on 9/10/2007

Located in Boulder County, Longmont sits 15 miles east of the city of Boulder and 35 miles northwest of Denver. Longmont is within close proximity the mountains, and has limitless possibilities for indoor and outdoor recreating.

Today, Longmont's population is approximately 82,000. The town maintains more than 1,500 acres of parks and open space which include hiking and biking trails. Longmont boasts a variety of recreation activities which include 4 outdoor swimming pools and 2 indoor, 3 golf courses, an ice rink, ball fields, and skate parks. The new recreation center has an indoor climbing wall, fitness/weight room, aquatics/leisure pool and water slides.

Older homes built in between 1975 and 1981, with large lots and maturing landscaping in the south east part of town found in the Fox Hill subdivision range from $260 to $455,000. Newer homes around the Ute Creek Golf course area in the Northeastern section of town which include the subdivisions Fox Creek, Spring Valley and Wolf Creek were built from 2002 to 2007 and range from $250,000 to $650,000.

Homes surrounding the new Recreation Center and Museum in the southeast part of town, subdivision of Quail Crossing were built in between 2002 and today and range from $145,000 to $380,000.

Southwest of town is the newest area of Longmont with its highly rated schools. It is a fast growing neighborhood as homes in this part of town are closer to Boulder. The price range is from $284,000 to over a million dollars.

Northwest homes in the subdivisions of Hover Acres, Longmont Estates , and Longmont Estate Greens (some which surround Twin Peaks Golf Course), have mature landscaping and larger lots, and are anywhere from 5 to 30 years old, range from $200 to $600,000.

A relatively new subdivision, Prospect, is on the outskirts of South Longmont, has a unique "old town" feel with its narrow, tree lined streets connecting homes to numerous parks and public amenities, shops, public swimming pool, and offices. It offers single family homes ranging from $420,000 to 1 million and condos/townhomes ranging from $185,000 to $750,000.

In southeast to southwest area lies the subdivisions of Rainbow Ridge & Creekside, a more upscale community with larger lots and homes ranging from $250,000 to over a million dollars.

Get started today at COhomefinder by browsing listings by property type, including Longmont Homes, Longmont Condos,Longmont Land, Longmont Farms and Ranches, Longmont Income Properties, or the 100 Newest Longmont Listings. If you would like to get more specific with your search then you should search by Longmont Neighborhoods, and Longmont Subdivisions.

We know that relocating children to a new school is a prime concern for parents, so we make it easy to search for listings based on Longmont's enrollment areas, including: Longmont Elementary Schools, Longmont Middle Schools, and Longmont High Schools . We can also send you detailed information about the local schools, including their state rankings.




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Lane Hornung

Longmont , CO

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