Best Luxury Realtor in Bella Collina — Why Creegan Group Leads the Market
By Chris Creegan | Broker/Owner | 2025 Broker of the Year | Top 40 Nationwide by RealTrends | $2 Billion+ in Career Sales
If you are buying or selling a home in Bella Collina, the most important decision you will make is who represents you. Not all agents are created equal in this community — and the numbers make that abundantly clear. Creegan Group is the leading luxury brokerage in Bella Collina, with more closed sales in this community than any competing team in the market.
This is what that leadership looks like — and why it matters to you.
Our Bella Collina Track Record
Results, not claims:
- 24 closed sales in Bella Collina — the most of any brokerage in the community
- Price range: $1,000,000 to $5,500,000
- Active in both new construction and resale — giving our clients the complete picture of what’s available and what’s fair
- $2 billion+ in total career sales across Central Florida
- #1 per-agent production of any brokerage in the Orlando market
- 2025 Broker of the Year — Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association
- Top 40 Nationwide — RealTrends
No other agent or team operating in Bella Collina can match this volume of closed transactions within the community. That depth of transactional experience translates directly into better outcomes for every buyer and seller we represent here.
What Makes Bella Collina Unlike Any Other Community in Central Florida
Bella Collina is in a category of its own. Situated across 1,900 rolling, wooded acres on the borders of Montverde and Clermont in Lake County, it is the closest thing Central Florida has to a true European estate community — and that comparison is not accidental. The entire community was designed to evoke the hillside villages of Tuscany, complete with terracotta rooflines, stone-clad architecture, and panoramic views of Lake Sienna and Lake Apopka that simply do not exist anywhere else in flat Central Florida.
The Sir Nick Faldo Golf Course Bella Collina’s championship golf course was designed by Sir Nick Faldo — one of the most decorated golfers in the history of the sport and one of the world’s most respected golf course designers. This is not a municipal course or a community amenity box-check. It is a genuinely world-class facility that attracts serious golfers and anchors the community’s identity as a destination, not just a neighborhood.
The 75,000 Sq. Ft. Tuscan Clubhouse The Bella Collina clubhouse is one of the most architecturally impressive structures in all of Central Florida — a 75,000 square foot Tuscan-inspired landmark housing full-service restaurants, The Spa at Bella Collina, a wine cellar, a humidor, a resort-style pool complex with two 75-foot lap pools, a sun deck, a whirlpool spa, and a bar and grill. For residents who want resort-quality amenities at home, there is no community in the metro that compares.
The Sports Complex Six Har-Tru tennis courts, a 3,000 square foot fitness facility, a covered outdoor terrace, and aquatic facilities give residents an active lifestyle infrastructure that most luxury communities in the region can’t match.
The Privacy and Security Bella Collina is fully gated and private — a non-negotiable for the high-net-worth buyers who call this community home. The combination of its rural Lake County setting and comprehensive security gives residents the privacy that other Orlando-area communities simply cannot offer.
The Setting The rolling hills of Lake County are a geological anomaly in Florida — and Bella Collina sits at the heart of them. The elevation changes, mature oak canopy, and views across the lakes create a landscape that looks nothing like the flat suburban terrain that defines most of Central Florida. For buyers relocating from the Northeast, Midwest, or Europe, this topography is genuinely evocative — and meaningfully different from anything else available in the Orlando market.
New Construction vs. Resale: Why You Need an Expert in Both
One of the things that makes Creegan Group uniquely qualified to serve Bella Collina buyers is our deep experience in both new construction and resale within the community. This distinction matters more than most buyers realize.
New Construction at Bella Collina Toll Brothers’ presence in Bella Collina brings nationally recognized luxury construction quality to the community. Current new construction pricing starts from approximately $1.2M for the Lago Collection and $1.5M+ for the Vista Collection, with homes ranging from 3,600 to over 7,000 square feet across Coastal, Palm Beach, Mediterranean, and Transitional exterior styles.
What buyers don’t always realize is that working with a knowledgeable independent agent — rather than going directly to the builder’s sales office — gives you representation that is working in your interest, not the builder’s. The builder’s on-site sales representative works for Toll Brothers. Your Creegan Group agent works for you. We understand the new construction contract, the negotiation points that builders will and won’t move on, the upgrade selections that add genuine value versus those that don’t, and the timeline management that keeps your transaction on track through the construction process.
Resale Homes in Bella Collina The resale market in Bella Collina requires a different but equally sophisticated approach. With 24 closed resale and new construction transactions ranging from $1M to $5.5M, Creegan Group has a depth of comparative data within this community that no other team can match. We know what specific homesites command premiums, which floor plans resell most efficiently, how golf course frontage versus lakefront affects pricing, and how to position a resale home competitively against active new construction offerings.
For sellers, this data advantage is the difference between pricing correctly from day one and sitting on the market while carrying costs accumulate.
Our Bella Collina Marketing Approach
Luxury properties in Bella Collina deserve marketing that matches their caliber. Every Creegan Group listing in this community receives:
Cinematic Property Video Professionally produced, narrative-driven video that captures not just the home’s features but the lifestyle Bella Collina represents — the golf course at sunrise, the clubhouse terrace at dusk, the rolling hills from an estate-level view. Buyers considering a $2M+ purchase are making an emotional decision as much as a financial one. Our video marketing speaks to that emotion.
Architectural Photography Professional photography that presents every home at its absolute best — inside and out. No smartphone snapshots. No wide-angle distortion. Real architectural and lifestyle photography that competes with the best luxury marketing in any market in the country.
AI-Powered Digital Advertising Our partnerships with national marketing and AI companies power sophisticated campaigns targeting high-net-worth buyers across Google, Meta, and programmatic networks — reaching buyers by income, behavior, and search intent regardless of where they currently live. A buyer in Chicago, New York, or Miami who is considering relocating to Central Florida and searching for luxury gated communities sees Bella Collina through Creegan Group’s advertising.
Private Network Marketing Before a Bella Collina listing goes public, it goes to our curated network — high-net-worth individuals, corporate executives, relocation clients, and qualified buyers who have expressed interest in the community. In a market where privacy matters and the right buyer might not be searching Zillow, this private outreach capability is invaluable.
Agent-to-Agent Outreach Creegan Group’s standing in the Central Florida luxury community means that when we bring a Bella Collina listing to market, the agents representing the most qualified buyers in the region — and nationally, through relocation networks — engage immediately. Our 24 closed transactions in this community have built a reputation that opens doors and accelerates timelines.
The Off-Market Advantage
Some of the most significant Bella Collina transactions never appear on the public MLS. They are negotiated quietly between agents who have earned each other’s trust through years of professional collaboration.
Creegan Group’s relationships within the Bella Collina community — with current residents, with the developer relationships we’ve cultivated, and with the network of luxury agents who respect our production record — give our buyer clients access to properties before they ever become publicly available.
For a buyer who knows they want to be in Bella Collina, off-market access can mean securing the right home before anyone else knows it exists. This is an advantage available only through an agent who has genuinely earned their place in this community — and who has the production record to prove it.
Who Is Buying in Bella Collina?
Understanding the Bella Collina buyer profile helps explain why our marketing reach and network matter so much in this community.
Bella Collina attracts an exceptionally diverse and geographically distributed buyer pool: executives relocating to Central Florida’s growing corporate corridor, professional athletes and entertainers drawn by the community’s privacy and security, international buyers from Latin America and Europe who recognize the Tuscan design vocabulary and the value relative to comparable European properties, retirees from the Northeast and Midwest seeking estate-level living in a warm climate without the cold-weather maintenance burden, and Central Florida move-up buyers who have built equity elsewhere and are making their forever-home purchase.
Each of these buyer profiles requires different marketing channels, different messaging, and different relationships to reach effectively. Creegan Group’s combination of local market depth and national marketing infrastructure means we can reach all of them — simultaneously.
Thinking About Buying or Selling in Bella Collina?
With 24 closed transactions ranging from $1M to $5.5M, Creegan Group is the most experienced, most active brokerage in Bella Collina. Whether you are purchasing new construction through Toll Brothers, acquiring a resale estate, or preparing to list your home in this extraordinary community, we have the data, the network, the marketing, and the negotiating expertise to deliver exceptional results.
We would welcome the opportunity to walk you through exactly what Creegan Group’s approach would mean for your specific situation.
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Bella Collina transaction data reflects Creegan Group closed sales through early 2026. New construction pricing sourced from Toll Brothers (subject to change). Community information sourced from BellaCollina.com. All data subject to change.