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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2017-03-07</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001579471</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Colony Starwood Homes</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SFR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001679688</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Colony NorthStar, Inc.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>44TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90071</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001663627</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CFI CSFR Investor, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>515 S. FLOWER STREET, 44TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90071</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-03-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7583840</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>32.50</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7535967</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By controlled entity</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On March 1, 2017, CFI CSFR Investor, LLC entered into an underwriting agreement (the &quot;Underwriting Agreement&quot;) with the Issuer, Colony Starwood Homes Partnership, L.P., the underwriters party thereto (the &quot;Underwriters&quot;) and the selling shareholders party thereto. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Issuer agreed to sell 9,600,000 of the Issuer's common shares (&quot;Shares&quot;) and the selling shareholders party thereto agreed to sell 10,476,891 Shares in an underwritten offering, of which CFI CSFR Investor, LLC agreed to sell 6,591,238 Shares (the &quot;Offering&quot;). All material contingencies set forth in the Underwriting Agreement were satisfied and the Offering closed on March 7, 2017.  In addition, the Underwriters exercised an option to purchase additional Shares, and on March 7, 2017, pursuant to such option exercise the Underwriters purchased 992,602 Shares from CFI CSFR Investor, LLC.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Colony NorthStar, Inc. is the indirect controlling entity of CFI CSFR Investor, LLC.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Darren J. Tangen, authorized signatory</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-03-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Darren J. Tangen, authorized signatory, CFI CSFR Investor, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-03-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
