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The Pizza review continues. This time, DJ’s In The Drink on the north shore of Lake Como.
The Pizza review continues. This time, DJ’s In The Drink on the north shore of Lake Como.
The Lake Geneva Market is hot, we all know that. But why is it hot and how does a buyer best maneuver inside this harried market? Well, that’s harder to understand.
1540 Lake Shore Drive sells. My latest lakefront sale is my ninth of 2021, and I’m pretty happy about that.
Here’s a dazzling lakefront home ideally situated between Williams Bay and Fontana along Fontana’s north shore. You’re going to love these wide-water views spanning from Conference Point to the Fontana … Read more
The entry level market on Geneva Lake has shaken free of the range that once bound it.
There’s this road on the south side of the lake whose name generates some interesting commentary and even more interesting pronunciations. Walcowis. If you think it derived from an ancient … Read more
A most exceptional new lakefront home hits the market for the first time, ever. Act quickly.
There are lots of agents in Lake Geneva. There’s only one lakefront market leader.
Covid was hard on Michigan. Tim Allen wants you to return to normal, while at Lake Geneva we never departed from it.
The Fontana Club condominiums have one double unit on the first floor. And now it has sold.
Risk is inherent in life, but it’s often ignored in residential real estate transactions. It shouldn’t be.
The latest lakefront sale is on Bonnie Brae. A lovely approach matters on this lake, even if some properties beg to differ.
My latest lakefront sale, this one in the Birches. Proof the market tends to avoid what it would rather not understand.
The market at Lake Geneva is doing what you know it’s doing. It’s offering very little inventory and that’s making for some very unhappy buyers.
$1.49M on the Fontana lakefront. You could spend $3.5M to be in this location, but why would you?
Every lakefront sale should teach us something. The most recent sale on Black Point does just that.
569 North Lakeshore Drive in Fontana closed last week. I was happy to represent the terrific buyer in this sale.
Lake Geneva lakefront rental market? Sure it sort of exists, but you’re not going to like it very much.
This market isn’t easy on buyers. But that doesn’t necessarily give seller’s as much leash as they might think.
2020 was a terrific year for the lakefront market, which shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
The lakefront condo market cranked out a remarkable number of sales during 2020, but don’t expect the same in 2021.
Geneva National is a nice association with a somewhat difficult past. 2020 proves the market has rebounded, and perhaps this time, for good.
Hot markets make buyers itchy, and itchy buyers make market mistakes.
2020 is over. 2021 is here. What happened last year that might give us a clue as to what will happen this year?
There’s so much talk about taxes and sunshine, I wonder if anyone remembers the concept of home.
Regrets are a part of life. Thankfully, Lake Geneva ownership isn’t one of the sources of regret. And for that, we can all be thankful.
If you’re negotiating to buy or sell real estate, honesty is important. But it’s not just honesty from your broker, it’s your honesty that matters, too.
Hot markets make buyers do terrible things. Don’t do those things. You can easily void making these mistakes by focusing on one thing and one thing only.
Two new lakefront sales tell the story of a hot market better than I ever could. Let’s review.
Development is good and necessary. Or is it? This hot market is bound to product some bad development, and we should prepare for the coming fight.
What a curious thing it is, this year. I sit here at this desk worrying about which customer will buy and which customer will sell, worrying about the June water … Read more
Williams Bay is a nice town. It could be a whole lot better. Here’s a way to make that happen.
The latest lakefront sale, this of a slick modern on the south shore of Geneva Lake.
Let’s discuss a new article on Lake Geneva real estate in Crain’s Chicago Business.
In each of our lives, there are seasons. Seasons to remember and seasons to forget. I’ve entered the latter.
The City of Lake Geneva is nice. But it could be a whole lot better. Step one in a multi-step plan to improve the city.
Lake Geneva new construction costs. A discussion of how it all might make sense, and how increasingly no one really cares if it does.
I haven’t written one of these for a while, largely because doing so would have felt gratuitous. How many times do you need me to tell you the market is … Read more
The Open House King is back at it. This weekend, Saturday 1-3 pm, the Birches.
They’re here. It’s now. They snuck up on me, even though I knew they were imminent. I told you a few weeks ago that they’d be here, but I didn’t … Read more
Ski Towns are more popular today than ever before, but will the new owners actually enjoy living full time in a vacation destination?
Looking for inventory in the South Shore Club? So was this buyer. He asked me to find a home for him, and last week we closed. Sometimes, it really is that simple.
It’s fall in Lake Geneva, and while we do summer exceptionally well, nothing beats October at the lake.
I guess I knew this was going to happen. With the hysterical and frenetic year we’ve had, this was really the only likely outcome. What happens when you have a … Read more
Clear Sky Lodge sells. But is this cause for congratulations? I suppose it depends on which party receiving the congratulations.
The lakefront market was hot this summer, but now it’s raining and the stock market broke from its melt-up trend. What happens next?
The license plate said that. ENDLESS SUMMER. If you capitalize it, then it seems like some sort of horror film. It screams at you and demands things of you. But … Read more
Buyers are making some terrible decisions. And this time, it’s really all their fault.
Lackey Lane is an exceptional lakefront street. I’m pleased to announce the latest lakefront sale, and my fifth on Lackey Lane.
The summer market at Lake Geneva wears on, and the fall market is quietly waiting its turn. Expect more of the same, perhaps with a side of inventory.
What a terrible time it is to be a man of conviction. Or a woman, I should add, so no one gets mad at me. There’s nothing that can be … Read more
When it’s all said and done, I should probably look back at this market with some appreciation. With my eyes growing dim and the sunlight barely leaking through my bedroom … Read more
I should, at this date in summer, be doing little but plodding through my work days and enjoying what I know to be a very short summer. I should work … Read more
I showed this home approximately one billion times. That’s rounding up, sure, but the hyperbole is light in this case. I tried to share my vision for this old lake … Read more
I’d like to take a moment to give June the credit that June deserves. Typically, June deserves very little credit. Take last year, for instance. June was miserable and petulant, … Read more
You know I don’t care about Other Lakes. What Other Lakes? All of the Other Lakes. I think they’re terrible. Oh, your friend said this Other Lake is more quiet? … Read more
There are certain homes on this lake that catch your attention. When you walk by, when you boat by, when you drive by, everyone has a house that invites wonder. … Read more
I suppose you can’t blame them, those once Lake Geneva determined buyers who find themselves aimlessly wandering down the miserable little lanes that line the miserable other lakes. What other … Read more
Often times, I find myself struggling against the market as I insist that certain attributes are the attributes that matter. It’s like this sometimes in the debate between level or … Read more
What odd times we live in. And how much more odd they are when you’re in real estate in a thriving resort market. On one hand, I’m supposed to be … Read more
I’ll live my entire life without buying Waterworks tile. I have dabbled with buying a Waterworks faucet or two, but even in that I’ve backed off in the later innings … Read more
During any year, we celebrate this weekend. We celebrate in our remembrance, but we do not confuse meaningful reflection with the absence of celebration. This is a weekend that matters, … Read more
If we had a million rentals, we could fill them all. It might not actually be that way, but that’s the way it seems. If you could see my inbox … Read more
Another week, another sale. This one as the last, in Cedar Point Park. This one as the last, direct, off market.
The Coronavirus has taken a toll on Lake Geneva, but bright days are ahead.
Want to know what Lake Geneva should be in the future? Look to its past, because it already told you what it is.
There’s a thing about houses that the market, as a whole, often forgets. In the pursuit of function over form, the market hastily changes the classic lake homes of Lake … Read more
In the good times, underlying market weakness is hard to see. During a crisis, there’s no hiding what makes most vacation home markets weaker than Lake Geneva.
The virus persists, but so does the vacation home market at the lake. Slower times are ahead, for now.
At the Lake, the off-water market lake access market is made up of three very important and distinct sub-markets. There are homes with slips. Homes with views. Homes with proximity. … Read more