David Curry
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
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.
Lake Shore Sells
1540 Lake Shore Drive sells. My latest lakefront sale is my ninth of 2021, and I’m pretty happy about that.
Dartmouth Woods
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
Lakeview Sells
The entry level market on Geneva Lake has shaken free of the range that once bound it.
Walcowis Sells
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
Fair Oaks
A most exceptional new lakefront home hits the market for the first time, ever. Act quickly.
Lake Geneva Realtors
There are lots of agents in Lake Geneva. There’s only one lakefront market leader.
Freedom?
Covid was hard on Michigan. Tim Allen wants you to return to normal, while at Lake Geneva we never departed from it.
Fontana Club Sells
The Fontana Club condominiums have one double unit on the first floor. And now it has sold.
Risk On
Risk is inherent in life, but it’s often ignored in residential real estate transactions. It shouldn’t be.
Bonnie Brae Sells
The latest lakefront sale is on Bonnie Brae. A lovely approach matters on this lake, even if some properties beg to differ.
Birches Sells
My latest lakefront sale, this one in the Birches. Proof the market tends to avoid what it would rather not understand.
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
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.
Fontana Club For Sale
$1.49M on the Fontana lakefront. You could spend $3.5M to be in this location, but why would you?
Southland Road Sells
Every lakefront sale should teach us something. The most recent sale on Black Point does just that.
North Lakeshore Sells
569 North Lakeshore Drive in Fontana closed last week. I was happy to represent the terrific buyer in this sale.
Lake Geneva Rental Market
Lake Geneva lakefront rental market? Sure it sort of exists, but you’re not going to like it very much.
Lake Geneva Inventory Problems
This market isn’t easy on buyers. But that doesn’t necessarily give seller’s as much leash as they might think.
2020 Lakefront Market Year In Review
2020 was a terrific year for the lakefront market, which shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
2020 Lakefront Condo Year In Review
The lakefront condo market cranked out a remarkable number of sales during 2020, but don’t expect the same in 2021.
2020 Geneva National Year In Review
Geneva National is a nice association with a somewhat difficult past. 2020 proves the market has rebounded, and perhaps this time, for good.
2020 Lake Access Year In Review
Hot markets make buyers itchy, and itchy buyers make market mistakes.
Lake Geneva 2021
2020 is over. 2021 is here. What happened last year that might give us a clue as to what will happen this year?
Home
There’s so much talk about taxes and sunshine, I wonder if anyone remembers the concept of home.
Regrets
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.
Chicken
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.
Bad Decisions
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.
Geneva Lakefront Market Update
Two new lakefront sales tell the story of a hot market better than I ever could. Let’s review.
Lake Geneva Development
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.
Thanksgiving
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 Boardwalk
Williams Bay is a nice town. It could be a whole lot better. Here’s a way to make that happen.
Valley Park Sells
The latest lakefront sale, this of a slick modern on the south shore of Geneva Lake.
Crain’s Lake Geneva
Let’s discuss a new article on Lake Geneva real estate in Crain’s Chicago Business.
Difficult Times Ahead
In each of our lives, there are seasons. Seasons to remember and seasons to forget. I’ve entered the latter.
Improvement City
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.
The New Math
Lake Geneva new construction costs. A discussion of how it all might make sense, and how increasingly no one really cares if it does.
Lake Geneva Market Update
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
Lake Geneva Open House
The Open House King is back at it. This weekend, Saturday 1-3 pm, the Birches.
Lake Geneva Fall Colors
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
Mountain Towns
Ski Towns are more popular today than ever before, but will the new owners actually enjoy living full time in a vacation destination?
South Shore Club Sells
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.
Lake Geneva Fall Colors
It’s fall in Lake Geneva, and while we do summer exceptionally well, nothing beats October at the lake.
Pricing Confusion
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
Clear Sky Lodge sells. But is this cause for congratulations? I suppose it depends on which party receiving the congratulations.
Inventory Issues
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?
Endless Summer
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
Lake Geneva Buyers
Buyers are making some terrible decisions. And this time, it’s really all their fault.
Lackey Lane Sells
Lackey Lane is an exceptional lakefront street. I’m pleased to announce the latest lakefront sale, and my fifth on Lackey Lane.
Lake Geneva Market Update
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.
My Factual Opinion
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
Black Point Sells
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
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
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
Sauk Trail Sells
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
Independence Day Weekend
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
Lake Geneva Market Update
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
W4443 North Lake Shore Drive
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
Lake Geneva Alternatives
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
Birches Lakefront For Sale
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
Lake Geneva Market Update
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
1606 West Main Street
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
Memorial Day Weekend
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
Lakefront Market Update
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
Cedar Point Park Sells
Another week, another sale. This one as the last, in Cedar Point Park. This one as the last, direct, off market.
Lake Geneva Market Update
The Coronavirus has taken a toll on Lake Geneva, but bright days are ahead.
Close the Lake Geneva Boat Launch
Want to know what Lake Geneva should be in the future? Look to its past, because it already told you what it is.
Orchard Lane
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
Vacation Home Markets
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.
Lake Geneva Market Update
The virus persists, but so does the vacation home market at the lake. Slower times are ahead, for now.
Indian Hills For Sale
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
Lake Geneva Quarantine
I’ve been contemplating what, if anything, to write about the current state of things. Things, as a point of fact, are bad. Individually, I’m fine. I have a nice house … Read more
Lake Geneva Lake Access Update
The stock market is getting hammered, so shouldn’t the Lake Geneva market feel some of that pain? Apparently not.