8 North Lake Shore Drive
In the olden days it was decided that a home on the lake might as well have an address that was their pier number and a Lake Shore Drive that … Read more
Inventory
Lake Geneva Market Update
No one in their right might would ever suggest that summer is nearly over on July 11th. But here I am, wondering about my mind, thinking that July 11th might … Read more
Lake Geneva Price Reductions
The Lake Geneva market has hit its summer stride. A few sales, a few bits of inventory, a few new contracts, and a massive outpouring of constant and considerable price … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
I’m tired of the rain. It’s been sunny and then it’s been rainy and once it’s a little sunny it’s immediately a lot rainy. The rain is necessary, I suppose. … Read more
Lake Geneva Inventory Study
In the spring and early summer of 2023, the lakefront market introduced a meaningful supply of new inventory priced between $3.2M and $7M. Historically that price range would not operate … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
March it says. March. It doesn’t mean stroll. It doesn’t mean you should saunter or dawdle or wander. It says March. It’s a command, dammit. March! Such an aggressive month, … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
As a professional over-thinker, I have spent an inordinate amount of time thinking. In a world where the top performing agents in the world say that everything is INSANE and … Read more
February Market Update
I guess the job of a real estate agent is to pretend everything that’s happening makes sense. Years ago I used to quietly make fun of one market participant who … Read more
Market Discussion
When I talk about the mood of the market, what exactly am I talking about? What is the market? The Market. It’s a meeting of the minds. A disagreement. A … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
There’s no way to downplay the move in interest rates that have occurred over the past three months. I read an article this morning that cited some statistics that should … 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
Market Top
Want to buy real estate in 2019? Good. Want to avoid the market mistakes that many consumers are making? Buy the blue chips.
Lake Geneva Home Search
Your vacation home search is important. Why would you leave it to the whims of an internet algorithm?
Countdown
The market knows what comes next. In case you forgot, summer is what’s next. And it starts in nine weeks, ready or not.
Lake Geneva Market Update
It’s still winter, but the lakefront market knows that summer is right around this icy corner.
Lake Geneva Lakefront Inventory
A mid-February Lake Geneva lakefront market update. Inventory concerns remain, activity is on the rise.
Lake Geneva Lakefront
It’s January. Time for snow storms that aren’t really actually snow storms, and lakefront price reductions. Inventory will build over the coming 30 days, and price reductions won’t be uncommon … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
It would be disingenuous for me to pretend that we’re in the middle of another Lake Geneva summer. August is the peak of summer, sure, but it’s not exactly the middle. You … Read more
Loramoor Sells
Most of the players in this game are endless and unflappable cheerleaders. I did this! They say. I’m amazing! Others chime. Such is the business of self promotion. Without this … Read more
Not The Same
I don’t really know exactly how Hamburger Helper works. I assume it’s just a powder mix, with some starch to bind and some salt to flavor. Maybe a dash of … Read more
Valley Park Lake Geneva
My large lakefront offering in Valley Park is still available, though it probably shouldn’t be. Compare this property to the newest lakefront listing on Geneva, priced at $14,500,000. That listing … Read more
On Average
A lack of inventory is a curious thing. On one hand, lack of inventory typically leads to pricing increases. This is obvious. If I have one of something and three … Read more
Aged Lakefront Inventory
There are several unavoidable truths involving the Geneva lakefront market of 2018. The market is frustrating for buyers. It’s awful, really. Limited inventory, quick sales, more buyers than sellers to … Read more
Lakefront Inventory
It feels like an epidemic. Each day starts full of hope. Each day passes choked with despair. New inventory should be here by now. But it isn’t. Why isn’t it? … Read more
Mid-Summer Markets
This would be much easier if we weren’t here. If we were in some other absurd little Midwestern vacation home market, everything would be different. We’d have our season, and … Read more
Lake Geneva Club Sells
There are certain things that I know without the slightest inkling of doubt. I know that summer days are best spent lakeside. I know it, you know it, remote villages in … Read more
Geneva Lakefront Market Update
Wow. That’s really all there is to say. Wow. Maybe Wowzers. The lakefront market on Geneva Lake is as heated as it has been since the summer of 2007. I … Read more
Expectations
By now you know I have a problem with cars. I like cars, but I don’t like the process of buying a car. I don’t even like thinking about cars. … Read more
Aged Lakefront Inventory
So much excitement, so early on. New pictures, new mulch, new signs. This is going to be it, this is going to be the year. The month. No, the day. … Read more
Geneva Lakefront Market Update
This is the weekend we need. This is the weekend we deserve. This is the weekend that starts it all, really. There’s a long standing believe that Memorial Day Weekend … Read more
Geneva Lakefront Market Update
I’ve been writing 2017 on my checks with solid consistency for the better part of a month now. There are no more sixes that have been scratched into sevens. It’s … Read more
Inventory Alert
What we need now is something to sell. We’ve sold it all. We had a basketful of things, some with deplorable structures, others with superlative structures, and then we’ve spent … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
It’s getting late. The greens are no longer bright. The grass is beginning to fade. The corn is drying as it should, first at the bottom and then, slowly, eventually, … Read more