If you think it’s difficult being a buyer at Lake Geneva right now, imagine being an agent. The lack of inventory is pervasive and pro…
Valley Park Sells
I’m pleased to have represented this south shore lakefront (along with my co-listers). 150′ of frontage and a slick modern home…
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…
Fallingwater Sells
Well, not the real Fallingwater, but the Lake Geneva version. I was extremely fortunate to be hired to represent this unique property. The s…
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. Wha…
Inventory Issues
I suppose there’s something sweet about a summer buyer. Something innocent. On any sunny day it would be natural and normal for a subu…
Valley Park
Lackey Lane Sells
I’ve written that title quite often over the last several years. First, it was when I sold a very nice home on the east end of Lackey…
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 sh…
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 sa…
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…
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, I̵…
Valley Park
Valley Park isn’t a drive that someone can happen on easily. You must drive down South Lakeshore Drive and then head North on Maple Ri…
Choices
When considering a home purchase, it’s apparent to everyone, everywhere, that you have choices. Choices about location, bedroom count,…
Lake Geneva Market Update
January is an interesting month. On one hand, it’s winter, so everyone likes to pretend that it’s too difficult to do things. Dr…
1905 NLSD Sells
On a January day in 2018, a pleasant house on the north shore of Fontana hit the market for $4,695,000. It wasn’t a house that was nec…
Lake Geneva Market Update
This morning there are just 15 lakefront homes for sale on The Lake. It’s the last week of October and our colors have peaked. The bo…
Fall Sales
I didn’t have a great summer. My superjet sat on the lift, used only by my son and perhaps twice by me. The family had a new boat thi…
Indian Hills Sale
Sometimes, timing is everything. Except in real estate, because then it isn’t so much sometimes as all of the time. You could list you…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
I was sitting on a pier last night, just after a lakeside dinner, watching the remnants of a cloudy evening sunset. Kids jigged for bass und…
Lake Geneva Price Reductions
Now that was a weekend. Sure, we were forced to sweat through the first few days to get to the last few days, but what sort of people are we…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Review
It still pains me to write all of this on this open format. The thought of new agents reading this and adopting my way of thinking is bothe…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Inventory
Sometimes, I like to dance around a topic. Actually, all of the time. Except today, because I’m in a hurry and there’s no time.…
Aged Lakefront Inventory
There are several unavoidable truths involving the Geneva lakefront market of 2018. The market is frustrating for buyers. It’s awful, …
Geneva Lakefront Market Update
The way I see it, any buyer of a lakefront home here has two options. You can buy for now or you can buy for later. If you’re buying f…