700 Club Sells
If you’re a member of the Lake Geneva Country Club and you’d like to live on the lake, there’s a spot for you that’s rather perfect. In this spot the … Read more
Lakefront Inventory
Conference Point Sells
You likely read about this one in Crain’s last week, but I guess I might as well lay claim to the deal. While this house was built in 2011 or … Read more
April Lake Geneva Market Update
If you had to pick the worst month of the year, please list the reasons why it is, without any doubt, the month of April. It’s dark and it’s cold, … Read more
Sidney Smith Sells
I remember well the days I felt as though I had discovered a unique arbitrage in the lakefront market. The play way back then was to buy a lot for … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
On one hand, I know that market corrections are common. I know that they’re necessary. I know that the money that evaporates isn’t really evaporated unless I sell. I know … Read more
Lake Geneva Real Estate Market Update
Let’s pretend we’re in the business of selling used cars. In order for this pretend situation to barely hold up to my intended comparison, we’ll need to assume the used … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront 2024 Market Review
The equity market rally from 2023 and a slow decline in long term interest rates should set up 2024 to be another solid year for the lakefront market here. Buyer … Read more
Beach Road
Wooddale has, over the past decade, been a rather significant beneficiary of the lakefront and lake access gentrification. A lakefront that was once populated with cottages has become something else. … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
I take no pleasure in the storms that have battered Florida. Not for the storms from the years before this year, not for the storms this year, and certainly not … Read more
8 North Lake Shore Sells
Sometimes, sellers sell and move away. They had their fill and then they push away from the scene and slink into the night. Enough, they say. They move to the … Read more
Lake Geneva Representation
Let’s think about the way a typical buyer or seller finds their agent. Someone knows someone who knows someone they should call. This referral might be based on some sort … Read more
Aloha Lodge Sells
I’m pretty happy to report my latest lakefront sale. This one is of yet another iconic property, making it the latest in a long line of iconic lakefront properties that … Read more
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
Bay Colony South Condominium For Sale
As you likely know, my dad sold real estate part time for most of his adult life. That job led to an accumulation of random keys in his office, which … Read more
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
Another Off Market Lakefront Sale
Last year 58% of all known lakefront transactions traded off market. The reason this matters is rather simple. If you’re a seller, it’s a trend that cannot be ignored. There … 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
Summer Regret
A man called me last spring about this time. He had spent his childhood here and now that he was growing quite old he felt an oddly powerful desire to … Read more
Lake Geneva Price Per Square Foot
Average and median price per square foot held in the $650-800 range for the four years of 2017 to 2020. In 2021 both the average and median gapped above the … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
A long, long time ago, my wife packed her bags and I packed a huge desktop computer and we drove to Siesta Key. It was the day after Thanksgiving and … Read more
Folly Lane Sells
Did you know this year there have been three homes listed over $10M sell on Geneva Lake? Did you know that all three were my listings? I guess now you … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
Over the past many months the market in our lakefront and lake access market has been dislocated. The dislocation, due to the absence of accumulating open market inventory, led to … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
I have a friend who ordered a fancy new car two years ago. It was the sort that has a roof you can remove, ideally during sunny stretches of weather, … Read more
Stoney Hollow
Stoney Hollow at Pier 74 is a magnificent stone and slate Tudor located on Snake Road at the end of private Folly Lane. This premier estate is offered with the … Read more
700 Club Sells
Few people know that I first sold this house in late 2021 in the high $7s. It was an off market sale that never made its way to the MLS, … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
At this point in the summer there are things that we all know. We know that the Harold Smith deal fell through, or at least it was under contract and … Read more
New Lakefront Listing
Simple lakefront perfection is yours with this turn-key lakefront home on 100 feet of impossibly level frontage on Geneva’s South Shore. This immaculate six bedroom home is positioned at the … Read more
Lake Geneva Sales Update
On Twitter, I follow two particularly financial types who hold tight to diametrically opposing views. One thinks the stock market is on a fast race to the moon, and no … Read more
Lake Geneva Off Market Lakefront Sales
If you read my winter edition of Summer Homes For City People, you know that off-market sales accounted for 0.00% of our 2017 lakefront volume. And if you know that, … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
The news from last week is that I didn’t land a big listing that I was hoping to land. I worked pretty hard to get this particular listing, as it’s … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront Inventory
Well, it feels like we’re about to see some more inventory. There’s a new lakefront listed under our MLS’s Delayed heading, which is category I’ve never used and never will … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Performance
I rather like CNBC’s Rick Santelli. He cut his teeth at the CME and CBOT, and speaks not as a refined journalist but as a sharp elbowed floor trader with … Read more
Seasonality
Many years ago I rented a condo on Siesta Key. My son was a baby and my business was seasonal, so it made good sense to spend most of the … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
At the beginning of this year, I spent considerable amounts of time telling people that my sale of the Driehaus Estate for $36,000,000 had little to no bearing on the … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
Well, I continue to be wrong about this market. Or, perhaps, as Christian Bale as Michael Burry said in The Big Short, “I’m not wrong, I’m just early”. The market … Read more
Lake Geneva Lakefront For Sale
Sometimes, I list houses on the open market. Like this time. This comfortable five bedroom lakefront at Pier 651 is ready for a new owner. I sat on this lakeside … Read more
Off Market Sales Lake Geneva
The real estate world is at battle over the concept of off market sales. Things didn’t used to be this way, but like most things in 2022, things that didn’t … Read more
Pricing Strategy
One of the great debates in the business of real estate revolves around pricing strategy. Some agents want listings so bad they’ll price a listing wherever the seller wishes to … Read more
Lake Geneva Real Estate Market Update
A market update for you to consider. The Lake Geneva real estate market has, so far, ignored the headwinds.
Lake Geneva IRS Auction
There are just two houses that get their own chapter in the book of Curry Family Lore. One of those houses is the obvious house, that old dutch colonial pressed … Read more
Lake Geneva Market Update
It’s March, and here’s your lakefront market update. It’s more of a reminder that not every house is worth buying.
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Review
A review of the Lake Geneva lakefront market and its YTD sales volume.
South Lakeshore Drive Sells
Another lakefront sale, another lakefront transaction completed off market. If you want to know what’s happening on the lakefront, you have to work with the lakefront leader.
Circle Parkway Sells
Life is a series of goal settings, and when I get to play a role in the accomplishment of a lifelong goal, it matters.
Lake Geneva Fall Market Conditions
The lakefront market at Lake Geneva isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Your September market conditions update.
Lake Geneva Market Discussion
Thinking about Lake Geneva Real Estate? So am I. Here’s a Lakefront Market Discussion for August 25th, 2021.
Lake Geneva Market Conditions
The market is hot. We all know that. But the question on our minds is singular: When does it all end?
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.
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.
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 Inventory Problems
This market isn’t easy on buyers. But that doesn’t necessarily give seller’s as much leash as they might think.
Valley Park Sells
The latest lakefront sale, this of a slick modern on the south shore of Geneva Lake.
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
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
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?
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 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
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
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
Choices
Real estate involves choices. Lots of choices. But the true danger lies in making purchase decisions based on the quality of the cabinets and not the pedigree of the location.
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. Drive to the lake on a Friday night? … Read more
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 necessarily built to hit … Read more
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 boats are leaving.
Indian Hills Sale
A new week, a new sale. This time a direct deal on the south shore, and a good one at that.
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
It’s July, and our market is active, which is an understatement.
Lake Geneva Price Reductions
It’s finally summer and the market is hot. In spite of this, it’s time for some pricing reductions.
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Review
The market is moving along nicely, as you’d expect. With the S&P at ATH and the lakefront inventory tight, we have the markings of an exceptionally stable market.
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
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 for … Read more