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 Lakefront Condo 2019 Market Review
In contrast to my accurate prediction for Geneva National last year, I admit to you this morning that I was dead wrong about my prediction f…
Geneva National 2019 Market Review
Geneva National is back, and it really is better than ever. Sure, there are still homeowners residing inside these brick and cedar behemoths…
Market Oddities
Once in a while, I look at something other than the Lake Geneva lakefront and lake access market. I look at the market on Other Lakes, Wisco…
Clear Sky Lodge
It’s a shame I haven’t yet sold this beautiful home. Where else can you find a private tennis court, private (heated) swimming …
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…
Basswood Sells
I just wrote a brilliant review of the sale at W4396 Basswood. It was amazing, if I do say so myself. Succinct, powerful, articulate. And th…
250 Circle Parkway Sells
Last year, about this time, I sold the home at 254 Circle Parkway in Williams Bay, up on the tip of Cedar Point. The home was lovely, with n…
Lake Geneva Price Per Foot
There’s a problem with our market. A long standing problem, one that has been established by people who thought, at the time, that the…
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…
Lakefront Condo For Sale
This is getting out of hand. This condo at Bay Colony was completely, entirely, and remarkably renovated by Lowell Management at a cost that…
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…
Geneva National Market Update
To understand Geneva National you must first understand the fundamental issue with Geneva National. Notice I didn’t call it a problem.…
Market Top
There you have it, someone said it. Someone in the real estate industry dared say it. More than likely, this will be it for me. This will b…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
Certain times, there’s nothing more to say. Like when you’ve eaten a most delicious dinner. You can say it was a delicious dinn…
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.…
W4396 Basswood Drive
It’s still for sale. It shouldn’t be. Reduced to $8.495MM. The most complete estate listed for sale this summer. Email me for a…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Market Update
I spent much of Sunday on the lake. There’s a new boat in the Curry fold, and the boat must be used. Boats are like that. If you don&#…
Market Cycles
It pains me to write about the market on this blog. During the earlier times of these writings, I could write and write and only some buyer…
Lake Geneva Market Update
I brought a new property to market a week or so ago, and if you’re looking for a vacation home with transferable boat slip, then you&#…
North Lakeshore Drive Sells
There are certain ways that certain houses charm their way into our pocketbooks. It might be a floor plan. A quirky corner where a staircase…
Park Drive Sells
It’s tax day. There’s snow on the ground. If we look at those two conditions we could all agree that things are terrible. Excep…
Market Update
It’s April. That means the year is young, but it’s not exactly new anymore. The ice left us over the weekend, and now it’s…
Countdown
It’s spring break, and everyone is gone. To the mountains. To the beach. To a different place with its own brand of monotony. In the m…
Pending Lakefront
My newest pending lakefront contract, 389 North Lakeshore Drive, Fontana. It’s a great house on a great lot in a highly desirable loca…
Lake Geneva Market Update
I fished for a few hours last week. Me, the stream and the snow, deep and white, still soft, still clean, and the trout. It wasn’t a b…
Lake Geneva Lakefront Inventory
Here we are again. In February. The snow is still flying, but we know what we know. Summer is coming soon. With that in mind, buyers are loo…
Lake Geneva Lakefront
It’s January. Time for snow storms that aren’t really actually snow storms, and lakefront price reductions. Inventory will build…
Geneva National 2018 Market Year In Review
There are few market segments that I find as curious as Geneva National. Under no other particular context does one association make up its …
Lake Geneva Lakefront Condominium 2018 Market Review
When we entered 2018, we knew we had some inventory problems. This was widespread throughout the vacation home market, from entry level cott…
2018 Lake Geneva Lakefront Year In Review
The year just ended was, by most accounts, a good year. But that’s a silly way to describe something as diverse and unique as a year. …
Lake Geneva Inventory
In real estate, you either win sometimes or you lose sometimes. There is no such thing as winning or losing. You’re winning, a bit. Lo…
Bluff Lane Sells
Bluff Lane is a nice little dead end street on the south shore of the lake. In spite of its small nature, this street has been a near consta…
Shore Haven Sells
The lake access market at Lake Geneva is not difficult to understand. In order to find this understanding, one simply needs to be open to t…
Bonnie Brae Sells
Over the past few years, there have been some Bonnie Brae sales. Priced between $1.6MM and $3.8MM, these sales have all made market sense. …
November Swim
There’s a thing about my dad that you wouldn’t otherwise know. He’s a quitter. Sure, he’s been married for a long ti…
Cedar Point Sells
After some good old fashioned pot stirring on Monday, it’s time to get back to the business at hand. Specifically, the business of the…
Lake Geneva YTD Performance
When you’re part of an industry that puts significant focus on calendar year performance, you tend to look up in late October and real…
Vista Del Lago Sells
After a market downturn occurs, we must set our aim towards the goal of complete and thorough recovery. If that goal is to return a specifi…
Entry Level Lakefront Market Update
I’m not sure if there’s a more interesting segment in our market than the entry level lake access market. While other segments e…
Black Point Sells
One of the many benefits of this strong vacation home market is that I get to test my theories on a daily basis. These theories were first p…
New Subdivisions
In the morning I wake up, clean up, dress up (down), drink the espresso that my wife kindly makes me, take my kids to school, and go to my o…
Buena Vista Sells
It’s a curious thing to watch buyers as they watch the market, and the houses that exist inside of that market. Buyers are attracted t…
Abbey Springs Market Update
There’s a simple thought relating to markets like ours that supposes a specific pricing segment should prove active in different marke…
Basswood Lake Geneva
A Wednesday reminder that my listing at W4396 Basswood Drive is still available. I just reduced the price of this home to $8,495,000, and it…
Lake Geneva Price Reductions
It might seem strange to even mention the term Price Reduction during this remarkable summer run. With sales popping and records breaking an…
Woodstone Sells
Woodstone, prior to last week, was a nice subdivision in Linn Township with mostly architecturally pleasing homes and a delightful little wi…