What Rebound?
on Nov 20, 2009 in General I took a bit of heat last month for writing a post titled "A Giddy Delinquency", where I called out the housing market hysteria for what it is- breathless "buy now" sales rhetoric backed up with very little statistical proof as to why you should do...

A Lake Geneva Piano
on Nov 19, 2009 in General With Geneva serving as the blue backdrop, I spent a fair portion of my childhood plunking out notes on an old off brand piano. The old ivory keys, yellowed and cracked, 52 in all, were further punished by the destructive nature of the three boys who...

Geneva Lakefront Update
on Nov 18, 2009 in General Get ready for me to commit Lake Geneva real estate sacrilege. I'm going to suggest that all of the buyers who have been wanting to buy lakefront property on Geneva for the past several years just might have another chance to buy lakefront at 2003 pri...

Williams Bay Angst
on Nov 17, 2009 in General When Keanu Reeves famously jumped an imaginary train to Williams Bay in the disastrous film Chain Reaction, Williams Bay was this close to becoming an international film star. When the movie flopped and only 87 people saw it at the theater, Williams...

The Market Bottom Truth
on Nov 16, 2009 in General Five different buyers. Twenty-one different properties. It was a dizzying weekend at the lake, and I was pleased to show those buyers that many different properties. I showed everything from a condominium at Abbey Hill priced at $188k, all the way up...

The Grocery Store
on Nov 14, 2009 in General I stared at the pantry, wondering what it was that it was missing. Wondering what food item, canned or boxed or otherwise preserved, would make the pantry complete. I was, as I do often, looking for an excuse to go grocery shopping. I'm aware that en...

Geneva National Market Update
on Nov 13, 2009 in General I don't drive through Geneva National as much as I used to. That's obvious I guess, since I lived in the development for four years before moving out 15 months ago. I was in GN yesterday looking at some property, and found a considerable degree of Ge...

Abbey Springs Market Update
on Nov 12, 2009 in General While much of the market appears stuck in slow motion, Abbey Springs continues to defy the broader market on its way to a very solid 2009. While the Lake Geneva real estate market as a whole has had a marginal year, the Abbey Springs market has seen...

For Sale By Owner
on Nov 11, 2009 in General They're usually white. Sometimes red. Most often plastic, but for the old school crowd, metal. At present, they dot the yards of tens of thousands of Americans, just as they presumably have for hundreds of years. They're For Sale By Owner signs, and...

South Shore Club Slide
on Nov 10, 2009 in General No, there isn't a big water slide at the South Shore Club, although now that I think about it, that may be a terrific idea. Given the state of the market at the South Shore Club at Lake Geneva, and a sales pace that would make any self respecting sna...