Lakefront Real Estate News

Dec. 21, 2017

Big Bear Lakefront Home Sale - December 2017

39035 North Shore - Big Bear LakefrontIt's not only December, but it's the first day of winter and the first day that our high temperature is not expected to go above freezing, but Big Bear lakefronts are still selling. As I have always said, with lakefront homes being the most desirable properties in the ...

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Dec. 21, 2017

Big Bear Lakefront Follow-Up

Per my previous blog post, here are some graphs that help visualize the history and current state of the Big Bear lakefront real estate market.

Big Bear Lakefront sales per year

You'll can see in the above figure that sales rebounded from last year's 15 year low. This slow sales rate was due to ...

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Dec. 6, 2017

Big Bear Lakefront Real Estate - 2017 Review

With the year near its end, I wanted to take a quick look at the Big Bear lakefront real estate market to see how activity and waterfront home values fared compared to last year. 

The number of lakefront home sales is up 33%, from 14 last year to 21 ...

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Sept. 28, 2017

Lakefront Sales Get Busier Towards Year End

Most Big Bear lakefront home buyers think that once summer is over and temperatures start dropping that lakefront sales wain. In fact, the opposite is true. Take a look at the following graphs regarding lakefront home sales over the last 10 years.

Big Bear Lakefront Sales Per Month

Big Bear lakefront sales per quarter

The first graph clearly shows that 2 of ...

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Sept. 7, 2017

Big Bear Lakefront Real Estate Update

After an unusually slow year for lakefront sales last year, 2017 is seeing a rebound in Big Bear waterfront home purchases, especially in the higher end price ranges.

With only 14 lakefront homes to have sold last year, so far this year we have already had 11 lakefront closings with ...

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March 31, 2017

2017 First Quarter Lakefront Sales

Although we experienced our snowiest winter in quite some time, we still had a fair share of lakefront sales this winter as lakefront buyers anticipated higher water levels for Big Bear Lake this year. In fact, all four lakefront sales occurred this March as ski season is winding down and ...

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March 31, 2017

Big Bear Lake's Water Levels Are Rising

Although we haven't had precipitation for a few weeks up here, Big Bear Lake is benefiting from the snow melt in the surrounding mountains with water levels rising 5 inches just last week. The previous week saw a 4 inch rise proceeded by a week with a 3 inch rise ...

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March 13, 2017

Big Bear Lakefronts To Benefit From Higher Lake Water Levels

big bear lake levelsAfter reaching it's lowest point in almost 13 years at 16 feet 11 inches from full last December, our wet winter has resulted in more than a 4 foot rise in lake levels with many more acre feet of water expected to melt from the surrounding mountains and runoff ...

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Jan. 23, 2017

Historic Big Bear Snow Storm Bodes Well for Local Resorts and Lake

Mother Nature continues to work in cycles as record precipitation is hitting Big Bear Valley this January. In the midst of the third storm in 5 days, the Big Bear Valley has seen as much as 4 feet of snow with up to 2 inches of rain mixed in and ...

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Jan. 15, 2017

Wet, Snowy Winter Bodes Well for Big Bear Lakefront Real Estate

Last week's two foot snowstorm triggered memories of the winter of 2004/2005 when the lake went from a 25 year low of 17 feet from full in December to just 2 feet down by May of the following year. This 15 foot rise in water levels put lakefront ...

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