Lakefront Real Estate News

Aug. 15, 2014

Shallow Water Lakefront Homeowners Squeezed by New Dock-Moving Policies

With the water levels of Big Bear Lake at their lowest point in a decade, some shallow water lakefront homeowners are in a pinch - literally.

As water levels drop in shallower water coves, the amount of shoreline available to anchor one's dock decreases. In the past, as docks approached the point where ...

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Feb. 22, 2014

39124 Waterview Drive Becomes Latest Big Bear Lakefront Real Estate Sale

Big Bear Lakefront Real EstateOff-season lakefront sales keep moving along with the third waterfront property of the year closing escrow this past week. 39124 Waterview Drive is a 1674 square foot 4 bedroom, 2 bath classic 1948 cabin built on a spacious 23,408 square foot lot in the desirably vintage Waterview area of Big Bear ...

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Feb. 17, 2014

Second Big Bear Lakefront Home Sale of 2014

Big Bear Lakefront Real Estate sale #2The second Big Bear lakefront home to sell this year is 155 Lagunita Lane. Listing at $799,900, a bidding war ensued resulting in an eventual sales price of $815,000. This unique lakefront R-3 zoned multi-unit property was comprised of two cabins; a 2 bedroom, 1 bath cabin and ...

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Jan. 29, 2014

Big Bear Luxury Lakefront has Million Dollar Price Reduction

Perhaps the nicest estate on all of Big Bear Lake, 211 Marina Point Drive just experienced a dramatic million dollar price reduction and is now clearly a stand-out opportunity in Big Bear's luxury lakefront home market. Originally listing at 3.99M, over the past few weeks this property's list price has been lowered to ...

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Jan. 26, 2014

First Big Bear Lakefront Sale of 2014

Big Bear lakefront real estate 450 EdgemoorWe officially have the first lakefront home sale of the year in the books. 450 Edgemoor, a 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, 2613 square foot home built in 1998 on a sizable 18000 square foot lot, listed at $950,000 and sold at $905,000.

This home is located towards ...

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Jan. 25, 2014

The Buying Cycle of Big Bear

A common question I hear from both prospective buyers and sellers is about when the best time to buy and/or sell might be. The answer to that question lies in comparing supply and demand by looking at the rate at which homes are sold and comparing that to the number of homes that ...

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Jan. 20, 2014

Lakefront Average and Median Prices Dip. What gives?

Consequent to my last post celebrating how the average and median sales prices of Big Bear lakefronts showed a 19% and 23% increase, I wanted to share some seemingly contradictory numbers regarding the average and median sales prices of Big Bear waterfront homes. Take a look at the historical graph ...

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Jan. 5, 2014

Big Bear Lakefronts See Impressive Price Per Square Foot Appreciation in 2013

2013 was a great year for real estate in Big Bear. The market is on the rebound, sales and prices are up and days on market keeps declining. But more so than the overall real estate market, lakefront properties have seen impressive appreciation in regards to price per square foot ...

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Dec. 22, 2013

Latest Big Bear Lakefront Sale

Waterview Lakefront HomeBringing things up to date, on December 18th we saw 38859 Waterview Drive, a small, old, tear-down type 1544 square foot cabin on a spacious 20,600 square foot lot close for $800,000. This sale closed at $518 per square foot and could be considered to be pretty much at ...

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Dec. 21, 2013

Latest Big Bear Lakefront Sale - 38799 Waterview Drive

Big Bear Lakefront Home SaleBig Bear Lakefront home sales continue to make a late season run with 38799 Waterview Drive being the latest waterfront closing. This sale marks the 27th successful lakefront sale of the year. Although we are not likely to surpass last years impressive 36 lakefront sales, it will still be the third ...

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