Walloon Lake, in Boyne City and Petoskey, Michigan, has several investment opportunities. Large estates can be found as well as charming condominiums and cottages. For the last five years, there has been roughly $199,164,272 in sales recorded with an average sales price of $1,157,931.

Feel like basking in a place where Ernest Hemingway spent his summers as a kid? Interested in having a cottage on the Shores on Walloon, with it's crystal clear waters and one of the deepest lakes in Michigan? How about staying at Hotel Walloon, where you can step back into 20th century charm with modern amenities? 
Then considering visiting, or even having a summer home at Walloon Lake.

First, Walloon Lake and the Surrounding Village is not huge. There are only 290 locals,

And if you want to reside their permanently or have a summer cottage there, do be prepared to bring your checkbook. Walloon Lake Real Estate in Boyne City,  or even 8.5 miles away in Petoskey, will run you around a cool million for a cottage, and up to $10 million for a 7…

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Walloon Lake is located within the Little Traverse Bay Watershed and empties into Lake Michigan via the Bear River. Walloon Lake is considered an outstanding ecological, aesthetic, and recreational resource. Rolling glacial terrain surrounds its deep waters, including its five distinct depressions or basins:

  • Foot – 94 ft.
  • Mud Lake – 14 ft.
  • West Arm – 100 ft.
  • North Arm – 52 ft.
  • Wildwood – 80 ft.

The lake and its watershed are located in Bay, Evangeline, and Melrose townships of Charlevoix County; and Bear Creek and Resort Townships of Emmet County. The lake has a relatively small watershed (22,650 acres) compared to its lake surface area (4,270 acres). Five percent of the Walloon Lake Watershed is classified as…

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We have all been there:  We enjoy a great vacation in a beautiful destination and are smitten by life there.  We imagine what it might be like if a vacation home was ours and start picking up local real estate brochures and searching online for sale listings.  Pretty soon, conversations with a realtor could be occurring, and you begin you wonder if this dream is realty or pie in the sky.  The idea of owning your own place in a ski town that your family loves just seems like the perfect next step.

Ski vacation homes, like in Boyne Mountain Resort, are no different than the pattern we see with other vacation homes.  They tend to be located in great ski towns that are fun in both summer and winter, have a charm that goes way above and beyond…

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The Shores on Walloon Lake is a collection of only six spacious custom cottages in Walloon Lake Village. Each has a westward panorama and is but a few steps from the water and your dock. The design and workmanship of each are beyond all requirements and most expectations. The plan is based on great respect for the past and appreciation of the natural grandeur of our Walloon. Through uncomplicated and maintenance-free living, The Shores allow you to reside in harmony with the village and the lake. Every outside maintenance task—including your dock—is taken care of. Never rake, shovel, sweep, cut, plant, prune, clean or wash!

About Walloon Lake

For over 120 years, Walloon has been a place where many of the icons of…

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With more than 11,000 inland lakes and its entire shape defined by the Great Lakes, Michigan is a hot spot for lakefront real estate. A recent report from LakeHomes.com, a multi-state brokerage, and real estate database, offers some insight into where the priciest lakefront real estate is found in Michigan. To compile its quarterly Lake Market Report, LakeHomes.com pulled MLS data to find the average listing price for all for-sale homes in each market on Sept. 1, 2018. The top 10 most expensive lakes for lakefront homes in Michigan are listed below, ordered from the least expensive lake to the most expensive lake at No. 1.

10. Lake Macatawa
Average list price: $1,110,482

This 1,700-acre lake in Ottawa County borders the City of Holland.…

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SOLD: Walloon Lake 06310 Red Pine Road Boyne City, MI 49712 - $999,000
MLS# 453571 - Gorgeous Walloon Lake home sells in Boyne City, Michigan.

A great fixer-upper! Here is an opportunity to put the finishing touches on this remodel. House structurally has good bones and upgraded Anderson windows and doors. Great location on Walloon Lake with 140 feet of frontage. Large lakeside deck and expansive dock with great west arm view. Located in a quiet neighborhood setting.
Please contact Brook Walsh for help selling your Walloon Lake property at brook@nmescapes.com, www.brookwalsh.com  or (231) 459-3179 for a showing today!



Focused on Northern Michigan Investment Real Estate

Brook is focused on lifestyle real estate investment…

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Wildwood on Walloon Condominiums is located at Walloon Lake, Michigan. 

This quiet association features 562 feet of Walloon Lake frontage, tennis courts, and acres of land for hiking.

Wildwood on Walloon condominiums come in two, three, and four-bedroom configurations and the size varies between 1,232-2,600 square feet. The Wildwood on Walloon neighborhood condominiums tends to be older with the mature natural landscape around them.

Condos typically sell in the $185,000-$375,000 range. These condominiums are the perfect Up North getaways and good investment properties as well!  

We highly recommend Northern Michigan Escapes, the areas leading provider of vacation home advisory services, for assistance with property…

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