I ran some stats this morning to answer a question for a client regarding the price of   lakefronts vs. other properties.   I used the Big Bear Lake (92315) zip only (BLC,BLW, and BLE) and broke the sales over the last 5 years into lakefronts, lakeviews, and others.   This includes all properties that have sold in the Big Bear MLS (new, resales, bank-owned, and short sales), but not fractional ownerships:8/1/2010-8/1/2011:

8/1/2009-8/1/2010:

8/1/2008-8/1/2009:

8/1/2007-8/1/2008:

8/1/2006-8/1/2007:

As you can see, the number of lakefronts and lakeviews sold over the last 5 years has not varied greatly, but the number of “others” has increased greatly since the peak of the market.   There are always a certain number of people who can afford the premium of being right on the water (I lived on the west side for several years and I relate it to being in Santa Monica right on the ocean, vs, having an ocean view, vs. being somewhere around 20th St. – they are all in Santa Monica, but the prices vary wildly); but now a lot more of the “ordinary guy” can afford a second home and the numbers definitely reflect that.   I was originally going to do this for 3 years, but the results were so interesting that I decided to go all the way to the peak of the market.   Avg. prices and Avg. $/sqft definitely had their biggest drop between 2007-2009 and have remained relatively flat for the last 2 years.   You can see more of these types of stats in the blog section of our web-site https://bigbearteam.com.