Dennis Curtin, Region Owner
RE/MAX Mid-States & Dixie Region

Good OL Days Of Home Buying Might Just Be Now Please Read Below By Dennis Curtain, Owner of RE/MAX Midstates is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

Now is a great time to buy a Grand Lake waterfront home. You can get your new home in time to enjoy summer fun on the lake. Interest rates are very very low and one day we will wake up and low rates will be gone. Home selection is good and prices are right. If you have been thinking about a retirement home on Grand Lake or a second home retreat on Grand Lake  I would buy now while selection is still good.

Our team has several good waterfront Grand Lake homes listings in addition to the homes available to us on the Grand Lake MLS. Let me tell you about a few of them here, but bear in mind this is only a few of the homes available.

11-308 Gran Tara South Grand Lake gated community 3 bedroom/2 bath home, Cape Cod style, quiet area and has extra lots for buffer, great dock and swim deck area, cute as can be and ready to go. Priced at $379,000

12-72 Grove waterfront home with 6 bedrooms, 4 baths in 3546 sq ft m/l. New designer kitchen with granite and stainless appliances, heavy textured drywall in living area, great view, Honeycreek arm of Grand Lake home, in Grove but very secluded area. Priced at $400,000.

11-2373 waterfront log home in The Moorings just outside of Grove. 3 bedroom/2 bath, just finishing updates inside and out including new granite kitchen counters with glass tile backsplash and stainless appliances, 2 fireplaces-one in the huge master area that features extra large walkin closet and separate tub/shower. Nice boat dock. Price is only $319,000.

12-431 gated Grove Melody Point community. This home is not lakefront but is pond front with a waterfall to the lake. The community enjoys a community swimming pool and barb-que area at the waterfront and a community room for family or neighbor dinners. Low dues take care of these common areas and your lawn care. This home has 2 bedrooms/2 baths on main level and 1 bedroom/bath on lower level that could also be a family room. Priced for quick sale at $224,500.

12-733 is a Zena area waterfront home with commanding lake views and true peace and quiet at this off the main road location. 3 bedroom/2 bath for only $199,000.

12-1115 Monkey Island near new Chalet in an area with NO Dues. 3 bedroom/2 bath, 2 living areas. Concrete siding, composite decks, solid surface countertops and upscale appliances. Boat trolley dock and jet ski pad. Pella wood windows/doors, wood ceiling and some upper walls, sprinkler system, nice landscaping. Quiet dead end street and nice wide cove with main lake view. Only $300,000.

12-929 Monkey Island Main Stay gated community with 3 bedroom/2 baths. Boat slip just out the front door is near new. Near new roof, HVAC, deck, hot water tank. On site caretaker looks after community swimming pool, tennis courts, homes, yards. You just come and enjoy Grand Lake on the hot spot–Monkey Island. This great home can be yours for $274,500.

12-548 waterfront home at north end of the lake. Terrific views, great fishing, solitude, all at an affordable price. 3 bedroom/2 bath, huge garage/shop. And the price is only $159,875.

12-156 Monkey Island condo with views like an ocean. This is your cheap ticket for a Monkey Island waterfront home. Best views found on the lake and only $89,995.

There you go, several nice and affordable by Grand Lake prices waterfront homes you soon could be enjoying. Give them some thought, look them over at our featured listings at this website, give us a call or email and we will set up a time to show you your picks of these fine choices.

The Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake in Grove, OK where we work harder to find you the right place for your needs, desires, and pocketbook. Contact us today.  Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net  We hope to hear from you soon.

Grand Lake Affordable Waterfront Homes is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

We have  just listed a very high quality built Monkey Island Waterfront Home on Grand Lake. Monkey Island is the place to be for many weekend lake home owners or vacation home buyers on Grand Lake. The new Shangri La Country Club has brought the entire island area to life with it’s beauty and pristineness. You now can come to Monkey Island and enjoy lake and golf activities to their fullest. You can go from one end of the country to the next and not find a more welcoming vacation destination than you do coming to Monkey Island. The six mile long island keeps the road ditches maintained on the drive in just like your lawn at home.

Our home in the Lee Estates is one of the very few areas on Monkey Island that is NOT in a gated community with dues and home owner association rules. Yet this home is part of a small development built in 2006 and 2007 that are upscale chalet type homes. The home is built of long lasting low upkeep concrete siding with Pella wood windows and doors. The home is also built for low utility bills with 6″ walls containing R18 insulation and the roof insulated with R38. You will find composite decking in the front and lakeside decks. The decks and upper open interior floor has heavy duty iron powdercoated railings for beauty and security.

The home has 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. You will enjoy 2 living areas, one on each floor. The kitchen has solid surface counter tops and upscale Jenn-Aire Range and Whirlpool dishwasher, microwave, and refrigerator. You will enjoy the huge work space and counter top for eating or visiting at with guests. The floor plan is an open kitchen, dining, and family room. You have a large utility room. You will also love the wood ceiling and partial  wood

upstairs wall. The home will put you in instant vacation mode once you walk in. This can be your second home on Grand Lake dream.

This fine Grand Lake waterfront home is located on a deadend quiet street where peace, quiet, and enjoyment are the order of the day. The lawn has been sodded and landscaped to add to the beauty and a sprinkler system with water from the lake is shared with the two close neighbors. You have a boat dock and jet-ski pad right at lakeside.

You c0uld be enjoying Grand Lake soon if you act now to buy this top quality waterfront home on Monkey Island again with NO Dues! Grand Lake MLS listing #12-1115 is priced at a very good target for a large majority of Grand Lake waterfront home buyers at only $300,000. Contact the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake for more information or to set up your showing. Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net  We hope to hear from you today.

Grand Lake Monkey Island Waterfront Home with NO DUES is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

Have you been searching for your Grand Lake Retreat in a very quiet location but yet close to shopping, dining, and other city activities of Grove, OK on Grand Lake? We have just the place for you, Grand Lake MLS 11-2373 is a log home in a quiet cove just off the Honey Creek Arm of Grand Lake. Your boat will be protected in this quiet cove but only a minute from some of the best water on Grand Lake. By road the home is just off Lakeroad 6 in a very small and quiet subdivision, The Moorings and only 5 minutes to town. This is a fine second home on Grand Lake or for your Grand Lake retirement home.

This Grand Lake Waterfront Home is a log home that is in the final stages of a very nice update inside and outside. You will love the large country kitchen with abundance of storage, new glass tile backsplash and granite countertops. There are two living areas, an enclosed sunroom just off a huge deck on the first level. Two guest bedrooms and a bath complete the first level. The second level is a huge master suite with fireplace, private lakeside deck, large walkin closet, separate shower and bath and large dressing area with twin sinks. The home has been painted and updated throughout. The exterior shines with new sealer and new sod in front yard. The outside entry basement offers a ton of storage space. There is a privacy fenced area in the back yard as well as a nice fish pond. You will enjoy the many large trees in the summer as you spend hours in a hammock with a good book.

This log waterfront home is unique and certainly different from your home in the city. You will feel the vacation mode and life of no stress in this very nice setting.

I have left the best for last, the owner has not only updated the home in and out but also lowered the price! Formerly listed at $349,000, it is now updated and dropped to $319,000. Owner says it is time for this home to sell and put action where it counts to make it happen.

Call Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net for more information or to schedule your showing.  We are the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake in Grove, OK.

There are other homes on the lake for sale but none as unique and fun as a log home can be for your Grand Lake Retreat. Call today.

Grand Lake Waterfront Log Home, Quiet Location But Very Close To Grove, OK and Priced Right! is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

We have a luxury Melody Point gated community home on Grand Lake in Grove, OK that has to be sold quick! This home shows as new. It has 2 bedrooms on the main floor with the open kitchen, dining, and living areas and separate utility room. The lower level is a guest suite with bath. It is big enough it could be a family or game room and still have sleeping quarters. There is an oversized two car garage. You will spend hours on the the covered front porch facing east so that afternoon sun is not a problem and overlooking a landscaped pond.

Melody Point has a common area swimming pool and bar-b-que area at the waterfront. There is a club house/community room for homeowners to use and have get to gethers in. Boat slips are available to lease or purchase. The entire area is upscale “craftsman or lodge type” construction in a beautiful setting at Grand Lake. Low dues pay for common ammenties upkeep and your lawn/sprinkler care. You just come and enjoy.

Again, this is a distressed sale home on Grand Lake and has to move fast. It is not a torn up repo home. Present owners have been very diligent to maintain the home as new but economic conditions are forcing them to sell now!!! Grand Lake MLS 12-431 is priced at $224,500. The home at one time was valued close to $300,000. Present owners loss can be your gain. However, you cannot delay or this once in a blue moon opportunity to have a Grand Lake retreat at this low unheard of price for Melody Point will not be available.

Call Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 today and set up your showing. We are the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake. You too can afford the good life on Grand Lake in Grove, OK. 

Luxury Melody Point Home on Grand Lake Forced Sale is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

New home construction in the Grand Lake area has been at a very slow snail’s pace for the past three years but this year we are seeing signs that people are wanting their custom home built on a special waterfront lot, gated community lot, or golf course lot in the Grand Lake area. In the Grove area of Grand Lake I know of a least four custom homes just getting started and about four more well along in the construction process. Now does make sense to think building. Interest rates remain at all time lows, but we all know that this cannot go on forever. There are builders available to build your dream home and sub-contractors to help them, and we have a good inventory of choice lots to pick from.

Our Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake has several nice lot selections including Grand Lake waterfront lots in several good locations priced from $69,000- 295,000 depending on view, location, water depth, and surroundings. We have gated community lots such as The Preserve available with boat slips in a new marina, and we also have wonderful golf course lots in Patricia Island. While inventory is good now, once buying gets going to any degree will  wipe out all inventory with no new additions planned currently to pickup slack that could develop rather quickly.

Some of our waterfront lots on Grand Lake, gated community lots, and golf course lots are listed below:

10-2773 Grand Lake MLS is a bluff lot in Bernice on Grand Lake with utilities close by this lot has some of the best views on the lake and is priced at only $69,900.

10-1622 Grand Lake MLS is a waterfront lot in the Zena area of Grand Lake that offers solitude, great views, good water, and is ready for your new home. This lot is available at $82,000.

12-11 Grand Lake MLS is a nice lot North of Grove about 3 miles on Wolfe Creek with great beach area, nice building site, and place for a shop or rv building all for $135,000.

11-384 is a Buffalo Shores North waterfront lot with boat dock in place. Buffalo Shores North is one of Grove’s premier subdivisions and this lot in protected cove is priced to sell at only $139,900.

10-740 is a Patricia Island Estates waterfront lot with wonderful beach area, permit for dock in place, golf across the street, and sits in an elite area of nice homes. This lot is priced at $255,000.

10-716 is a Pointe West subdivsion waterfront lot. Pointe West is a small upscale area with ocean like water views in a 180 degree view. This lot has mature trees, gentle slope lot for walk out basement home or single level home. This lot is priced at $295,000 and may be the finest available waterfront lot on Grand Lake.

12-334 is a gated community lot in The Preserve located just outside of Grove. This area is all new upscale homes on lots with beautiful trees and terrian. This lot has a 30′x12′ slip in the community docks and is the best value lot available in The Preserve at $59,900 including the boat slip.

10-2399 priced at $57,500 and 10-2410 priced at $54,500 are side by side lots on the golf course in Patricia Island Estates. Both have excellent views, good trees, and level building sites. Patricia Island has no dues unless you join the optional golf club or swim and tennis clubs.

11-878 priced at $21,000 and 11-879 priced at $23,000 are smaller lots in Patricia Island Estates across the street from the golf course. These lots are flat and easy to build on and are very fairly priced for the upscale Patricia Island.

11-1201 is a Wildwood Farms 2.5 Acre lot in another upscale Grove subdivision. Give yourself a little elbow room here and enjoy all Grove and Grand Lake has to offer from this popular area. This lot is priced at $36,500.

09-1504 might just be the location for you if you want land and water to enjoy without having neighbors right beside you, want a real estate investment for the future you can enjoy now, or want to develop some land. This Zena area property features 38.5 Acres, over .8 mile of Grand Lake shoreline, and a 2400 sq ft shop building. The land has beautiful views, dock protection, and wonderful South Grand Lake water to enjoy. This fine piece of Grand Lake real estate is priced at $550,000.

12-1023 is about a mile outside of Grove with 3 Acres and 900′ of Grand Lake shoreline with city gas, water, sewer, and REC electric all close by. This parcel has 48 permitted boat slips ready for you to build and offers great views, nice trees, location, and is great for many uses. You may want an estate type waterfront lot, a development lot for condos, or developement lots for 15 homes. This property is one of the best parcels for any of the above stated purposes in the Grand Lake area and is priced at $1,250,000.

You can see we have the inventory for whatever building project you would like. Grand Lake waterfront lots, development land, golf course lots, gated community lots, upscale community building lots are available from our team. We also sell all inventory from the Grand Lake MLS.

Call Aaron Hughes today at 918 801-5645 or arronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net. We know the area, are here to help make your buying experience fun and all inclusive, and we will give you honest, straightforward answers. We hope to hear from you soon.

New Custom Homes Are Being Built On Grand Lake –We Have Some Great Building Lots For Your Dream Home is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

The Hughes and Neill Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake has just listed a lakeview home in Grove, OK for $89,900. This cute home has been nicely remodeled and sits across the street from the shores of Grand Lake. Grove is the largest city on Grand Lake and offers many shopping opportunities, health care, churches and civic clubs making it a wonderful place to call home in retirement. This home is great for both a weekend home at the the lake or that retirement home on Grand Lake. This is an affordable home in Grove, OK on Grand Lake.

The home has had recent new doors and windows, heat/air, cabinets, wall texturing and paint, and carpet in the living area. It is a 2 bedroom/2 bath home as sat up now but would we an easy makeover to a 3rd bedroom. It has a large backyard with storage building and is partially fenced. If you have been looking for an inexpensive lake home, you need to check this home out. It is Grand Lake MLS 12-938 and is priced again at $89,900.

Contact Aaron Hughes at aaronhughes@remax.net or 918 801-5645 or Joe Neill at jneill@remax.net or 918 640-3300.

Grove, OK Lakeview Home for $89,900 is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

The Hughes and Neill Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake just listed a Grand Lake Monkey Island Waterfront Home in a Gated Community with 30′x12′ boatslip in a new dock right outside the back door. Mainstay is the beautiful gated community with on site caretaker, this community is know to be one of Grand Lake’s prettiest communities. The home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a large open living, dining, kitchen floor plan. You will enjoy the woodburning fireplace when you come to the lake in fall, winter, and spring. In warmer times you will spend hours on the large new deck overlooking the lake. The area has a community swimming pool and tennis courts.

Dues cover all exterior upkeep except decks, lawn care, common area upkeep including pool, bug spraying in summer, insurance on home structure from studs out, on site caretaker, tree trimming, water, sewer, trash, wi-fi internet, you simply come and enjoy. When you go home you know with the gated community and caretaker that your home will be safe and sound upon your return.

This home since 2008 has had new roof, new heat/air, new hot water tank, new deck, new dock. It is just ready for your family and friends to enjoy.

Grand Lake waterfront homes under $300,000 that are nice and in a nice area are a very hard item to find but this nice home, Grand Lake MLS 12-929 is priced at only $274,500.  This could be your bargain on Grand Lake if you act now.

Monkey Island is booming with the new Shangri La  just down the road and  airport just around the corner if you wish to fly in your own aircraft. You will enjoy fine dining, golf, shopping, as well as all the lake activities on Monkey Island at Grand Lake.

To schedule your showing of this fine home or more information contact Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net .  We look forward to hearing from you.

Grand Lake Monkey Island Gated Community Waterfront Home with Boat Slip Well Under $300,000 is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

People read how hard it is to get a home loan but that is not always the case. On Grand Lake we deal with people all the time wanting to buy a second home on Grand Lake or a retirement home on Grand Lake. People who have their financial house in order do not have any problems getting loans for homes in the Grand Lake area. We are blessed with several good lenders in our area who know the rules that are particular to Grand Lake waterfront homes and know how to structure a loan to get the job done in short order.

One of our wonderful lenders is Maria Welch-Keesling with Arvest Bank in Grove, OK. Maria has been doing home loans for 30 years and knows how to get the work done and without a lot of hassle to the borrower. She recently gave me a copy of the sheet she gives all new borrowers to make the process much smoother. She will take the information and fill out the loan application for you, saving you the time, trouble, and heartache of filling out a document you know nothing about. Read this check list below, you can get a loan without a ton of trouble.

Our Grand Lake Team of Aaron Hughes and Joe Neill also will work to make the buying process fun and easy. From picking out the right home area, home, and fitting to target price to helping a buyer get in touch with the lender, whatever it takes we all work together on Grand Lake to make your buying experience enjoyable and hassle free. Interest rates are very very low now and cannot stay that way forever, homes can be found that fit your target and be bought at a very good price, and we have a good selection of homes. For that retirement home on Grand Lake or the second home on Grand Lake why not call us today and start the process. Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net  Now look at Maria’s checklist below and see how easy the first step of financing a home can be. We hope to hear from you soon.

ARVEST 

1818 South Main / PO Box 450847   Grove, OK  74345

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NEEDED AT APPLICATION FROM ALL BORROWERS

• Current pay stubs for the last 30 days
• Last 2 years W-2’s
• If Self-Employed

Most recent 2 yrs Tax Returns, all schedules (Business /Personal)

Year to date Profit and Loss statement

• Two most recent Bank Statements on funds to close, all pages
• Home address for the previous 2 years and Landlord’s address plus phone number.

• PURCHASE:  Copy of Sales Contract, with all signatures

• Name and phone number of Insurance Agent for Homeowner’s

Insurance on new property.

       REFINANCE: Location of Abstract, Warranty Deed, Homeowner’s

Insurance Policy Declaration Sheet, HUD 1 Closing Statement and survey of the property if you have one.

• Miscellaneous (If information applies)

Trust Agreement – if property in Trust

Divorce Decree / Property Settlement Agreement

Bankruptcy – Filing and Discharge Papers

Rental Income (Current lease for 12 months each property)

Getting a Home Loan Need Not Be A Big Hassle on Grand Lake Homes is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes

Spring has came early this year and home buyers on Grand Lake in NE Oklahoma were out this past Friday-Sunday looking for homes. We showed waterfront homes to a couple from Houston  on Friday and they now have an offer in on a moderate priced waterfront home on Grand Lake just outside of Grove, OK. Our next couple from central Kansas looked at waterfront homes in Grove but also in the new Polo Club development. They have made an offer on a brand new home in the Polo Club. Our third offer on Saturday came from a city couple in Oklahoma wanting to make their retirement home on Grand Lake. They made an offer on a golf course lot home at Patricia Island. We also had a couple on Sunday afternoon look at two Cedar Oaks 55+ waterfront homes. They are just starting to think lake homes but were eager to see two fine waterfront homes in this complex.

We don’t know yet if any or all of these offers will turn into sales yet, but we do know excitement was in the air. It is a realtor’s dream to have multiple deals being looked at on any given day or weekend. On three offers from buyers ready to buy. We are still trying to get deals together at this writing.

The Polo Club is Grand Lake’s newest gated development located on South Grand Lake with views as good as it gets. The new homes are beautiful, docks are in for your boat, community swimming pool is going in next month, and again the views are terrific.

Patricia Island is Grove, OK’s finest golf and lake subdivision with a wonderful golf course with lake views. You will find fine dining, shopping, health care, churches and civic clubs in Grove to enjoy for your retirement years in a wonderful setting all the family will want to come visit as often as they can.

Cedar Oaks is again a 55+ townhome community with community room, work out room, pool, library, game room, and association yard and outside upkeep of homes. It is a great place to enjoy retirement.

Interest rates are low, home prices are very good, selection of homes is good, why not think about buying your family retreat on Grand Lake or your Grand Lake retirement home now. The Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake of Aaron Hughes and Joe Neill will make buying a home on Grand Lake fun and easy. Contact Aaron at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net. Joe can be reached at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net  We hope to hear from you soon.

Spring Home Buyers on Grand Lake in NE Oklahoma is a post from: Grand Lake OK Real Estate with Joe Neill & Aaron Hughes