The Shangri La Resort last known as The Peninsula on Monkey Island at Grand Lake has a new owner and new very viable plans to restore the resort to a great attraction once again. This time the economics will not permit a new hotel but a new club house with dining room, fittness area, and social area will be built and the course will be restored to A-1 condition. Work is scheduled to start soon. There is also a narrow window to join or rejoin the Club without an entrance fee.  Monkey Island and all of the Grand Lake area residents are extremely grateful for Mr. Eddie Gibbs taking the helm of this fine Club. Mr. Gibbs almost had it bought once before but a last minute contract hangup stopped the sale. This time the ownership has passed to Mr. Gibbs.

Dale Forrest with United Golf Unlimited, a club member, and lake resident will be in charge of course improvements. Joe Wilkenson will be the Architect in charge of designing the new clubhouse. They hope to use native rock from the old hotel in the new building to make it feel like an old friend. Mike Long of Mike Long Construction will build the clubhouse.

A meeting has been set for Friday March 19 at 6:00 pm at the Top of the Towers for club members, former members, and others interested in joining. Plans, cost of membership, and details for the club will be talked about at the meeting. For a short window of time, memberships will be available with “no initiation fee”. Once construction is fully underway, there will be a fee to join. To attend this meeting call the Shangri La at 918 257-4204 or email stephanie.gragg@shangrilaok.com and make a reservation.

Here’s your chance, let’s support the Shangri La Country Club. It makes Monkey Island on Grand Lake the great place it is for a weekend lake home or full time retirement home.

For information on homes in the Monkey Island area or anywhere on Grand Lake contact the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake in Grove, OK. For Aaron Hughes call 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. Search the Grand Lake MLS at the button above.

We just listed a very affordable waterfront home on Grand Lake  only about 5 miles from downtown Grove, OK.  This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home has a huge master bedroom to enjoy. The view from the kitchen and dining area is just wonderful. The dock is like new with encapsulated foam and up to code electric.

The cook’s kitchen includes double baking ovens, cooktop, microwave, dishwasher, trash compactor, and warming drawer with tons of cabinet/work space. The open floor plan is made for entertaining family and friends. Beautiful mature trees offer shade and add so much to the landscape.

The location is in a deep water cove with great main lake views. You will enjoy the cove location for a dock when storms hit and the main lake docks suffer damage, yours will be safe and sound.

The home has been built, added to, and updated over the years. Concrete type siding was added a few years ago. The lake side deck does not appear to be too old. The home has good storage, an oversized single car garage/work shop area and a two car carport.

Whether looking for a fulltime retirement home on Grand Lake or a weekend Grand Lake home you will look far and wide to find another home with the ammenties of this home at the very afforable lakefront home price of only $225,000. Grand Lake MLS number 10-503 will not last long with spring soon to arrive. If you are serious about a lake home this year and don’t want to spend $500,000 and up, you need to see this home. For more information or to schedule your showing call Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net We are the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake. We know the Grand Lake area and the Grand Lake MLS listings. We can find the property you want,  just give us a call and we will work hard to find just the right place for your needs and desires.

We have just listed a very affordable Monkey Island waterfront home with an “ocean like” view on beautiful Grand Lake in NE Oklahoma.  This 2 bedroom/2 bath home has a large lakeside deck to enjoy the sunrise from and also the view of Sailboat Bridge lights at night. The floor plan has an open living, dining, kitchen to enjoy. You will also like the wood burning fireplace on a cool evening and the lakeviews from doors and windows on the lakeside. The home is in good condition and comes with furniture and appliances. You just will not beat the views I must say one more time. come to Grand Lake and enjoy family and friends at your very own lake retreat.

This home is native rock and rough sawn siding for a timeless design and lake look. You can own this outstanding location and your own weekend lake home for only $239,900. I would not tarry on this listing as it is very hard to find a good waterfront home on Grand Lake for under $300,000. To see other Grand Lake waterfront listings go to our Grand Lake MLS search button at the top of this page.

For more info call the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake in Grove, OK on beautiful Grand Lake. 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.

We have just listed a great waterfront home on Monkey Island at Grand Lake in NE Oklahoma. This home has an “ocean-like” view from the lower deck off the great room, dining room, and kitchen. It also has an upper deck off the master suite with the same terrific views. Out the front door you view beautiful trees and green grass. The drive to the home is lawn like kept in the highway right of way from the time you enter Monkey Island to the gated entrance of The Estates, the location of this home. This 5 miles drive is pleasant and pretty the entire way. As you enter the gated community you are immediately drawn to the sight of the golf course that backs up to The Estates.  You can enjoy the great life of golf and lake here. This waterfront lake retreat is a joy the year round. Enjoy lake and golf in spring, summer, and fall. Winter golf is fun and the peace of enjoying a good book while watching the quiet  lake on a cold winter day is great. You will enjoy fox, squirrels, and deer close by. The winding slow street of The Estates lined by huge majestic oak trees makes walking, jogging, or biking very inviting.

This home has 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. The master suite is huge and includes again that great view of Grand Lake. The glass block shower with twin shower heads will invite you to start the day or wind down after a day of playing on Grand Lake and the golf course. The master has built in drawers for lake clothes and a large walkin closet. There are two sinks in the bath area. One wall of the suite is of sandstone painted white.

The large open kitchen, dining, and great room make up most of the lower level with one bedroom or den/office and a bath also on this level. There is a garage and place to store the golf cart you will enjoy going to the close by marina or golf course on.

Low dues take care of outside insurance on structure, yard upkeep, home painting, streets, and security. You just come and enjoy this home either as a lake retreat or full time retirement home. This home is designed for family and friend fun and enjoyment. The pretty back yard again looking a an “ocean-like” view of Grand Lake will keep calling you back. Can’t you just imigine enjoying a spring or summer day in a hammock under the majestic trees while watching Grand Lake. Life does not get any better!

For more information on this Monkey Island home in The Estates on Grand Lake call the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake. Aaron Hughes may be reached at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net   Joe Neill can be reached at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net  We hope to hear from you soon. Also go to the Grand Lake MLS button above to view other fine listings on Grand Lake.

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The new Integris Grove 58 million dollar hospital in Grove, OK on the shores of beautiful Grand Lake is up and running as of the end of January, 2010. With a great staff of doctors moving from the old facility and new doctors signed to come in the next several months, health care will be at the forefront for all the fulltime and weekend people on Grand Lake. Click on the link above to hear a UTube video of new hospital.

Grove is a wonderful place for a retirement home, fulltime family home, or weekend home on the lake or golf course. Now with “big city type” health care in a caring small community setting you can have it all. Small town living with big lake fishing, boating, and water activities plus great golf.

Call or email the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake to learn more, Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net

We have a great new list price on a traditional all brick home in the Grove, OK subdivision of Buffalo Shores North. This home has an end of the cove 40′ waterfront on Grand Lake to enjoy also. The lot is over 2 acres with many mature trees. It is like your own private park, so pretty, private, and you can enjoy birds, deer, squirrels, fox, and other wildlife from the last wood deck that is accessed from the master bedroom, great room, and one guest room or home office.

This home is 4 bedroom with 3 baths, has a fireplace and many bookshelves in the great room with the view of the huge backyard. It has a side entry to a large 2 car garage. The home is of timeless design and in good condition. Present owners have moved for new job and desire a quick sale. They made the mistake many do of pricing too high at $295,000 originally and it has not sold. Price has been reduced over time to $274,000 then $254,000, which is what present owners paid a couple of years ago at the peak of the market. Today it is priced at $239,000, under the market but owners are tired of two house payments since they have bought at their new city. Their loss can be your gain.

Grove is a quaint small city with a brand new Integris Grove Hospital that just opened January 2010. It has many nice civic clubs and churches to enjoy. The people welcome with open arms new residents and will let you get as little or as much involved in clubs and churches as you wish. Grove is an excellent city to raise a family in or as a retirment community to enjoy. Grand Lake offers all water sports, great fishing, and pure enjoyment. You cannot go wrong with a home in Grove, OK on the shores of Grand Lake.

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

January is the dream month of the year where we can sit inside and dream of spring and summer fun on Grand Lake. Boat Show Season is upon us. Soon the Tulsa Boat Show, Kansas City Boat Show, and NW Arkansas Boat Shows will get your juices flowing  just thinking of all the fun to soon to be had. It is also a great time to search the internet for home buys. Now is a great time to buy a waterfront, waterview, or golf course home on Grand Lake. It is a place to wind down after a grueling week, make memories with family and friends, and readjust our thinking on life.

We have many nice Grand Lake MLS homes to show now. We can get you in a nice second home at the lake from $50,000 to the sky is the limit. Most waterfront homes will start around $300,000 and go up but there are some nice condo shared waterfront properties much cheaper. We know the Grand Lake area and the Grand Lake MLS listings. We would appreciate the opportunity to assist you in finding the just right lake home for your needs and desires. Call Aaron Hughes at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe Neill at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net. We are the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake and hope to hear from you soon.

The stats for 2009 are in and once again RE/MAX Grand Lake is the leader in the Grand Lake Market in sales. RE/MAX Grand Lake had 31,010,085 dollars in sales. The next closest office sold 23,511,644 dollars in sales. Average sales per agent were higher at RE/MAX Grand Lake also. The average was 2.4 million per agent with the next closest office average at 1.67 million dollars. Other office averages were 1.45 million, 1.33 million, 1.38 million, 1.05 million, .99 million and .715 million per agent.

When you are thinking of buying or selling why not use the most professional people available. The RE/MAX way of doing business in which agents pay office rent and expenses in return for a larger share of the commission pie brings the truly professional, full time, and most knowledgeable agents to the RE/MAX office.

If you are selling you certainly want the one selling your home to be dedicated to the job and the most professional at what he or she does. You want results. In a slower market we have all faced, it takes the knowledge and professional edge to get your property sold. It is not about who your nephew’s friend selling real estate is or your cousin selling on the side while working at another job fulltime. You want the professional fulltime realtor, a RE/MAX realtor.

If you are buying, you also want someone who devotes his or her working hours fulltime to assist you in finding just the right property to fit your needs and desires. It isn’t throwing darts to find your place, it takes knowledge and hard work to find just the right place.

We hope you will consider all the above when buying or selling in the Grove, OK and Grand Lake area. For twice the fulltime service call the Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake–Aaron Hughes and Joe Neill. Aaron and Joe work with retirees wanting a fulltime lake home, second home buyers wanting a weekend waterfront home, or someone nearing retirement who wants a weekend home on the golf course with a boat slip to be ready in 2-5 years to be a fulltime Grand Laker enjoying the lake and golf lifestyle. Aaron and Joe know the entire lake area, the Grand Lake MLS listings, and know how to find that extra special place for you when buying or how to go the extra miles to get your place sold when that is the goal.

Contact Aaron at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or for Joe call 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net We hope to hear from you soon.

Today, January 7, 2010 will find most everyone in the United States in the deep freeze. About all you can do in the cold temps most have is hunker down. But wait, you can get through this mess by thinking spring and summer fun on Grand Lake. Now is the time to be exploring Grand Lake on the internet. You will find deals on boats, sea-doos, lodging, and Grand Lake homes. Homes is our game, and now is truly the time to be searching on the internet for that special waterfront home on Grand Lake or perhaps a golf course home at The Coves or Patricia Island Estates. You can have fun year round at Grand Lake. Take the time now to search the market for homes you can afford. Call your favorite realtor for help in planning your visit to see homes on Grand Lake. We hope you will call Aaron Hughes and Joe Neill, The Grand Lake Team at RE/MAX Grand Lake in Grove, OK. We know the MLS listings, the area from Grove to the Dam and back around. We can help you find just the right place for your needs and desires. There will be no high pressure but a search just like we were looking for our own home. We know this is a big ticket purchase and you want to do it right.

Interest rates are low, prices are soft, selection is good–why wait?  Enjoy the cold days this week and next exploring the Grand Lake MLS and thinking Spring and Summer Fun on Grand Lake. It will make winter disappear quicker, you will enjoy the search, and when it thaws out you will know the places you want to see with your realtor (hopefully Aaron and Joe). You will find the Grand Lake MLS Search button at the top of this page. Also our own listings under the favorites button. Enjoy looking and give us a call to see any home on the MLS.

Call Aaron at 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or Joe at 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net WE look forward to hearing from you.

Many recent indicators would make one think that now could be the time to buy a retirement home on Grand Lake or Grove, OK, a popular retirement area in NE Oklahoma. On December 29, 2009 the Case Shiller home report showed the national home price in the index up slightly for the month of October. The report showed national prices still a little over 7% lower than October of 2008. The low price in the index came last May and is up 3.4% from that low nation wide. Nation wide home prices are still 30% below the peak in 2006 but we all know much of this damage was in Califorinia, Nevada, and Florida were prices since 2004 had skyrocketed often up 30% or more in one year. Looking back, anyone who has looked at any market would have to know housing prices could not sustain this kind of runup in pricing in one year.

The Grove, OK/Grand Lake area has seen steady but slow price increases over past years and been flat since late 2006. Since the prices did not skyrocket up they will not go down drasticly either. With national home prices starting to recover and our national ecomony upticking slowly we look for 2010 to see modest growth in home sales in the Grand Lake area and Grove, OK the largest city on the lake.

Another reason to think buying now if you will be financing your home is interest rates. Nearly all economist seem to agree that interest rates will go up in 2010 and home loan rates could very easily go from 5% now to 6%+ during 2010.

My last reason is timing historically to get a best buy and that time in lake country is winter. You will always find a better deal during the off season.

Bottom line if you are thinking retirement, I would not put off buying that home whether it be a golf course home at Patricia Island Estates or The Coves or a waterfront home in one of the many fine areas around the lake or a residential home in Grove close to the new 58 million dollar hospital and post office in the Littlegate Addition. There are many great choices for that retirement home with prices starting just under $100,000 and going up.

The Grand Lake Team of Aaron Hughes and Joe Neill at RE/MAX Grand Lake would appreciate the opportunity to be your realtor whether looking for a retirement home or second home at the lake. For Aaron call 918 801-5645 or aaronhughes@remax.net or for Joe call 918 640-3300 or jneill@remax.net We know the area and can make your search more inclusive, less stressful, and fun. We hope to hear from you soon.