Mequon, WI

Mequon is the southern edge of Ozaukee County, directly north of the Milwaukee County line. The Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer puts its land area at 46.28 square miles, with another 0.67 square miles of inland water, which makes it one of the largest cities by area in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin DOR's 2025 report lists a population of 25,128.

The east side of the city is Lake Michigan. The Mequon Police Department's page says the eastern border runs about 6 miles along the lake, and Wikipedia describes that shoreline as clay bluffs 80 to 140 feet high, cut by ravines where streams reach the lake. The Milwaukee River runs north to south through the middle of the city, and I-43 runs parallel to it with exits 85, 87 and 89.

Mequon was a town until 1957, when it incorporated as a city, according to Wikipedia. That history explains the land pattern. Much of the city still reads as country, with long frontages, farm fields and wooded parcels, while the parts near Port Washington Road, the river and the village of Thiensville were built out as suburbs. Wikipedia says roughly half the land in the city is undeveloped or farmed.

One map quirk matters for buyers. The Village of Thiensville, about 1 square mile, sits entirely inside Mequon. It is a separate municipality with its own tax rate and services, though it shares the school district and the library with Mequon. Always check which one is on the tax bill. For that village, see the Thiensville guide.

The 2020-2024 Census ACS counts 10,078 housing units in Mequon. Of those, 7,298 are single-family detached homes, about 72%, and 1,360 are single-family attached, about 13%. Of the 9,444 occupied homes, 8,124 are owner-occupied, about 86%.

Mequon does not sort neatly into named neighborhoods. It sorts by landscape and by zoning, and those two together tell you most of what a property will cost and how it will run. I think of it as four broad areas.

The first is the Lake Michigan side, east of I-43 and the railroad, along Lake Shore Drive and the streets that run off it toward the bluff. This is where the city's top lakefront sales have come from. Lots here back onto the bluff, so the price is about frontage, bluff height and condition, and how a house sits against the city's bluff setback, which I cover below. Virmond Park, an Ozaukee County park at 10606 North Lake Shore Drive, is the public lake access in this stretch.

The second is the Milwaukee River corridor through the middle of the city. River frontage here means wooded banks, ravines and canoe launches at city parks such as Riverview Park and Garrison's Glen. It also means flood maps, which changed in 2024 and are covered in their own section.

The third is the west and north, which is mostly rural and large-lot. The city's zoning code describes its R-1 district as large-lot residential in a "rural service area" without public water or sewer, and this is where 2-, 2.5- and 5-acre parcels, horse properties and the 444-acre Mequon Nature Preserve on County Line Road sit. Much of the city's privacy, and much of its well-and-septic housing, is out here.

The fourth is the suburban core around Mequon Road, Cedarburg Road and Port Washington Road, close to Thiensville and the Town Center. This is where the half-acre and three-quarter-acre lots, the condominium and rowhouse projects, and most of the city sewer and water service are.

If you are searching the MLS, the subdivision names you will see are mostly small: city meeting notices mention homeowner associations such as Ashbury Woods, Hidden Reserve, Meadow Mequon, Riverlake, Range Line Valley Homes and the Courts of Ville du Parc. Each one has its own lot pattern and its own rules, so read the recorded HOA declarations and documents on any house in one.

Mequon is where Ozaukee County's top reported home sales have come from in recent years, and the public record shows two kinds of estate: Lake Michigan bluff property on the east side, and large-acreage estates inland with pools, ponds and in some cases private golf holes.

The best-documented lakefront listing is from November 2023. TMJ4 reported a $4 million listing on North Birchwood Lane: a 10,206-square-foot, four-story house built in 2003 on 7.99 acres, with 240 feet of Lake Michigan shoreline, a path down to the lake, an indoor saltwater pool and an indoor basketball court. The station said Zillow showed only about a dozen Wisconsin homes for sale at $4 million or more at the time. Within weeks, the Journal Sentinel reported an accepted offer (November 28, 2023), and the Milwaukee Business Journal headlined it in December 2023 as the most expensive Ozaukee County home sold that year. I could not read the closing price behind the paywall.

Inland, the sale record runs from about $3 million to $3.3 million. In July 2023, BizTimes reported a $3.2 million sale of a 10,118-square-foot home built in 2007 on a 5-acre lot, with an in-ground saltwater pool. In April 2023, the Business Journal reported that a Mequon home with a pool and a private golf course sold under asking at nearly $3 million, after a $3.4 million list price in February. In March 2024 it reported an estate with a saltwater pool and fishing pond sold for $3.3 million.

The 2026 numbers are higher. In March 2026 the Business Journal reported a riverfront estate listed for nearly $4 million. In May it reported that a Mequon house priced at $5.4 million drew an offer within days of listing. Then on July 6, 2026 it reported that a Mequon home sold for $4.8 million, a city residential record. The two stories read like the same house, listed at $5.4 million and closed at $4.8 million, but I only had access to the headlines and I have not confirmed it.

Here is the honest price picture. On the reported record, Mequon estates traded from about $3 million to $4.8 million between 2023 and July 2026, and $4.8 million is the city's reported high. That makes Mequon a step below the North Shore lakefront record in Fox Point and well below Geneva Lake, and roughly level with the River Hills estate market a few minutes south. Below the estate tier, the Census data in the market section shows only about 1.4% of owner-occupied Mequon homes valued at $2 million or more. I can't give you a sourced median for lakefront versus inland sales from public data, and I won't guess one.

Coming from Lake County, Illinois, the closest comparison is the bluff stretch of Lake Forest or Highland Park: the same clay bluffs and ravines on the same lake, about 70 miles north, with a very different tax bill.

Mequon's residential zoning is the reason its land looks the way it does, and it is worth reading before you fall for a parcel. Table 58-249 of the city code, rewritten in 2021 and current as of the code's April 2026 update, sets the minimum lot size for each single-family district.

The largest is R-1, the rural district, at 5 acres for an estate-lot design, with a minimum average lot width of 300 feet, a 100-foot setback from every class of road, 30-foot side offsets and maximum lot coverage of 5%. R-1B requires 2.5 acres, R-2 requires 2 acres, R-2B requires 1.5 acres and R-3 requires 1 acre. The suburban districts go down to three-quarters of an acre in R-4 and half an acre in R-5. Every district caps a house at 42 feet tall and an accessory building at 15 feet, and sets a minimum living area between 1,400 and 1,800 square feet for a single-family home depending on the district.

The code also explains the intent. R-1 is for large-lot homes "in rural areas that are not served by public water or sewerage facilities." R-1B is designed for homes that "will generally be served with private on-site waste facilities." R-2 is described as a transition between the urban and rural service areas and as appropriate for land "adjacent to rivers, streams, Lake Michigan, and other sensitive environmental areas." So the zoning on a parcel tells you more than its minimum size; it is also a strong hint about whether the house is on a well and septic.

Two other rules affect estate buyers. For R-1 sites of 25 acres or more, the city encourages conservation subdivisions, which cluster homes on lots as small as three-quarters of an acre at one home per 5 acres overall and set at least 60% of the land aside as protected open space. And short-term rentals require a city permit under section 58-422, so a lake house cannot simply be rented by the night.

Tree removal is regulated too. The city's FAQ says a city forester must inspect for specimen trees before one can be cut down, under a tree preservation ordinance the city calls strictly enforced. New homes and many exterior changes also go through the city's Architectural Board. On a wooded lot, budget time for both.

On Mequon's Lake Michigan frontage, the bluff sets the rules. Section 58-416 of the city code says that every permanent structure built after January 1, 1988 on property touching Lake Michigan, including an in-ground pool, must be set back from the top of the bluff by a distance based on a slope of 2 feet horizontal for every 1 foot vertical, measured from the toe of the bluff. In no case can a building be closer than 75 feet to the top edge of the bluff. Underground utilities must also stay at least 75 feet from the top.

The math matters. On a 100-foot bluff, a 2-to-1 line drawn from the toe reaches 200 feet inland, so the buildable line can sit well behind the 75-foot minimum, depending on where the toe is today. Older houses built before 1988 are allowed to stay where they are, but additions cannot move them closer to the edge. For any structure within 75 feet of the top, the code requires a geotechnical engineer hired by the owner to certify in a recorded report that it is structurally adequate and will not destabilize the slope, and owners must record a certification that they understand the risk of lake shore erosion.

Getting down to the water is now possible on private land. The current code permits structures to reach Lake Michigan under conditions that include a building permit, a survey showing the ordinary high-water mark, side-yard offsets that apply to every cable and anchor, and an owner's duty to maintain or remove the structure. That follows the model of the public stairway at Virmond Park. In May 2025, TMJ4 reported the Common Council was working on an ordinance to allow "floating" staircases, held up by suspension cables rather than dug into the bluff, after Ozaukee County built one at Virmond Park in 2023.

Erosion is the long-term cost. In August 2025, TMJ4 reported that Ozaukee County had begun a wetland restoration on the west side of Virmond Park to slow runoff that was eroding the ravines and bluffs near homes across the street, funded in part by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the Fund for Lake Michigan. For a bluff property, I would ask the seller for any geotechnical reports, the history of slope work and fill permits, the drainage plan for the roof and driveway water, and a survey that shows the top and toe of the bluff today.

Mequon is big enough that indexes and the census give a fair picture. Zillow's home value index put the typical Mequon home at $659,897 in August 2026, up 5.6% from $625,001 a year earlier. Zillow's top-tier index, which tracks the upper third of homes, was $1,030,847, up 6.1% over the same year. Those are estimates for all homes, sold or not, which is why they sit far below the estate sales above.

The two Mequon ZIP codes run close together. In August 2026, Zillow's typical value was $605,422 in 53092 and $680,961 in 53097. The top-tier values were $956,882 and $1,080,961.

For context, the same data put the typical home in August 2026 at $422,774 in Thiensville, $566,235 in the city of Cedarburg, $961,137 in River Hills, $552,985 in Fox Point and $569,124 in Bayside. In Lake County, Illinois, the typical Lake Forest home was $1,248,040. Mequon is the most expensive city in Ozaukee County by this measure, but it is not priced like Lake Forest.

The 2020-2024 Census ACS puts the median value of owner-occupied homes at $501,600, with a margin of error of about $30,000. Of the 8,124 owner-occupied homes, 987 were valued at $1 million or more, about 12%, and 112 at $2 million or more, about 1.4%. Owners tend to underestimate in surveys like this, and the survey lags the market, so read it as a floor. The median gross rent was $2,157.

The housing stock is newer than in the North Shore villages to the south. The biggest building decade was the 1990s, with 1,900 homes, about 19% of the total, and about 23% were built in 2000 or later. Only about 5% were built in 1939 or earlier. About 40% of homes have four or more bedrooms.

County-wide, the Journal Sentinel reported in January 2026, citing the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors, that the typical Ozaukee County home sold for $556,596 in 2025, with 1,114 sales, down 0.9% from 2024, and listings up 4.1% to 1,347. The same story listed a Milwaukee River home on West River Hollow Court in Mequon sold for $850,000 and a 5,600-square-foot home on Turnberry Drive sold for $975,000, both in January 2026.

I'm not using MLS statistics on this page. Wisconsin sold data comes through a different MLS than the Illinois one I work in. For a specific house, the comparable sales on the same side of I-43, with the same water and sewer setup and the same kind of frontage, are the only numbers worth using.

Coming from Lake County, Illinois, the tax bill is the first thing people compare, and Mequon comes in well below the Milwaukee County North Shore villages. The DOR's 2025 report, for taxes levied in 2025 and collected in 2026, shows $91,266,133 in total property tax in the city. That is a gross rate of $12.23 per $1,000 of full value, and an effective rate of $10.95 after the state school levy credit.

Mequon's assessments are close to market. The same report shows the city's assessment level at 99% of full value, so the rate printed on a Mequon bill, which is a rate on assessed value, is very close to the full-value rate. That is not true everywhere nearby. River Hills ran at 78% in 2025 and the city of Cedarburg at 80%, so their printed rates look higher than what owners effectively pay. Compare effective rates, not printed ones.

By the DOR's breakdown, about $49.7 million of Mequon's levy went to schools, $24.7 million to the city, $8.3 million to Ozaukee County, $5.5 million to the technical college and $3.0 million to other districts. Nearly all of Mequon, about 99.5% of its taxable value, is in the Mequon-Thiensville School District, whose 2025-26 rate is 6.90 per $1,000 according to the Department of Public Instruction. A sliver of about 0.5% in the far northwest is in the Cedarburg School District, at 6.25.

Here is a worked example. A $3,000,000 Mequon home at the 2025 effective rate of $10.95 per $1,000 would carry about $32,850 a year. At Ownwell's median effective rate for Lake Forest, Illinois, 1.87%, the same value would carry about $56,100. Across the county line in Fox Point, the DOR's 2025 effective rate was $20.29, about $60,870. River Hills was $20.64 and Bayside $20.16. Inside Mequon, the Village of Thiensville was $12.31. On the record $4.8 million sale, Mequon's effective rate works out to about $52,600 a year by my arithmetic.

Two state credits come off the bill. The lottery and gaming credit applies only to a Wisconsin resident's primary residence, and for 2025-26 it is figured on up to $27,000 of value, which works out to about $200 here by my arithmetic. The first dollar credit, figured on up to $9,000 of value, applies to every improved parcel. Both are small next to an estate bill.

When you sell, Wisconsin charges a real estate transfer fee of $0.30 per $100 of value, or $3 per $1,000. On a $3,000,000 sale that is $9,000; on the $4.8 million record sale it would be $14,400.

This is general information, not tax advice. Your actual bill depends on the parcel, the assessment, the school district and the credits you qualify for.

Almost all of Mequon is in the Mequon-Thiensville School District, a 4K-through-12 district that also covers Thiensville. The DOR's 2025 report puts about 99.5% of Mequon's taxable value in it. The rest, a small area in the far northwest, is in the Cedarburg School District. Wikipedia and the DOR agree on that split. Check the district on the tax bill and confirm it with the district before you write an offer near the north edge.

The school-level report cards list three elementary schools serving 4K through grade 5: Donges Bay Elementary, Oriole Lane Elementary, and Wilson Elementary. The two middle schools serve grades 6 through 8: Lake Shore Middle and Steffen Middle.

For higher education, the Milwaukee Area Technical College runs a Mequon campus, which the city's education page says offers 23 associate degree programs. School assignment within the district is by address, so confirm the elementary and middle school for a specific house with the district.

For Illinois buyers, the closest comparison is a single unit district, like a North Shore K-12, rather than the separate elementary and township high school districts of Lake County.

Utilities vary house by house in Mequon, more than in any Lake County, Illinois suburb I can think of. The city's utilities page puts it plainly: at a given property "you may receive both services, only water, only sewer or neither."

Sewer first. The city's Sewer Utility serves what it calls the Sanitary Sewer Service Area, the parts of Mequon "that are not using septic and mound systems." Outside that area, homes run on private septic or mound systems, and the zoning code writes its R-1 and R-1B rural districts around exactly that. The public system operates under Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District requirements. After basement backups in the June 2014 and April 2015 storms, the city built a tunneled relief sewer south of Mequon Road, finished in 2019 according to its East Trunk Sewer page, and it has run a program to rehabilitate private sewer laterals in several older areas to keep groundwater out of the system.

Water is separate. The Mequon Water Utility, which began service in 1998, delivers Lake Michigan water and serves Mequon, Thiensville and Bayside, but the city says "there are still quite a few properties in this area that use a private well or water trust." The utility reports no lead mains and no lead service lines. For wells, the city's FAQ says the DNR recommends an annual bacteria test.

For a Mequon house, I'd ask four questions before writing an offer: is it on city sewer or a private system, and if private, when was it last inspected and pumped; is it on city water, a well or a shared water trust; if a well, what do the latest tests show; and is a sewer or water main planned on the street, with assessments attached.

Two more city services work differently than in Illinois suburbs. Garbage and recycling are private: the FAQ says owners must contract with a licensed hauler. And fire and EMS come from the Southern Ozaukee Fire & EMS Department, formed when Mequon and Thiensville combined their departments on January 1, 2023, with 911 calls answered by the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office.

If you are looking at Milwaukee River frontage in Mequon, check the flood map first and the house second. FEMA's new flood maps for Mequon were finalized in July 2024, according to a FEMA statement quoted by TMJ4 in March 2025. The station reported that the mapped floodplain grew and dozens of properties near the river were added, which forced owners with mortgages to buy flood insurance. One owner quoted premiums from $1,300 to $3,900 a year; another said he paid $300 a month.

The city disputes the maps. Mayor Andrew Nerbun told TMJ4 that the city's own survey found the river's flow rate overstated by a factor of two, that the flood level should be about 3 feet lower, and that a change could help between 100 and 300 homes. In September 2025, TMJ4 reported that the city had not yet filed the formal Letter of Map Revision, which goes through the Wisconsin DNR before FEMA, and that owners in the floodplain also face FEMA's 50% rule, which limits how much can be spent improving a house.

The city code follows the FEMA maps. Its floodway district allows almost no new structures, and its flood fringe overlay sets construction standards, under sections 58-382 and 58-383 of the city code.

For a river property, I'd ask for the current flood zone on the effective map, any elevation certificate, any Letter of Map Amendment already granted for the lot, the flood insurance premium the seller pays, and what happened on the property in the August 2025 storms. A house can sit on a mapped floodplain lot without being in it, and that difference shows up in the insurance quote.

Mequon's open space is a big part of why its lots feel larger than they are. Wikipedia counts more than two dozen city parks and preserves, and lists the 444-acre Mequon Nature Preserve on County Line Road, run with the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, the 85-acre Highland Woods on Green Bay Road, the 75-acre Rotary Park on Highland Road and the 62-acre River Forest Nature Preserve on the Milwaukee River among them.

For Lake Michigan, the public access point is Virmond Park, a 63-acre Ozaukee County park on Lake Shore Drive. On August 18, 2023, the county opened a floating stairway from the top of the park's bluff to the beach, and FOX6 quoted the county's parks director that much of the county's lake access is blocked by tall clay bluffs. Before that, getting to the water in Mequon meant owning bluff frontage with your own way down.

The Ozaukee Interurban Trail is the other anchor. The trail's site describes a 30-mile paved trail running the length of Ozaukee County, free to use, connecting Mequon, Thiensville, Cedarburg, Grafton, Port Washington and Belgium, and linking at the south end to Milwaukee County's Oak Leaf Trail. Wikipedia puts 5.85 miles of it inside Mequon. It follows the right-of-way of an electric interurban railway that ran between Milwaukee and Sheboygan until 1951. Milwaukee Magazine (June 2026) laid out a half-day ride from the parking lot behind Mequon Town Hall north through Thiensville, Cedarburg and Grafton to the Port Washington lakefront.

A new branch opens this month. TMJ4 reported in September 2026 that a 1.45-mile spur along the north side of Highland Road, from the trail to the west entrance of Rotary Park, was set to open in mid-October, built by the Mequon-Thiensville Trails Foundation with a $1 million federal grant and more than $300,000 in donations. The trail's site also notes the city began a two-week crack-sealing project on the Mequon section on September 28, 2026.

Most new building in Mequon is near the Town Center at Mequon Road and Cedarburg Road, where the city's TC zoning allows denser housing. In November 2024, BizTimes reported that the Mequon Town Center, a mixed-use development at 5900 West Mequon Road completed in 2016, sold for $18 million, with all 36,000 square feet of its retail space leased.

Just south of it, the city approved a rowhouse project. In October 2025, GMToday reported a concept for 58 rowhouse-style homes in seven buildings plus a three-story mixed-use building on Buntrock Avenue east of Steffen Drive, at 9.6 units an acre against the 32 the Town Center district allows, with an estimated value of $18 million. In January 2026, TMJ4 reported that the Common Council had rezoned the land before the holidays. Traffic near Wilson Elementary and Steffen Middle was the main concern raised.

On the lake side, the work is roads. The city's project page describes a 2.30-mile reconstruction of Lake Shore Drive from Zedler Lane north to Mequon Road and then west to the railroad crossing east of I-43, a road last paved in 1996. The Committee of the Whole chose 4-foot paved shoulders in November 2025, with phase one planned for 2026 and phase two for 2027. If you are buying on Lake Shore Drive, expect construction traffic and check whether drainage work touches the lot.

The railroad is the other east-side detail. The city's quiet zone page says Union Pacific runs about six trains a day through Mequon, with at-grade crossings at Zedler Lane, Donges Bay Road, Mequon Road and Pioneer Road, and that a partial quiet zone was approved only at Donges Bay Road. Homes near the other crossings can still hear horns.

On the business side, BizTimes reported in January 2026 that Rockwell Automation bought its Mequon campus, which it had been leasing, for $62.5 million.

Mequon is a Milwaukee suburb first, and it is past the 90-minute mark from Vernon Hills. These are free-flow estimates from OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM), computed in October 2026 from two points: Virmond Park on the lakefront, and the geographic center of the city in the rural west. Real trips vary with traffic and season.

Downtown Milwaukee is about 14 miles and 24 minutes from the lakefront, and about 17 miles and 31 minutes from the center of the city. Milwaukee Mitchell Airport is about 21 to 24 miles, 34 to 42 minutes. Cedarburg is 16 to 18 minutes north, Port Washington 20 to 28 minutes, and River Hills 9 to 14 minutes south.

From Lake County, Illinois, the drive to Vernon Hills is about 74 to 78 miles, roughly 1 hour 34 minutes from the lake side and 1 hour 42 minutes from the west. Lake Forest is about 71 to 74 miles, 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 38 minutes. Downtown Chicago is about 101 to 105 miles, 2 hours 10 to 2 hours 18 minutes free-flow, and O'Hare about 97 to 100 miles, 2 hours 18 to 2 hours 26 minutes. The route is I-94 north through Kenosha and Racine to Milwaukee, then I-43 north to exits 85, 87 or 89.

For rail, Amtrak's Hiawatha runs between Milwaukee and Chicago Union Station. The Milwaukee Intermodal Station downtown is about 23 to 31 minutes from Mequon. The Sturtevant Hiawatha station is about 57 to 65 minutes south, and Metra's Kenosha station on the Union Pacific North line is 72 to 80 minutes, so neither beats driving to downtown Milwaukee. Locally, Wikipedia notes the Route 143 Ozaukee County Express bus runs weekdays along Port Washington Road to Milwaukee.

For comparison, Lake Geneva is about 59 to 62 miles and 1 hour 22 to 1 hour 24 minutes from Mequon. If the drive from Illinois is your deciding factor, River Hills and the Milwaukee County North Shore are a few minutes closer, and the Kenosha County lakes are much closer.

Daily errands in Mequon run along two corridors. The Town Center area at Mequon Road and Cedarburg Road has the city's main cluster of shops and restaurants; BizTimes listed Cafe Hollander and Colectivo Coffee among the Town Center tenants in 2024, and Milwaukee Magazine pointed to the Mequon Public Market and Foxtown Brewing near the trail parking lot behind Mequon Town Hall. Port Washington Road, along I-43, carries the offices, clinics and larger retail. Thiensville's small downtown on Main Street sits in between.

City hall and the Frank L. Weyenberg Library, which Mequon shares with Thiensville, are on Cedarburg Road, and the police department is on Buntrock Avenue. The Mequon Community Pool is next to the library at 11335 North Cedarburg Road, and Mequon Community Park behind the library connects to the Interurban Trail, according to the city's park list.

For a bigger town center, Cedarburg's downtown is 16 to 18 minutes north, and Port Washington's harbor and South Beach are 20 to 28 minutes up the lake. Southbound, River Hills is 9 to 14 minutes away. For neighbors, see the Cedarburg, Thiensville, River Hills, Bayside, Fox Point and Brown Deer guides.

The rural part of the city has few sidewalks. Wikipedia notes that large areas of Mequon have none, which is why the Interurban Trail and the new Highland Road spur matter for walking and biking. Expect to drive for most errands from an estate lot.

The Mequon Police Department provides police service across the city, and the Southern Ozaukee Fire & EMS Department covers fire and emergency medical calls for Mequon and Thiensville. I don't characterize the safety of any town or neighborhood. Anyone who wants the data can contact the department or look it up in the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

The 2025 effective rate of $10.95 per $1,000 is about half of River Hills' and Fox Point's and well below Lake Forest's median. Its zoning keeps most of the west side at 2 to 5 acres.

Many lots run on wells and septic. Bluff property comes with a 75-foot minimum setback, a recorded engineering certification for anything close to the edge, and long-term erosion costs. Milwaukee River lots may be in a floodplain the city itself says is mapped wrong. And Vernon Hills is more than 90 minutes away.

On price, Mequon's public record tops out at a $4.8 million sale in July 2026, so it is an estate market in the $3 million to $5 million range, below the record sales on Geneva Lake and Pine Lake.

On a Mequon lakefront house, I'd ask the seller for the bluff survey, any geotechnical reports, the sewer and water setup, and the flood zone before talking about price.