Million-Dollar Lake Homes in Montana and Idaho Sell For Double What They Did Two Years Ago [View all]

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A private island on Flathead Lake in western Montana is coming on the market for $72 million.

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Spanning around 350 acres, Cromwell Island contains an unfinished villa measuring approximately 45,000 square feet. The property also has a roughly 5,000-square-foot guesthouse. https://on.wsj.com/3LrlvW9

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The island is on Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. Spanning roughly 200 square miles, the lake has about 185 miles of shoreline dotted with log cabins as well as larger homes that sell for millions of dollars. https://on.wsj.com/3LrlvW9

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REAL ESTATE | HOMES

Million-Dollar Lake Homes in Montana and Idaho Sell For Double What They Did Two Years Ago

Demand is high for luxury homes in northwestern lake regions, which have experienced an influx of buyers from ‘everywhere around the world’

By Amy Gamerman | Photographs by Rebecca Stumpf for The Wall Street Journal

Apr. 28, 2022 12:00 pm ET

This week, The Wall Street Journal’s Mansion section is rolling out stories from our special waterfront issue. Be sure to check out this one on homeowners trading beaches for lagoons, why you should consider getting a special inspection for your waterfront home and more.

Jordana Woodland, an entrepreneur and designer, spent more than a decade jetting between Los Angeles, where she owned a sprawling boutique on La Cienega Boulevard, and her Montana vacation home near Whitefish Lake, a glacial lake wedged between two mountain ranges. The two places were a study in contrasts: West Hollywood glitz versus Western rustic, with “deers popping out of walls and wood-everything,” Ms. Woodland recalled.

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