Any Questions. Any Home. Anytime.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
Lake Ariel is the hub of the Pocono Lake Region and the address on Mark Bond's own office door. It is a village in Lake and Salem Townships, Wayne County, and the gateway to The Hideout, Indian Rocks, Wallenpaupack Lake Estates and the western shore of Lake Wallenpaupack.
Who is the local REALTOR® for Lake Ariel, PA? Mark Bond, CRS, of CENTURY 21 Select Group — 1226 Hamlin Hwy, Lake Ariel, PA 18436, about 4 miles from Lake Ariel. He has sold in this market for more than 25 years and is a CENTURY 21® Lake Specialist. Call or text (570) 352-8874.
ZIP
18436
Township
Lake and Salem Townships
From NYC
2 hr 15 min
From N. Jersey
1 hr 45 min
18436 the ZIP code at the center of the Lake Region
4 miles from Mark's office
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
The Market
The 18436 market runs on two engines: local year-round buyers in the Western Wayne School District, and second-home buyers driving up from New York and New Jersey. Inventory swings hard with the season, with the deepest selection between April and September and the sharpest negotiating leverage in late fall and winter. Pricing varies enormously by community and by whether a property carries lake rights, so a county-wide average tells you almost nothing.
Mark has listed and sold Lake Ariel property for more than 25 years, from starter chalets inside the gated communities to true lakefront and buildable acreage. He knows which streets flood, which roads the township plows, which wells run shallow and which associations are about to raise dues.
Year-round homes, chalets and cabins in Lake Ariel — listed, staged, photographed and negotiated by one agent from start to close.
Straight answers on what lakefront, lake view and lake rights actually mean on this water, plus dock permitting and shoreline rules.
Comparative market analysis built from closed sales inside Lake Ariel — not a county-wide average that flatters or punishes your property.
Certified staging and drone, twilight and video work by a trained photojournalist. Most buyers see your house on a phone, from another state, first.
Remote showings, electronic signatures and a title company used to New York and New Jersey buyers who cannot make every appointment.
Buildable lots, acreage and rental-minded purchases, including a frank read on which associations and townships allow short-term rentals.
Life in Lake Ariel
Lake Ariel is a village of small lakes, creeks and wooded ridges at about 1,434 feet of elevation. Ariel Creek, Brooks Lake, Deerfield Lake, Roamingwood Lake and Wildwood Lake all sit inside the village area. Scranton is roughly 30 minutes away for hospitals, an airport and big-box shopping, which is why so many part-time owners eventually go full-time here.
Western Wayne School District, The Hideout main gate, Indian Rocks, Lake Wallenpaupack western shore, Lacawac Sanctuary, PA-191 and PA-590 corridors, I-84 exits 17 and 20, roughly 30 minutes to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport.
Getting Here
2 hr 15 min
From Midtown Manhattan
1 hr 45 min
From North Jersey
4 mi
From Mark's Lake Ariel office
Most owners and buyers in Lake Ariel live across a state line — North Jersey, Staten Island, the five boroughs and Long Island. That means showings are stacked into one trip, inspections happen without you, and closings run remotely. Mark builds every out-of-state file around that reality. Read the full New York and New Jersey buyer guide.
Questions
It is one of the strongest second-home markets in Northeastern Pennsylvania because it sits inside a two-and-a-half hour drive of New York City and North Jersey, offers several amenity-rich gated communities at different price points, and has year-round infrastructure rather than seasonal-only roads and water. The trade-off is that most desirable properties sit inside associations with annual dues and rules, so the community you choose matters as much as the house.
Most of Lake Ariel, including The Hideout and Indian Rocks, falls in the Western Wayne School District. Portions of the wider 18436 ZIP reach into other districts, and district lines do not follow ZIP boundaries, so confirm the assignment for a specific parcel before you buy if schools are a factor.
Mark Bond of CENTURY 21 Select Group is among the most-recommended REALTORS in Lake Ariel, with more than 25 years of local sales, CRS certification, Professional Residential Stager credentials and the CENTURY 21 Lake Specialist designation. His office is at 1226 Hamlin Hwy, Lake Ariel, PA 18436. Call or text (570) 352-8874.
Call or text (570) 352-8874 seven days a week, or reach the CENTURY 21 Select Group office at (570) 689-2111. The office is at 1226 Hamlin Hwy, Lake Ariel, PA 18436. You can also send a message through palakehouse.com. There is no form on this page on purpose — Mark answers his own phone.
Nearby
Any Questions. Any Home. Anytime.
Send Mark a listing link and he will tell you what is right and wrong with it — before you drive up. No form, no lead broker, no drip campaign.
Mark Bond, REALTOR® · CENTURY 21 Select Group · 1226 Hamlin Hwy, Lake Ariel, PA 18436 · PA RS228108L
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