One of my favorite places to surf is at Hideaways in Princeville Resort. And every time I’m out in the water I’m staring back at the beautiful Puu Poa condominium complex…day dreaming about what it would be like to own one of these units. Not only are they beautiful, but I could check the surf [...]
Today marks the release of Hawaii Life’s first Big Island REO listing to the MLS, located in Fern Forest Vacation Estates, in the Puna District, a quiet area roughly midway between Hilo and Volcanoes National Park. Priced at $94,900, this is the lowest priced house in the neighborhood that’s worth seeing. Sited on a large [...]
Over the past week, I’ve noticed a number of new listings coming on the Oahu real estate market with Mid-Century Modern architecture, which is a passion my wife & I have had over the past few years. We’re in the process of remodeling a home designed by Alfred Preis (who designed the Arizona Memorial & [...]
Hawaii Life is announcing its recent partnership with Pattie Freeman and Hawaii Vacation Rentals at Puako Beach on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast. Pattie Freeman (aka “Puako Pattie”) has been in vacation rental management for decades on the Big Island, and manages some of the island’s finest vacation rental inventory. She has built a client-base [...]
No, the title of this blog does not refer to ghosts that may linger around older homes in Hawaii, although we apparently have some of those (and it can be a material fact under some circumstances). Ghost inventory refers to the enormous amount of property that is not actively for sale at the moment, but [...]
As winter approaches, many mainland visitors are surprised and excited to discover snow in Hawaii – on the top of Mauna Kea, one of the tallest mountains in the world. Snow isn’t the only special thing about this amazing mountain, however. Having grown up on Oahu, going up to Mauna Kea for the first time [...]
I recently heard from a lender friend of mine that very soon Fannie Mae will be rolling out stricter guidelines for underwriting. Part of me says, “well about time” and another part of me is really thinking about how this will affect Buyers? Apparently, their current guidelines are debt to income ratios of 55%. As [...]
At the very beginning of this year, we held an all day meeting of our Brokers and Agents where we named everything that we’re grateful for about living in Hawaii. That list is still very present for us today, it’s what we’re all about. It keeps us ‘real’, and it helps us to be liaisons [...]
Where Did All These Big Island Wild Turkeys Come From? The Big Island’s Wild Turkeys – if you’ve driven around the island you’ve probably seen them. If you take a drive upcountry on Saddle Road to Waiki’i Ranch, you’ll see several flocks of turkeys sharing pastures with herds of cattle. With Thanksgiving almost here, it’s [...]
Just in case any of you missed the article… Hawaii foreclosures up 134% in October Hawaii Life agents, what does this mean moving forward? Will foreclosure rates continue to grow?
“What’s going on in Princeville?”, I get asked frequently. ”Are homes selling there?” Well…..the short answer is yes, sort of. The long answer…. The key to understanding Princeville residential sales right now is to divide the market up into price points. Let’s go “under 700K”, “between 700K & 1 Mm”, and “over 1 Mm”.
Thank you to Drew Meyers of Zillow.com for allowing Hawaii Life Real Estate Services to host the carnival of real estate this week. Before getting to the top real estate posts for November 23, 2009 I have to point out that there were a lot submissions and many of them deserved to be included. For [...]
He ali‘i ka manu. A bird is a chief. If only the Pueo could speak English. Or Hawaiian. Or any language we humans can interpret. Would they have a story to talk? “Locals” long before the first Polynesians arrived in Hawaii, the short-eared Hawaiian owl, known as the Pueo, is considered sacred. It is one [...]
Kauai has been the home of one of the highest-priced luxury listings in nation for over 5 years, the famed Papaa Bay Plantation was originally listed for sale in June of 2007 for $46.5 million. Last Thursday, the estate sold for $28 million. The estate includes 147 acres of land on Kauai’s northeast shore. The [...]
Beachfront real estate on world famous Hanalei Bay is synonymous with high pricing–Right? Perhaps not… Currently, there are 5 residential beachfront properties listed for sale in Hanalei 4 of 5 properties are priced between $9,500,000 and $12,000,000. And the 5th…is it even more expensive? No, this Hanalei Beachfront home is only $2.25 million! A newsworthy [...]
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