HAWAI'I LIFE
July Waiki’i Ranch Home Sales
This rustic Waiki’i Ranch home sold for $1,200,000 last month.
Deal – Mauna Lani Condo REO
 My favorite deal of the week is this astonishing gated community home (MLS# 236259) located in the lowest-priced condo in the Golf Villas, located in the prestigious Mauna Lani Resort. At $349,900, this 2 bed / 2 bath offers 1100 square feet of living space and a one-car garage. Talk about upgraded, this home’s roomy kitchen has it all; granite [...]
$7.4 Million Price Reduction on Oceanfront Puako Beach Land for Sale
It’s time to Land Bank in Puako Beach! Originally listed for $12.9M, this 6.76 acres of oceanfront land in Puako is now asking only $5.495M!! Original List Price: $12,900,000 List Price: $5,495,000 (-$7,405,000) Imagine… 6+ acres of land—oceanfront in Puako Beach, one of the Big Island’s most premier, upscale communities. There are so many possibilities [...]
Foreclosure in Kaanapali Royal Listed $181K Below Lowest Comp
Fantastic opportunity to own a huge condo for very little money. This Kaanapali Royal REO (MLS# 344541) is priced at $309,900. Located in F building ,#302, which is the top floor. The lowest sold comp here was $490,000 a few months ago. This unit is geared toward an owner occupant. The bank is only taking [...]
Kailua Kona Foreclosure – Kamani Tree’s REO
You can own this home with as little as 3% down. This contemporary 2 story home has pleasant horizon views This 3 bedroom, 2 and half bath home, with a 2 car garage (MLS# 237275) in Kamani Trees is not to be overlooked. Priced at $294,900, with a little TLC and water to the landscaping, [...]
Waikoloa Condo Sales Numbers Strong But Prices Low
With the July sales figures in for Wailkola Village condo sales there was again a strong sales number of 6 condos closed but a low average sales number of only $110,241. And again, it’s a familar line up of complexes accounting for most of the sales with Elima Lani having half of the sales with [...]
Affordable Luxury – Anini Real Estate Selling to the Highest Bidder Regardless of Price
Here’s a great property and an example of newly “affordable housing” on Kauai: 4304 Anini Vista Drive (MLS# 236531), formerly listed at $9,800,000, now selling to the highest bidder, regardless of price.
Kauaiwood… “The Cinema Isleâ€
So many major stars have been on Kauai this year, I was afraid I was gona trip over one. Stars like Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Adam Sander, Penelope Cruz & Johnny Depp. I was secretly hoping Johnny Depp would be tooling around Kauai & somehow just happen to drop in at my house. Yeah, like [...]
Wailea Condo Sales Double from 2009 Levels
I did a blog a while back about the Explosive Sales in the Makena Beach area. After reviewing the sales figures from the first half of 2010, it seems that Wailea is doing equally well. The figures that I will be using are from January 1 – June 30 of both 2009 and 2010. These figures [...]
Latest News on Kuki’o Auction
With the Auction date slated for Sept 3, 2010 the interest seems to be hot and heavy! Kuki’o Auction / No Minimum Bid Set! Kukio Home for Sale: Manini’owali Phase II Lot 30 (MLS# 235984) What will this gorgeous home go for? Well, you can bid thru the newly added extra phone lines for easy bidding [...]
Affordable Oceanfront Maui Condo – Maalaea Mermaid
A recently listed Maalaea Mermaid REO (foreclosure/bank-owned) is a great value in Maui real estate. Contact us for more information.
Hawaii House and Cottage, The Numbers Make Sense
For those of you who aren’t familiar with house and cottage it’s a common term for buying two houses together in Hawaii. I have sold allot of house and cottages. The reason I have sold so many is that the numbers work. Once you start adding up your mortgage, taxes, utilities, and other expenses, the [...]
Realtors Flock to Hawaii Life on Maui
Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point (among other books), says that “…word of mouth is something created by three very rare and special psychological types… Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen”. I think Malcolm would see a very familiar pattern playing out with Hawaii Life on Maui. In the last few months, more than 10 Realtors [...]
Deals: New REO, Price Reduced Short Sale in Kohala
Prospective buyers looking in the Hawi and Kapa’au area we call “Kohala” are often puzzled by the jump in prices from the little plantation-era cottages that today sell for $300,000 or less, to the $1 million and up range in communities like Maliu Ridge. There doesn’t seem to be much listed in the middle. That’s [...]
The Frank Lloyd Wright of Hawaii – Vladimir Ossipoff
Liljestrand House above Honolulu Most everyone who appreciates architecture knows Frank Lloyd Wright’s work, and in Hawaii, we had another great man who left his mark on our beautiful islands. Vladimir Ossipoff has been called “the master of Hawaii Modern architecture,” Â ”the dean of residential architects in Hawaii,” and “the premier postwar designer of kama’aina-style [...]