Waimea is known for its beautiful green hills and its peaceful rural life amidst the people, horses, cattle, lambs, and goats that roam those hills, but that peace could be shattered soon, as Coqui frogs are reported to have started to invade Waimea!
There has been a lot of sales activity in Keauhou Estates this year. Many of these were distressed properties, both short sales and foreclosures. With those deals gone, today’s buyer looking for the next deal should consider well priced cosmetic fixers. Kitchens, bathrooms, furniture, and window coverings can all be updated—views and location are forever.
While still studying plans for a major redevelopment of their ownership portion of prime acreage in Kaka’ako, the Howard Hughes Corporation continues to move forward with the completion of a previously stalled and partially finished building opposite Ward Center between Auahi St. and Queen St. New construction near the Ko'olani and other luxury condos Recently, [...]
My Hawaii Life colleagues and I have been reporting on the disappearing inventory in the Mauna Lani real estate market, which has us scrambling, even before the start of the official winter “buying season,” to find deals for our clients. We still get many inquiries asking about short sales and foreclosures, as news reports in [...]
The Kona Field System was commented on by the earliest western explorers. The Hawaiians would often plant crops, such as sugar cane and the cloth plant wauke, on the kuaīwi walls transforming them into windbreaks. Presumably the “rock mulch” retained moisture and soil and nutrients facilitating the growth of these and other crops planted on [...]
The Villages at Mauna Lani just recorded another sale on Friday the 14th, which may be one of the last (?) short sales for quite some time. I represented the buyer on Villages #608, which is a nicely positioned Maile, 2,752 sq. ft. plan with reverse living area for optimal views of the ocean (horizon), [...]
Puako One still for sale—currently one parcel, but the sellers are working with the County to divide it into three black sand beachfront building lots. Asking $5,900,000 (MLS# 244372) Puako One offers some of the most secluded beach on the Kohala Coast
Lance Armstrong is set to compete in the XTERRA Worlds triathlon in Hawaii. Live strong, Lance! Of local interest, the race has moved from its prior South Maui location to Kapalua. View the original Washington Post article here. To view the XTERRA event website click here.
This past week’s episode of Hawaii Five-O started off in the waters off Waikiki with what appeared to be a shark attack. For those that live here in Hawaii, we know there are never shark attacks in Waikiki. Waikiki has some of the most beautiful (and safe) waters in all of Hawaii. There’s no coincidence [...]
Maui home sales are up 20% on a 6% price decline. It’s no surprise condo prices and sales are down in the slowest visitor month of season (September). Here is a chart showing single family and condo sales and median prices for both Maui and Kauai county: Source: Pacific Business News
There are beautiful views from every corner of this Launiupoko charmer. Located on a corner lot, you have views of 3 islands and the ocean forever. This home (MLS# 347169) sits on more than an acre of land and has an extra 500 sq. foot building with bamboo floors, A/C, and a separate driveway. There [...]
Aloha to all of you. As we enter the fourth quarter, typically not that strong a quarter in the island sales market, we take a look at the data from our 3rd quarter of sales on the island of Kauai. The information comes to us courtesy of Hawaii Information Services. Monthly and quarterly, our MLS [...]
If ‘near the beach’ is what you are looking for in luxury Kuki’o, this is it! Located ‘front row,’ this amazing home (MLS# 243881) has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and 5,334 sq. ft. of living area—not to mention stunning ocean views!
Wailea Elua condos for sale are situated in a timeless location on Ulua Beach, Wailea. When my wife, Laura, and I first moved to Maui in 1978, we would spend every weekend swimming, snorkeling, and tossing the Frisbee on a deserted Ulua and Mokapu Beach in Wailea, Maui. A few condos had popped up in [...]
One of the best parts about living on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast is that everyone LOVES to come visit Hawaii, including winemakers! The Mauna Kea Resort is world-renown for its laid back, but utterly perfect, Hawaiian-culturally-based service. Manta, their signature restaurant (which overlooks the bay where Manta Rays are attracted to the lights at [...]
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