This beautiful Haena home (MLS# 236828) just off the beach is a bargain at only $1,175,000.
Lovely enclosed lanai.
Sagar Hallal, RA
Sagar Hallal has lived on Kauai for 13 years, and has been a Realtor Salesperson since 2000. While Sagar lives on the north shore, he has sold real estate all over Kauai, as well as on the Big Island. Sagar's clients benefit from his centered and holistic approach to life and business. Before moving to Kauai, he was a gourmet vegetarian chef for many years, working in many countries around the globe. His interests include surfing, meditation & yoga, vegetable gardening, and furthering Kauai's sustainable future.
Haena Real Estate – Short Sale on Luxury Home
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on July 30th, 2010 |
Tags: For Sale, Haena, Hawaii, Homes, Kauai, Luxury
Princeville Condo Deals – No More?
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on June 1st, 2010 |
Tags: Condos, Deals, For Sale, Foreclosures, Kauai, Mauna Kea, Princeville, Puamana, REO
As recently as 3 months ago, bargain seekers had only to scan Princeville condo listings to find a great deal.
One of the few Princeville condo deals on the market today, a Puamana REO (MLS# 234354)
Some listing prices there, impacted early in the game by short sales and REO’s, had fallen to less than 50% of their sales prices at the height of the market. Some excellent deals were had by savvy Buyers.
So where are the deals now? Good question—I had the opportunity to show Princeville condos yesterday and could only find two listings that fit my description of a “deal”. More »
Anahola Home for Sale – Rental Investment Opportunity
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on June 1st, 2010 |
Tags: Anahola, For Sale, Hawaii, Homes, Kauai, Vacation rental
Want something different?
This 4 bed /4 bath (MLS# 234738) is off the beaten track, whimsical, and charming. With a personality of its own, this home could be a great opportunity to invest in as a vacation rental.
Charming Anahola home for sale
The home is over 1,800 square feet on 10,047 square feet of land. Asking price is $475,000. More »
Kauai Farmworker Housing Bill Update
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on May 12th, 2010 |
Tags: Kauai, News
Kauai’s county council continues working to try to hammer out a farm worker housing bill. Some parties are still concerned about the potential for abuse, and so are trying to make it loop-hole free.
Here is the story from the Garden Island newspaper.
Just Sold: First Million Dollar Princeville Home in Years
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on April 22nd, 2010 |
Tags: Homes, Kauai, Luxury, News, Princeville, Sales Stats, Sellers, Sold
For the first time since 2008, a single family home in Princeville has closed for over 1 million dollars.
The sales price was 85% of the listed County assessed value.
This is significant, as there are 35 ( ! ) homes in Princeville currently listed for over 1 million dollars. We hope that the advent of this comparable sale leads some sellers to reassess their listing prices.
The Future of Small Business on Kauai
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on April 22nd, 2010 |
Tags: Kauai, Life
This morning I got a flat tire – on my own driveway! After putting on the spare, I threw the punctured tire in the trunk and started the drive to Kapaa on the rain-slicked highway – not the most fun thing on a spare “donut” tire. I live in Kilauea on the north shore, a good twenty minutes to the nearest tire shop. More »
Kauai Farming Classes To Be Held At Kauai Community College
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on February 27th, 2010 |
Tags: Education, Hanalei, Kapaa, Kauai, Kilauea, Land, Life, Lihue, Wailua
It seems so simple: put some seeds in the ground, water them, harvest the results. But anyone who’s experienced the joys and frustrations of growing a vegetable garden knows how thoroughly complex it can be. Multiply that by 10, or a hundred, and you’ve got the life of a farmer.
So, we are very thankful for people like Glen Hontz. Glen is going to be launching a 15 week Organic Gardening and Farming training program on March 4, at the Kauai Community College, meeting for 5 hours every Thursday till June. More »
Wailua Rim – Better than Oceanfront?
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on February 3rd, 2010 |
Tags: Homes, Kauai, Luxury, Wailua
Towards Waialeale
I live above the ocean. For me, it’s not so much about the view as about the sound. However, IF I DIDN’T live near the ocean, I might very well want to live on the rim of the sacred Wailua River Valley.
From the backyards of the very limited number of homes fortunate enough to be perched on the rim, the views rival any on Kauai. Not to mention the spaciousness, quietude and the feeling of peace – the Mana – that radiates from the valley. Some of these properties even have private trails that wind their way down to the rocky river.
Simple and well-designed.
Currently, there are four active listings on the rim that I like a lot:
6364 Kaahele St, a short sale listed at $549,000, is a well-designed older home.
6380 Kaahele St, a lovely newer two story home listed for $885,000.
5663 Ohelo Rd, a sprawling home that’s currently a B & B – there’s a second home on the property as well – listing for $1,100,000.
6935 Leimomi St, a gorgeous older home on almost an acre, listed at $1,188,000.
Floating with nature.
As well as the aforementioned knock-out backyard views, these homes are all 5 to 10 minutes from Wailua Beach and some of Kauai’s best shopping, and 5 to 10 minutes from some of Kauai’s best hiking.
Are these properties good values? Considering that that they would fetch maybe 3 to 4 times as much if they were on the ocean, I would say so. For those who want a front row seat for Kauai’s majesty, these are definitely worth a look. There’s a reason that the Wailua River Valley was considered the land of the Ali’i.
Sagar Hallal, RA 808-652-3237
Leased Ag Lands on Kauai
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on January 25th, 2010 |
Tags: Kauai, Land, Life
Recently I’ve been in touch with a Kauai farmer who’s renting and would like to purchase his own acreage to cultivate. A common conundrum – Kauai land is currently too expensive for him, but does he really want to uproot his family and relocate to Hawaii Island, where acreage is substantially more affordable?
Fresh greens
Which got us to thinking about leasing farmland. To encapsulate: a large percentage of privately-held land on Kauai is in the hands of several large landowners – Grove Farm, Alexander & Baldwin, Gay & Robinson, etc… Since the demise of sugar, much of these lands have been sitting fallow, save for some cattle ranching.
Many on Kauai, however, are starting to think about food security. It doesn’t make sense for an island with so much fertile land and water to still be importing so much of its food, but it also doesn’t pay – yet – to do large-scale agriculture on these lands.
So why not lease portions of this land to small farmers? It could be a win-win-win situation: the land-owners avoid selling off their land during a down market, but are able to generate cash-flow; farmers are able to ply their livelihood without mortgaging their future; the people of Kauai are blessed with more local food. (Indeed, the area around Honoka’a on Hawaii Island is a model for land use of this sort.)
South shore ag lands
It’s a nice fantasy, but in actuality this scenario on Kauai is still in its infancy – for whatever reason, there’s just not much leased land available – yet. Grove Farm has some pieces adjacent to the Isenberg Tract in Lihue that are currently leased to Pioneer Seed – there is a waiting list. The State of Hawaii is offering a couple of pieces in Hanapepe with 35 year leases.
There is good news on the horizon, however: within the next few years, Grove Farm has plans to open the Maha’ulepu Agricultural Valley, 800 acres of leased land for diversified ag mauka of Poipu (contact me if you’d like an application).
And the prospect of a Farmworker Housing Bill, depending on the form it eventually takes, could impact the situation as well – I’ll be blogging about this soon.
I’d love to hear if someone reading this post knows of any other ag land to lease on Kauai.
Saving Hawaiian Ag Land
Posted by Sagar Hallal, RA on January 5th, 2010 |
Tags: Land, Life, Maui, News
Baby Pineapples
It was great to see this bit of good news in the New Year’s Day’s edition of the Honolulu Advertiser: Hawaii execs step in to keep Maui Gold pineapple growing.
For years, we’ve seen the steady erosion of the commercial operations of those two stand-bys of Hawaiian agriculture – pineapple & sugar; so much so that, today, there’s almost none left. It’s entirely understandable – high labor and land costs make the likelihood of turning a profit increasingly difficult.
What’s interesting about this latest venture is the new owners’ strategy – to market the pineapples almost exclusively in Hawaii.
“Schenk said the new company plans to focus on the local market, selling about 90 percent of its harvest in Hawai’i. Haliimaile will supply fresh fruit to local hotels, restaurants and supermarkets while increasing its direct-to-consumer business.”
“That’s a different business strategy from that of Maui Pineapple Co., which exported some of its fruit to the West Coast where it had to compete with cheaper imports from Central America.”
We hope that this is the sign of a new trend – preserving Hawaii’s agricultural heritage and at the same time reducing Hawaii’s dependence on imported food.
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