Kolea

Kohala Coast Condo Market – Bidding Wars Not Just at Lower End

We’ve written repeatedly about shrinking inventory and the start of rising prices in the Kohala Coast condo market. We’ve warned that foreclosure (REO) and short sale properties have become rare, prompting bidding wars. I’ve been telling clients as they contact us in advance of their winter and spring visits that they need to consider sight-unseen offers, [...]

Kohala Real Estate Foreclosure Auction – Next Steps

The town (Hawi) is still buzzing with questions about last week’s foreclosure auction of the roughly 7,000 acres owned by Kohala Preserve Conservation Trust. Because the land in question includes some of the most culturally and recreationally important shoreline property in North Kohala at Mahukona, along with mauka lands important for grazing, watershed, and the Kohala [...]