My associate and friend, Judy Shiroma, and I decided to participate in this year’s 2011 Kauai Housing Fair. The fair is free and is held every other year. This year, there were six informational workshops, 25 exhibits, and an open house tour of the Kamamalu at Kaua’i Lagoons development in Lihue. Darian Ponce, R(S) and [...]
In his presentations around the state to various local Realtor Boards and Associations last fall, local economist Paul Brewbaker educated us about the concept of “airlift” and how critically important the number of airplane seats per week that land at our airports, especially on the neighbor islands, is to our local economy. Many people don’t [...]
This custom Lihue home awaits you! Have you ever thought about moving to Kauai and finding a “home that was built with you in mind?” Well, if you or a family member needs a home that is wheelchair accessible, wait until you hear about this house! This single-level 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home sits on the corner [...]
Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) – Bank approved listings are getting ready for market. When the Treasury Department rolled out their HAFA plan, part of their Making Homes Affordable Program, agents like myself had guarded optimism about HAFA expediting the short sale process. Well, it hasn’t quite played out like that. My first HAFA listing [...]
Kauai foreclosure update for the first 9 days of November. Well, the weather is FINALLY cooling off on the island of Kauai. The trade winds are blowing, and the summer may finally be behind us. The distressed property market slowed just a little bit during the first nine days of November. Of the 115 foreclosure [...]
Whatever your price range, there’s a REO for you. Kauai’s REO inventory offers homes in multiple price ranges, although the majority of the bank-owned properties are in a more modest price range. When the banks foreclose, the banks have already done an appraisal and are pretty clear on the value of the home. REO listings [...]
While we have a few new REO listings and there are 16 Kauai REO properties in escrow, we continue to see an increase in short sales. Once the major lenders launch their participation in the HAFA program, we will continue to see more short sale opportunities and hopefully the time frame from writing an offer [...]
The last two weeks have seen a lot of auctions for Kauai foreclosures postponed on the courthouse steps. View all Kauai Foreclosures → Here are the latest list of Kauai Short Sales and Kauai foreclosures for the last two weeks. Sub $100K Kauai condo without kitchen. 1) Listed at $75,000, Unit 126 (MLS# 232544) at [...]
Time is running out for the extended first-time homebuyer’s tax credit. Join the experts from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Title Guaranty Escrow, Hawaii Life Real Estate, and 101 Financial who are co-sponsoring four free first-time home buyer seminars on March 22, 24th and 26th and the following week on April 1st. Register online Sometimes when [...]
The latest two weeks of new listings on Kauai feature something old and something new. View all Kauai Foreclosures My new listing of 10.8 acres on Kuamoo Rd. offer a superb opportunity for a developer. Zoned R-2, 2 homes to an acre, this is an opportunity for a smaller subdivision or CPR. Let me know [...]
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 [...]
A commercial dairy on Kauai to produce manure and County-subsidized farm-grade compost – these were a couple of the ideas thrown about in Kilauea at the first meeting of the Kauai chapter of the Hawaii Farmers Union. The Hawaii Island chapter has been active for several years, and there are now chapters on Oahu, Maui [...]
Of the 33 new listings this week on the island of Kauai, 8 of the properties are distressed properties. By that I mean that either they are a “short sale”, are an REO (bank-owned) or the owner has missed several payments on the property. In some cases a property may require a Distressed Property Addendum [...]
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