Some of my savvy clients recently asked me to examine the latest market activity for condos/villas at the Mauna Kea Beach Resort. There are really only 4 condo/villa communities in Mauna Kea. Oldest to youngest are: The Villas and Kumulani with Wai’ula’ula and Kauna’oa, both built in 2006. Asking $895,000, (MLS# 245288) the most expensive Kumulani unit [...]
This Villages at Mauna Lani unit (MLS# 244710) got an offer after only 3 days on the market and sold for cash 36 days after being listed. This is the largest floor plan, a Maile, and it sold for $875,000. The median sales price for these units over the past year is $809,500. There are [...]
Rafal and Alicja live in the UK and have been coming to Hawaii for 7 years with the dream of someday owning a vacation home in a climate where they can actually train year-round for all of the triathlons they enter around the world. We went to dinner on Thursday and talked about their current “bike room,” [...]
The Broker’s Open last month apparently did not do the trick, so last week there was a $1 million price reduction on “Hale Ohi’a,” the second-most expensive home currently listed in the Mauna Lani Resort’s exclusive 49 Black Sand Beach community. 49 Black Sand Beach 27 (MLS# 241096) has a dramatic entrance and a dramatic [...]
Looking for a great resort deal? Be ready to pounce, deals are going quickly! We recently posted a blog about the surprisingly low inventory at the resorts. Here is some further anecdotal evidence in just the past week from the Mauna Lani Resort. We showed unit M23 last Friday, which had just gone on the [...]
The Mauna Lani Point condos finally have a one bedroom unit in escrow after a very long dry spell. Only two sales have been recorded in The Point since 1/1/2010! This condo complex is one of the two oceanfront condo developments in the Mauna Lani Resort. It was built just a year after the Terraces at [...]
Two recent sales of the same Golf Villas unit in March went for $615,000 and $595,000. So, listed at $579,000, this unit is a good buy. There are seven similar units on the market in Golf Villas and this is the lowest priced. This is a large condo at 1,830 sq. ft., and can easily sleep [...]
I was just at the Mauna Kea for a tennis lesson and decided to enjoy the moment, and take in the beauty of the beach at Kauna’oa. Happy vacationers at the Hau Tree restaurant’s bar at Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Since one of the pleasures of living is Hawaii is being able to eat/drink in [...]
Villages At Mauna Lani—only 3 active listings          Waikoloa Colon Villas—only 2 active listings We were compiling some stats on resort area sales and found some surprising numbers. The chart below shows some of the major condo complexes in the Waikoloa Beach Resort, the Mauna Lani Resort, and one in Kona. We’re comparing sales for the [...]
As I work and live in the Mauna Lani Resort, I am frequently asked by buyers and clients both to find them a condo in their favorite complex, or neighborhood at last years prices! Hmmm, if I only had a crystal ball. I do not know what next year’s prices will be either, by the [...]
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