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Zero Down Home Loans Available
USDA/Rural Housing Loans Offer 100% Financing on Hawaii Homes Many people are unaware that there is still 100% financing available. There are definitely eligibility requirements for the property and the borrower. To find out if you are eligible, this website is an excellent resource: http://www.eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility/welcomeAction.do As an example, the whole island of Kauai is considered [...]
Where Does Hawaii’s Act 48 Go This Year (2012)?
In 2011, the Hawaii Legislature passed Act 48, a lengthy bill intended to reform the foreclosure process in Hawaii. From the day the law passed, non-judicial foreclosure, the preferred methods for mainland banks to rapidly foreclosure on distressed homeowners, was killed. There have been no non-judicial foreclosures since May 5th when the law passed. When [...]
President Obama Promises Homeowners Relief to the Tune of $3,000/Year
It’s time to “…give those banks that were rescued by taxpayers a chance to repay a deficit of trust.” If you didn’t watch Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address it was powerful. By the end of the address, Obama had the majority of the Republican party giving a standing ovation—I think that says a [...]
Tomorrow’s Marketing and the Mobile Agent Today with Nobu Hata
Nobu Hata Speaks to Honolulu Realtors I had the pleasure yesterday of attending a seminar hosted by the local chapter of YPN, which is the Hawaii Association of Realtors’ Young Professional Network. The title sponsor was Old Republic and the featured speaker was Nobu Hata of Edina Realty in Minnesota. Nobu is a nationally acclaimed [...]
Big Island is Hawaii’s Most Affordable Island for Homes and Condos
The Hawaii Association of Realtors (HAR) just released a statewide recap of 2011 sales for all the Realtor boards around Hawaii. This analysis lists out average sales prices for homes and condos. The Big Island of Hawaii leads all the other islands with both the lowest priced homes at just $242,500 and condos at an average price of $225,900. [...]
Oahu Home and Condo Sales Took a Holiday in December
Resales of single family homes were down 14.5% and condo sales down 6.5% in December. Every year, we typically see a dip in volume over the Holidays. However, this year was more significant compared with December of 2010. This Waimanalo home (MLS # 1112647) is priced at December’s median price of $605,000 Meanwhile, the median [...]
Protected: Big Island ROCKS! January 2012 – DOM: 12
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Ewa Beach Iroquois Point Project Changes Direction
What looked like a promising, affordable housing conversion has slowed to a halt. Developer Mr. Peter Savio is now second in line for his greatly anticipated purchase, rehab, and release of some 1,450 homes in the Ewa Beach location. According to Pacific Business News, developer Peter Savio has rejected the counter offer restrictions for the [...]
Margaret Reynolds, R(B) Joins Hawaii Life as Broker-in-Charge, Kailua-Kona
It’s an honor and pleasure to announce Margaret Reynolds, R(B) has joined Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers on the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii as Broker-in-Charge, Kailua-Kona. When you ask anyone around “Kona Town” about Margaret Reynolds – especially REALTORS – the responses typically include something along the lines of, “I LOVE Margaret! She’s the [...]
Talk Story #34 – Waikiki Beach Sand Soon to be Replenished
Even the Maui News Now is talking about our famous Waikiki Beach getting its sand back! Yes, finally after months of wondering when this would happen, we will be avidly watching the state-of-the-art procedure of blowing in sand from the ocean these next 3 months or so. About 1,730 feet of shoreline will be restored from the [...]
Luxury Portfolio Welcomes Hawaii Life On Kauai & Maui
Hawaii Life’s Kauai and Maui offices were selected by Leading Real Estate Companies of the World as Luxury Portfolio’s exclusive teams for both of those islands. With 67 of Hawaii Life’s listings priced at or above $1M on the Luxury Portfolio site, our world-wide exposure is multiplied by thousands of times. Luxury Portfolio InternationalTM is [...]
Truth in Advertising – The Most Powerful Search in Hawaii?
One of the many reasons that I am honored and proud to lead the Big Island team for Hawaii Life is that we are committed to telling the truth about ourselves and our technology, in our advertising and to our clients and customers. In doing a bit of market research, I stumbled across some interesting information [...]
Hawaii Life: Made For TV
Would you believe that a major television network might be interested in airing a documentary about Hawaii Life? Last week, a production company from New York came to Hawaii to shoot footage of our brokers and agents in action all around the State. At first, the idea of being on television was novel and exciting. [...]
Roni Marley, R(B) Closes Historic Kauai Sale
Hawaii Life’s top-producing agent, Roni Marley, R(B), was recently acknowledged in the Wall Street Journal for representing Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in the sale of their home on Kauai’s North Shore for $20 million. There have only been 4 residential sales in Kauai’s history for $20 million or more. All of the others [...]