(Honolulu, Hawaii) Looking for an old Hawaiian classic plantation home? Look no further, here is one with a large waterfall, tropical vegetation, and peace throughout—an invitation to a lifetime of relaxation. This 3-bedroom home sits on an 11,000 sq. ft. lot (MLS# 1200254) and is nestled in a forested area and is listed for just $1.5 million. Here is a [...]
After 5 months of downward sales of homes and condos on Oahu, the market finally started to heat up in August. September remained hot as year-over-year sales were up 4% for homes and 19% for condos! That’s the good news for buyers, sellers, and Realtors alike—deals are getting done. The bad news is prices were [...]
Resales of single family homes and condos on Oahu continued April’s downward trend of fewer transactions in the marketplace. This home (MLS# 1011829) on Oahu’s Windward Coast is listed for the median price of $595,000 The bad news first: Single family home sales were down 15.3% and condo sales were down 10.3% in May. Median [...]
Alfred Preis is one of my favorite mid-century modern architects from Hawaii. This Alfred Preis Home at 17 Kepoloa Place (MLS# 1015545) was recently listed for $1,300,000 We recently completed a remodel of one of his homes in Diamond Head. Although not as famous as Vladimir Ossipoff, Alfred Preis was named one of Honolulu Magazine’s [...]
When it comes to Luxury Real Estate in Hawaii, oceanfront homes traditionally take the cake. 2500A Aha Aina Place (MLS# 1012974) tops the list, and is listed for $17,300,000 What if you don’t want to live on the water? Often times, I’ll have clients that don’t want the maintenance of living on the water, or [...]
The same ‘ole story has finally changed. After almost of year of writing articles on how our sales volume is increasing on Oahu, July was the first month where we didn’t outpace the previous year’s overall numbers. Single family home resales just barely outpaced July of 2009 by two sales, while condo sales were down from 343 [...]
The first half of 2010 on Oahu has been a “healthy” market to say the least. Last month I wrote about how more homes were selling faster at higher prices in May of 2010. June continued the trend of increased volume and less days on market, however prices were somewhat flat. Sales Volume was up 8.4% [...]
The Honolulu Board of Realtors has released statistics for February and we continue to outpace our 2009 sales figures. January was a fabulous month as we led the nation in rebounding sales. February turned out to be another strong month as there were 157 single family home sales for an increase of 21.7% over last year. Meanwhile, [...]
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