December 18, Saturday, 5:30-8 PM, the annual "Festival of Lights" Christmas Boat Parade will be held for the 14th year, hosted by the Hawaii Kai Marina Community Assn. There is plenty of free parking and entertainment. Thousands of people from all around the island gather to watch brilliantly-
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11/30/2010
The StarAdvertiser.com has published an excellent series on the "Graying of the Hawaii." If you have elder loved ones here or are thinking of retiring in the Islands, you will appreciate their in-depth reporting. Links to each article are listed below, with highlights.1. Graying of Hawaii: (Mi
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11/20/2010
Recently I finished work on a new web site for folks looking for information on Honolulu real estate, http://barbaraabe.gmragent.com/ (I hope you take a look). While researching photos and trying to condense the information into a "brief introduction" on the major city of Oahu, I was impressed,
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11/13/2010
My last blog was on the positive real estate trends in Hawaii Kai, and I'm pleased to post equally good signs for Oahu. Oahu Single Family - October2010 - 241 sales; median sales price $595,750; median days on market 35; inventory at month end 1,4722009 - 290 sales; median sales price $604,500; m
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11/09/2010
The Hawaii Kai real estate market is gradually, and slowly, improving. Single Family Homes20 single family homes sold in Hawaii Kai in October. They ranged from $540,000 for a 4/2 on 12,265 SF of land, 1,384 SF interior, home in Mariners Valley, to $1,650,000 for a spectacular view home in NaP
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11/05/2010
