Keahi Pelayo's (honolulurealtoranimal) Blog

November 25th, 2008 categories: Distressed Properties, Views of Honolulu Black Point is at the foot of Diamond Head and is considered one of Honolulu’s upscale neighborhoods.  This 5 bedroom 4 1/2 bathroom home is 4,688 square feet under roof and sits on 14,400 square feet of land. It has an air ...

November 21st, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 We are less than a week away from Thanksgiving and here are a few things you can expect the market to do between now and Christmas. 1.  Fewer buyers will be in the market and the sheer numbers of showing will drop. 2.  Though there are fewe...

November 21st, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 We are less than a week away from Thanksgiving and here are a few things you can expect the market to do between now and Christmas. 1.  Fewer buyers will be in the market and the sheer numbers of showing will drop. 2.  Though there are fewe...

November 20th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs Yesterday’s WSJ had some interesting thoughts on the state of Hawaii’s tourism business. “High fuel prices earlier in the year, the bankruptcy filings of Aloha Airgroup Inc. and ATA Airlines Inc., which previously served the ...

 November 19th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Hard to believe but it is true, Castle & Cooke just closed the sale of its last unit in Mililani. “Mililani, the state’s first fee-simple, master-planned community, has come to completion after four decades. CLICK HERE TO READ THE POST.

November 18th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs With all of the upheaval in the financial markets, it is very easy to get sucked down a funnel of negativity. In fact, I believe many people are so far down this vortex that there is no light at the end of the tunnel for them.  This is based on the am...

November 17th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Great news!  The government has set up the Electronic System for Travel Authorization and this will allow Koreans to vacation in Honolulu and the rest of the U.S. with having to obtain a VISA. CLICK HERE TO READ THE POST.

November 14th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Malama Place in Manoa has some of the best examples of vintage homes on the island.  It is a street with no outlet and there are many homes that are worth seeing.  Today’s picture is of one of them. CLICK HERE TO READ THE POST.

November 13th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs Hawaii Kai is generally considered one of the better Neighborhoods in Honolulu. I am in the process of helping a client move from Hawaii Kai into town (within 2 miles of Diamond Head).  They made their move over this past wee...

November 12th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 After 25 years of valuing real estate, it is clear that there are a number of factors that are not an issue in the value of a piece of property or condo.  They apply universally to Honolulu or any other location in the world.  Here are the ...