Keahi Pelayo's (honolulurealtoranimal) Blog

April 29th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Traditional wisdom says that the California real estate market is a key indicator for the Hawaii real estate market.  If this is the case, then a recent Wall Street Journal may show a coming shift in the Honolulu housing market. “California’s ...

April 28th, 2009 categories: Distressed Properties, Honolulu Real Estate 101 After selling real estate for 26 years, 17 years in Honolulu, I have noticed that there are natural cycles in the market. They go something like this.  From the beginning of January to early March, the market picks up.  ...

April 27th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 The Internet is shifting our world.  From the founding of our country, newspapers have been the major sources of information, but with a recent Audit Bureau of Circulations report their relevance to news delivery and, therefore, marketing is e...

April 23rd, 2009 categories: Distressed Properties, Honolulu Real Estate 101 RealtyTrac is reporting that Honolulu’s ranking of 150th in foreclosures in the nation is still very low.  Note, however, that our island had one of the highest increases in the number of foreclosures. CLICK HERE TO READ...

April 22nd, 2009 categories: Distressed Properties, Honolulu Real Estate 101 If you read yesterday’s post, I committed to provide my answers to the questions you should ask the Honolulu real estate brokers you may consider hiring to sell your home.  The questions and my answers follow. CLICK HERE...

April 21st, 2009 categories: Distressed Properties, Honolulu Real Estate 101 The sale of a condominium or home in Honolulu is one of the largest financial transactions a person might complete in a given year!  With this in mind, the selection of the broker to handle this sale is really important....

April 16th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs For reasons expressed in earlier blog posts, I am a mid to long-term bull on Honolulu real estate as an investment (lack of supply, never met demand, jobs, education, etc).  Until the recent financial debacle in the stock market...

April 14th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Condominiums, Honolulu Real Estate 101 One of the beauties of real estate is that you can use a few dollars to control a much larger number of dollars. For example, you buy a $300,000 FHA approved condominium and use a down payment of $9,000 (3%); you have ju...

April 13th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 It is believed that the Honolulu real estate market lags California by six months to a year.  If this is the case, then the news I have been hearing anecdotally could mean that our market could be firming sooner rather than later. My broker ne...

April 9th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Buyer beware? Not really, a recent Realtor Journal article walked through some very good guidelines Sellers and Broker/Agents should follow regarding disclosures concerning the background and condition of a home or condominium.  Below is a modi...