Keahi Pelayo's (honolulurealtoranimal) Blog

November 30th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Many Honolulu Realtors, sellers and buyers take most or part of the month of December off from actively working in the real estate market.  I have always thought that this is a mistake.  December can be a very good month for both buyers and...

November 23rd, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Until I read a recent article in the Honolulu Star Bulletin, I would have told you that crime in Honolulu is higher than it used to be (not that it was bad).  This may be because murder, mayhem, child abduction and their ilk are splashed ac...

November 20th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs The Honolulu Advertiser headline reads, “Foreclosure in Isles 10th worst in nation” and its first paragraph articulates the following. “Slightly fewer home foreclosure cases in Hawai’i were begun in the third quarter compared...

November 19th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 I could have told you this, but BusinessWeek did the work to confirm it (as reported in Pacific Business News). CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST.

November 18th, 2009 categories: Rants & Riffs During my daily work out I was thinking about things that I believe and then I thought this might make an interesting blog post.  If anything it will be cathartic for me, anyway, here goes. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST

November 17th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Sometimes an article about real estate comes out and it is good just the way it is.  Today’s Wall Street Journal had an excellent article in a question and answer format.  Much of it applies to Honolulu real estate and it is well worth the ...

November 16th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs Because I am a Honolulu Realtor, I am happy about the extension of the tax credits for purchasing a Honolulu home as your personal residence. As a citizen of the United States, I am concerned that we could be sending part of ...

November 12th, 2009 categories: Rants & Riffs During this recession, it has seemed that Honolulu has not be hit as hard as other areas.  A Pacific Business News article confirms many things I had been assuming. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST.

November 10th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Gentry Development, Alexander and Baldwin and Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE) have just pulled the plug on developing 12,000 housing units in Waiawa (West Oahu). “Local developer Gentry Cos. lost its rights to develop Waiawa Ridge, ...

November 9th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Vintage Homes The Honolulu Advertiser is reporting that hotel occupancy rates have improved. “After 18 consecutive months of declines in the numbers of visitors staying in Hawaii hotels, September brought a small gain in hotel occupancy — up 1.6 percentage ...