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2008 

Aloha, And welcome to your weekly update. The news this week, according to the October 25th Garden Island Newspaper is that Kukui'ula is laying off 20 to 24 full-time employees, which is about 25% of its staff, "due to increasingly difficult market conditions." Kukui'ula is the largest project un...
10/26/2008
Aloha Welcome to another fact filled weekly update. I'm a little late getting this one out but all the info is here for you. Let's get started: Copyright 10/19/2008 by Hawaii Information Service NEW LISTINGS216836 T A 7 4-5-3-11-1-30 FS $770,000 Villas On The Prince #30 1,767 #30 3/3216775 T A 1 ...
10/21/2008
What seller would deliberately sell for less when they could sell for more? Sounds like a silly question, right? Well, I believe in today's market it happens more often than we know. I recently took note of a closing on the MLS. What caught my attention about this closing is that the seller sold ...
10/13/2008
Aloha, It's that time of the week AGAIN. Time for your weekly update. Maybe this week seems shorter because I was on Oahu Tues through Thursday afternoon. As expected, there were no crowds at the restaurants, the movie theatre or at Ala Moana Shopping Center. Hopefully, as we get closer in to the...
10/13/2008
Aloha, Comparing September last year to this year, there has been an overall 35% decrease Island wide in the number of sales, which translates into 23 fewer sales this past month. Comparing year to date last year to this year, Island wide, the decrease is 36% or 274 fewer sales so far this year. ...
10/10/2008
Aloha, It was another quiet, although very beautiful week. I took advantage of the good weather yesterday and hiked into Hanakapi'ai Beach and then continued back to Hanakapi'ai Falls. I don't recommend the additional 2 miles back to the falls for the casual hiker but if you love a challenge and...
10/05/2008
Aloha, It's not often that I get the chance to really play "tourist" (something I really like to do, by the way...) but this last Saturday was an exception. I'd recently won a guided tour up the Wailua River to "Secret Falls" at the Kilauea School's Fundraiser Silent Auction, donated by Wailua Ri...
10/01/2008