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2008 

Aloha, Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all. I hope that all of you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving day filled with great food, good fun but most importantly - friends and family. It was fairly quiet on the real estate scene as you'll see from the update which follows: Copyright 11/30/2008 by Hawai...
11/30/2008
Aloha, This has been a relatively quiet week, which is common for this time of the year, as our thoughts turn to family and friends in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Just one new listing, one sale and several good price reductions. Here is your update for last week: Copyright 11/23/2008 by Hawaii ...
11/24/2008
Aloha, This has been a relatively quiet week, which is common for this time of the year, as our thoughts turn to family and friends in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Just one new listing, one sale and several good price reductions. Here is your update for last week: Copyright 11/23/2008 by Hawaii...
11/23/2008
Aloha, This has been a relatively quiet week, which is common for this time of the year, as our thoughts turn to family and friends in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Just one new listing, one sale and several good price reductions. Here is your update for last week: Copyright 11/23/2008 by Hawaii ...
11/23/2008
Aloha, Throughout my real estate career one of my main mantras has been "Use a local lender." They know the lay of the land, they understand our Hawaiian terminology, basically - they know what they're lending on. I've seen too many buyers go with a mainland lender who assured them they they coul...
11/19/2008
Aloha, Winter most definitely showed its face yesterday in the form of a huge afternoon downpour that lasted off and on into the evening. I was at the stable riding, and had just gotten off my horse when the rain started. By the time I left there, I was soaked through and through and there were s...
11/16/2008
Aloha, If you have ever enjoyed or wish you had enjoyed a carriage ride at Kilohana Plantation, your opportunity to have this experience ends on December 1st. Per the November 9th Garden Island Newspaper, "On December 1st, the horse-drawn livery service will give rides to its last few customers a...
11/11/2008
Aloha, Welcome to this week's update. Once again I must say that there are MANY good buys available now and I just received news from one of my lenders that conforming loan limits will go up in 2009 from $625,500 to $713,000. Now that's something to be excited and happy about. Here is your update...
11/10/2008
Aloha, October statistics show an overall 19.30% decrease in the number of sales comparing Oct 07 to Oct 08. This Oct there were 46 sales Island wide compared to 57 in Oct 07. As a point of comparison, in Oct 03 there were 142 sales with 137 in Oct 04. Oct 05 had 162 and in 06 there were 92 sales...
11/08/2008
Aloha, Hope everyone enjoyed a Happy Halloween and that you and your kids are not bouncing off the walls from a sugar overload. As for the market, it is STILL a good time to buy. Why do I say this now? Because buyers seem to be circling the wagons around potential purchases without ever really do...
11/03/2008