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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Sold on Kauai Realty - RB-18142

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2010 

Aloha, Ok, so it's not a sizzling hot summer - but that's not due to lack of good inventory. A large part of it may be difficulty in obtaining a loan. Whatever normal roadblocks there used to be, you can now multiply that by 5 or 10 and plan on extending your closing while you're at it. Getting a...
06/27/2010
Aloha, I love to read headlines and then to interpret what is actually being said. For example, in the June 7th Honolulu edition of the Pacific Business News the headline read "Kauai home, condo sales soar in May, prices aren't following suit." Wow, I said to myself, did I miss something? Since I...
06/20/2010
Aloha, Seems the bank REO's and short sales are finally finding buyers both in condos and homes. Take a look at this week's update: NEW LISTINGS235814 MTF,RES SA CF A 1 4-5-3-6-22-1 $1,495,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #1 18.00 ac 2,843 #1 3/3.01235875 RES SA CF A 1 4-5-3-6-22-56 $1,395,000 Kaiulan...
06/14/2010
Aloha, It was a relatively quiet week with what seemed to be an absence of buyers. To some degree, it can be attributed to the beautiful weather, as most people prefer to enjoy the sun and beach as opposed to looking at real estate. I'm not saying that a hard core buyer wouldn't be out on a sunny...
06/06/2010
Aloha, May 2010 brought with it a 46% increase over the number of sales in May of 09, going from 37 to 54 transactions. Of these sales, 27 were residential, 7 land, 2 commercial and 18 were condo sales. Year to date we are still ahead of 09, with 272 sales so far this year compared to 170 as of t...
06/04/2010