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2010 

A Picture Story (after all -one picture is worth 1000 words....) Aloha Elaine Elaine Schaefer (R, CRS, GRI, ABR, SFR)Broker in Charge - Princeville Resort OfficeCertified Residential SpecialistGraduate, Realtor's InstituteAccredited Buyer's RepresentativeShort Sale and Foreclosure Resource Certif...
07/27/2010
Aloha, The weather has been stellar, the winds warm with beautiful blue skies and white puffy clouds, but the real estate - not quite so good. Here were are almost into August and it's pretty quiet in most parts of town. Now, don't get me wrong - the buys out there are nothing short of phenomenal...
07/25/2010
Aloha, I don't know how many of you were on Island and saw that the space station was readily visible over the weekend - I managed to see it precisely at 8:27 PM on Friday as was predicted. It's supposed to be visible again Sunday night at 7:44PM in a N to NW direction. It's alternating between s...
07/18/2010
June 2010 Kauai Hawaii Market Statistics Aloha, We have yet another increase this month over June of 09 with 43 sales in 09 compared to 72 for June 10 which represents a 67% increase. Year to date for 09 we were at 213 sales with 344 showing for year to date 10. This is another healthy 61% increa...
07/12/2010
Aloha, It's been another somewhat quiet week - although a very beautiful sunny one. Short sales and REO's continue to dominate the market with two new condo short sales coming on the market and two going into escrow this week. Here is your update: Copyright 7/10/2010 by Hawaii Information Service...
07/11/2010
Aloha, Happy Fourth of July! I hope all of you are enjoying the same magnificent weather as we are here on Kauai. We enjoyed the fireworks at PMRF last night and tonight you can see even more at the Vidinha Stadium where the Kauai Hospice presents their annual fundraiser, "Concert in the Sky." It...
07/04/2010
Aloha, If you missed it last year, you may want to put it on your calendar for this weekend: the Pacific Missile Range Facility is hosting its Stars and Stripes Freedom Celebration on July 3rd from 5 to 10 PM. That means you can also attend the Kekaha celebrations on July 4th and / or attend the ...
07/01/2010
Aloha, As of July 1st, the Hawaii MLS is changing their rules to require that all short sales be changed to "contingent" as soon as an offer is accepted by the seller. Previously, many agents kept their listings as "active" until they had acceptance by the bank. This meant that although a propert...
06/30/2010
Aloha, As of July 1st, the Hawaii MLS is changing their rules to require that all short sales be changed to "contingent" as soon as an offer is accepted by the seller. Previously, many agents kept their listings as "active" until they had acceptance by the bank. This meant that although a propert...
06/30/2010
Aloha, As of July 1st, the Hawaii MLS is changing their rules to require that all short sales be changed to "contingent" as soon as an offer is accepted by the seller. Previously, many agents kept their listings as "active" until they had acceptance by the bank. This meant that although a propert...
06/30/2010