Recent Posts Tagged With 'honolulu'

• Virtual tour of 425 South Street, Makai 901 (One Waterfront Tower)

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 04:21 in real estate, hawaii, street, sellers, south, honolulu, oahu, virtual tour, towers, makai, kakaako, mauka

  Just posted a virtual tour of 425 South Street, Makai 901… also known as One Waterfront Towers, two classic icons near the Kakaako waterfront. This is a corner 2-bedroom, 2-bath unit on the ‘01′ stack with views from Diamond Head to...

• Virtual tour of 616 Kumukahi Pl (Spinnaker Isle)

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 02:33 in real estate, sellers, clients, honolulu, hawaii kai, kumukahi spinnaker isle hawaii kai oahu

  Just posted a virtual tour of 616 Kumukahi Pl on Spinnaker Isle in Hawaii Kai. This single level Spinnaker Isle home on the marina waterfront offers a large study room, living room and dining area. The house has a large open lanai, boat dock and boat...

• Oahu home median sales drop in May

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 05:05 in sales, statistics, honolulu, 統計, ホノルル, 不動産, 価格

  According to the Hawaii Board of Realtors residential resale statistics for Oahu, median home prices dropped in the month of May. The median home price dropped from $585,000 in April, to $550,00 in May (compared to $649,000 May 2008). Condo prices fe...

• The Visitor Industry Charity Walk

  Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 04:17 in honolulu, waikiki, hawaii lifestyle, visitor industry charity walk hawaii oahu honolulu waikiki

  Woke up early Saturday morning to walk for another good cause, The Hawaii Visitor Industry Charity Walk.  This year’s walk raised $925,000 for local charities.  Some of those local charities includes: Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Club...

• Google Street View Camera Car

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 04:32 in honolulu, google map earth street view camera car honolulu hawaii oahu

  I spotted a Google Street View Camera Car (with California plates) in downtown today.  Hawaii is the only state without any street view coverage on Google Maps and Google Earth, but it looks like that’s about to change very soon. Street View a...

• Is happiness a state of mind?

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 04:34 in mortgage, foreclosures, unemployment, state, honolulu, happiest, nebraska hawaii

  According to MainStreet.com’s happiness index, Nebraska is the “happiest” state in the nation. The top ranking is a result of the following rankings… Nebraska ranked #2 overall in lowest number of foreclosures, #2 overall in l...

• Visiting a crowded Waikiki Beach

  Posted on Saturday March 21st, 2009 at 21:46 in tourism, hawaii, Surf, recession, honolulu, oahu, waikiki beach, hawaii lifestyle, ハワイ　ライフスタイル

  It’s been a while since I visited Waikiki Beach, I was a little surprised to see how crowded it was. There were thousands of people lounging on the sand, surfing, and taking the catamaran tours. If there’s a recession, there was no sign o...

• Oahu home prices fall to $555K

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 02:23 in real estate, housing, hawaii, residential, prices, honolulu, oahu, median

  February’s 160 condo sales are exactly 50% of the 320 sales of February last year. Median prices fell as well, the median price of a single family home dropped 8% to $555K compared to $599K a year ago. Condo sales dropped 11%  to $297K, co...

• 15th Annual Honolulu Festival

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 02:20 in art, china, japan, australia, philippines, Dance, taiwan, hawaii, Korea, usa, cultural, tahiti

  The 15th Annual Honolulu Festival will be held throughout Waikiki March 13 through March 15. The three day extravaganza occurs every year in March on a weekend from Friday through Sunday.  Dance performances and traditional art demonstrations are di...

• America’s Emptiest Cities

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 02:14 in real estate, Rentals, detroit, vacancies, las vegas, cities, honolulu, emptiest

  Las Vegas just edged Detroit as America’s emptiest city. Detroit was in decline for decades, Las Vegas was flourishing with new construction and economic development and hit hard by the housing collapse. Empty neighborhoods are becoming a probl...

• Sellers cash in on low interest rate

  Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 02:15 in real estate, Interest rates, sales, sellers, buyers, honolulu

  Prospective home buyers are finding that the two-point drop in interest rates over the past few months equates to more buying power, meaning it’s a good time to buy. Click here for the rest of the story....

• NFL Players want to keep the Pro Bowl in Hawaii

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 01:11 in hawaii, nfl, honolulu, pro bowl, hawaii lifestyle

  The NFL is bidding Aloha after 30 years of hosting the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.  Next year’s Pro Bowl will be in Miami, and the location after that is uncertain.  In December 2008 ESPN article, Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman is hopeful  that Honolu...

• Hawaii Home to be Featured on Style Network’s “Clean House”

  Posted on Saturday January 31st, 2009 at 03:01 in hawaii, style network, honolulu, clean house, hawaii lifestyle, aina haina

  A home in Aina Haina is up for consideration as the “messiest home in america.” The Style Networks hit show “Clean House” The house is stacked with bins of books. Toys cover the floor. The dining table has become a storage fa...

• Hawaii Realtors React to 30% Drop in Home Price Prediction

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 02:27 in real estate, statistics, prices, clients, honolulu, 統計, 不動産, オアフ島, 価格

  Hawaii Realtors weigh in on Economy.com’s prediction.  In this story by KGMB, realtors agree that a 30% drop is too drastic.  It’s predictions like these that destroys consumer confidence and creates unrealistic expectations for potenti...

• Historically low interest rates spark refinancing boom

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 02:22 in mortgage, real estate, refinance, Interest rates, sellers, statistics, opportunities, buyers, honolulu, 統計, 不動産, 住宅ローン利率

  According to Freddi Mac, the national average of interest rate last week has dropped to the lowest ever since 1971.  This historical low interest rate is sparking a big refinancing boom among homeowners trying to lower their monthly payments, shorte...

• Happy New Year!

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 02:53 in hawaii, celebration, fireworks, new year, smoke, 新年, 2009, honolulu, hawaii lifestyle, mililani, 花火, ハワイ　ライフスタイル

  We started the new year with a bang at a friend’s house where we lit the customary firecrackers at midnight (notice the illegal aerial fireworks in the background). Unfortunately, there were no tradewinds yesterday to blow away the smoke. The a...

• Lighting triggers island-wide blackout

  Posted on Saturday December 27th, 2008 at 17:32 in obama, national, honolulu, blackout, hawaii lifestyle, island-wide

  We were sitting in darkness last night as we experienced a loss of electricity. After a few minutes of stumbling around in the dark, we found a radio and discovered that the power outage was island-wide.  From our apartment, we could see the darknes...

• Countrywide to provide mortgage relief in Hawaii

  Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 01:30 in mortgage, real estate, loans, Interest rates, foreclosures, sellers, relief, buyers, clients, honolulu

  About 2,400 Hawai’i homeowners who are behind in mortgage payments or are being threatened with foreclosure may gain some help from lender Countrywide Financial Corp. and its parent company, Bank of America.  Eligible owner occupants may be el...

• Hello and welcome to my blog!

  Posted on Tuesday October 28th, 2008 at 02:28 in real estate, honolulu

  Thanks for visiting my site and checking out my blog! I’ll be writing about topics ranging from real estate to my daily experiences about life here in Hawaii. Please stop by again....