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Mineko Kawamura Hawaii Real Estate Blog
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Hawaii real estate and lifestyle blog. I'll be blogging about real estate, and my daily experiences about life in Hawaii.
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Virtual tour of 425 South Street, Makai 901 (One Waterfront Tower)
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)
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...
Virtual Tour of 1994 Ala Mahamoe Street
Check out this virtual tour of 1994 Ala Mahamoe Street. This property features 7 bedrooms and 3 baths in 2965 total square feet. More virtual tours of this property can be found on my YouTube Channel....
Virtual Tour of “The Continental” 933 Kaheka St A209
I’ll be posting virtual tours of my listings here, so you can preview them before deciding whether you want to visit them in person. My first virtual tour is “The Continental” at 933 Kaheka St. Come and take a look at this great con...
More problems for the troubled Moana Vista project
Back in 2006, people were lining up to purchase units at the Moana Vista condominium project. As the economy took a turn for the worse, people started backing out for fear that interest rates will climb before the project can be completed. Today, the...
The last honest realtor in America?
Interesting story on Nightline the other night about a realtor who is brutally honest when warning potential buyers about houses on the market, including his own listings. “I don’t know if this is a flophouse, brothel, retirement home, pr...
Hawaii foreclosures soar 503 percent in March
Hawaii’s foreclosure activity increased a staggering 503 percent in March from the same period last year according to this Star Bulletin article. However, almost half the active foreclosure filings in the state were at rentals or vacation homes...
Oahu home prices fall to $555K
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...
America’s Emptiest Cities
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
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....
Oahu home prices hit 2005 level
The median price of a single-family home in Hawaii fell to $539,500 in January, the lowest price since 2005 according to the Honolulu Board of Realtors.“The current economic conditions are causing buyers to take a ‘wait-and-see’ attitude, as ev...
December home sales hit lowest point since 1963
PBN reported that new home sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 331,000 in December. That’s down nearly 15 percent from a revised 388,000 annual rate in November. December’s total was the lowest on records dating back to 1963....
Hawaii Realtors React to 30% Drop in Home Price Prediction
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...
Hawaii Home Prices Predicted to Drop 30%
The Honolulu Advertiser article cites a national research study by Economy.com. The headline illicited response from Hawaii realtors who think this is overly pessimistic. Honolulu’s median price fell just 3% last year, and according to the Ho...
$1,000 Homes for sale!
Can the real estate market get so bad that banks are practically giving homes away? According to this article in Yahoo, foreclosures have turned banks into property management companies and it’s often cheaper for them to give these homes away...
Historically low interest rates spark refinancing boom
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...
Oahu Housing Prices in 2008 Were Stable!
According to Honolulu Board of Realtors, the Oahu home prices in 2008 were fairly stable. If you compare the median price for single-family homes in 2008 and 2007, the median price in 2008 ($624,000) dropped only by 3 percent from 2007 ($643,500)....
Obama’s Kailua Beach Rental
You too can rent the same 5-bedroom Kailua beach-front house that Barack Obama and his family are renting over their 12-day vacation. The house was originally built in 1934 for Harold K.L. Castle, the landowner who developed much of Kailua after Wor...
Countrywide to provide mortgage relief in Hawaii
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...
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