honolulu: 2009 Hawaii Real Estate Tax Rates - 08/01/09 06:53 PM
Hawaii has some of the lowest real estate taxes in the country.
Beside being in paradise and having limited amounts of land, which put pressures on the real estate values, we do have very reasonable real estate taxes.
The reason for this is that we do not fund our school system
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honolulu: A Real Estate Alert - Buyers and Sellers Beware! - 03/12/09 10:56 AM
If you are looking to buy or sell a home you may want to ask a question of you real estate agent before making a decision on whether to work with them.
Do you do this full time? In other words is this their primary source of income?
In my county
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honolulu: Kalihi Real Estate Sales Activity for September 2008 - 10/03/08 01:05 PM
This report covers areas including: Kalihi Area, Kalihi Valley, Kalihi Uka, Kalihi upper, Kalihi Kai, and Kalihi Lower, which is part of Honolulu, Hawaii. These numbers reflect only the totals and average sale prices.
Single Family homes sales have softened. Average sales price of single family homes has slipped a little
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honolulu: Oahu (Honolulu County) - Residential Real Estate Sales for September 2008 - 10/02/08 10:02 PM
The September 2008 numbers are in.
Single Family Home Sales saw a major dip in the median price and sales volume from August and the same period last year. While prices had been fairly stable until September the challenges in the lending industry and tourism industry may have finally hit
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honolulu: Honolulu is Close to Getting Electronic Lock Boxes - 07/03/08 02:29 AM
I placed my order yesterday for my first shipment of electronic lock boxes. They will be coming in sometime in August. I have been looking forward to this for some time. Our Honolulu Board of REALTORS® made the decision to go with SentriLock, REALTOR® Electronic Lockbox. Several years back the board
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honolulu: Record High Prices, Yet all I Hear is Gloom and Doom - 06/24/08 02:36 PM
There seems to be a big difference between reality and perception in the real estate business.
While looking at the numbers for Oahu (Honolulu County) for May 2008 something jumped off the page at me. The median price for condos and townhouses hit a record all time high. The median price
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honolulu: Honolulu County (Oahu) Real Estate Sales Figures – 1/1/08 thru 3/31/08 - 04/02/08 10:11 PM
Sales volume has seen slippage since the last two years, while median sales price has stayed stable and average sales prices showed an increase over the same period last year. With interest rates remaining low and a good selection of inventory, buyers will continue to find the home of their dreams on
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honolulu: Oahu (Honolulu County) - Sales of Existing Homes & Condominiums for February 2008 - 03/13/08 09:47 PM
The February 2008 numbers are in. Single Family Home sales began to slow the end of the year and continued on January and February. Even though sales volume is considerably off, median sales prices have stayed fairly stable. Condominium sales had a drop in volume while the median price has shown
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honolulu: Honolulu Predicted to be The Hottest Real Estate Market in 2008 - 03/10/08 02:00 AM
http://www.housingpredictor.com/ chose Honolulu as their pick for the hottest housing market in the country. All I can say is from their lips to God's ears. While other parts of the country have suffered, Oahu (Honolulu County) has been a pretty stable market. Even though the resale volume is down from
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honolulu: House on The Hill - Kalihi Uka Single Family Home - 02/23/08 04:31 PM
This wonderful charming home sits on the hills above Honolulu and sports nice ocean and mountain views. The original owners have resided there since it was built and have shown great pride of ownership. The kitchen and bathrooms were remodeled and the homes have been painted throughout. It's location is convenient to both
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honolulu: Electronic Lock Boxes Coming Soon to Honolulu - 02/07/08 08:06 PM
In our broker's forum today we got an update on the soon to be coming electronic lockboxes. The target rollout date for the Honolulu Board of REALTORS ® for electronic lockboxes if August 1, 2008. The product and system selected by the Board is the SentriLock, REALTOR® Electronic Lockbox. The company has
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honolulu: Taking Class with Active Rain Guru Sharon Simms and Tami Simms-Powel - 01/25/08 07:33 PM
I attended the Certified Luxury Home Designation Class in Waikiki the last two days. The class is being taught by the mother / daughter team of Active Rain guru Sharon Simms and daughter Tami Simms-Powel. The class was a great investment of time for those of us in the business that
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honolulu: Salt Lake, Hawaii Area - December 2007 Real Estate Sales Activity – A Year End Report - 01/15/08 02:16 PM
Salt Lake Area (tax map key 111, includes Moanalua, Aliamanu, Mapunapuna and Airport Area) The below figures include both fee simple and leasehold properties. These are only the totals and average sale prices. Single Family homes sales have softened. Average sales price of single family homes have continued to climb, while sales volume
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honolulu: Ocean Pointe Real Estate Sales Activity for December 2007 – Year End Report - 01/15/08 01:27 PM
Ocean Pointe a planned community in Ewa Beach, Hawaii (makes up part of tax map key 191). The following report reflects resale's of homes that were reported through the MLS system. New homes sales are not part of this report. Single Family homes: Year to date sales prices of single family homes
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honolulu: Hawaii Superferry – The Best Way to Maui and Back - 01/12/08 10:14 PM
This week I finally took the long awaited trip on the Hawaii Superferry. I give the vessel and its crew 5 stars and 2 thumbs up! Earlier in the year the Hawaii Superferry offered a $5 introductory rate. They immediately got tied up with a legal challenge and stopped sailing. I
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honolulu: Westloch - Real Estate Sales Activity for December 2007 - 01/11/08 08:18 PM
This Westloch sales report covers both Westloch Estates and Westloch Fairway (part of zip code of 96706) have seen a flattening of the market when comparing with 2006 numbers. Sales volume has stayed steady with last year, while average sale prices have slipped slightly. Interest rates have gone down a little along
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honolulu: Oahu (Honolulu County) - Sales of Existing Homes & Condominiums for December 2007 - 01/11/08 08:01 PM
Single Family Home Sales began to slow the end of the year. Sales volume is down from the same period last year, while the median prices have stabilized. Condominium Sales had a drop in volume while the median price saw a small increase from the previous month. With interest rates lowering, both
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honolulu: State of Hawaii – December 2007, State Wide Resale Home Sales - 01/11/08 07:37 PM
Single Family Home Sales have shown decreases in volume for the month of September compared to the same month in 2006 in all of the counties. Median prices of homes had slight decreases of less than 1% compared to the same time in 2006, with the exception of Maui which showed
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honolulu: Active Rain Gathering in Honolulu – January 28, 2008 - 12/29/07 01:21 PM
We have been talking about this gathering ever since we learned the CRS Sell-a-bration was coming to Hawaii. WooHoo Sally (Celeste Cheeseman) has reserved the location so it is on! We will be gathering at the Gordon Biersch micro brewery. For those of you who know Sally and I
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honolulu: Pearl City Region Real Estate Sales Activity for November 2007 - 12/22/07 05:23 PM
This report covers areas including: Halawa, Foster Gardens, Aiea, Aiea Heights, Waimalu, New Town, Royal Summit, Pearl City, and Pacific Palisades. The below figures include both fee simple and leasehold properties. These are only the totals and average sale prices. Single Family homes sales have softened. Average sales price of single family homes
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