kaneohe: Hawaii Real Estate Search, kaneohe, waikiki, kailua, mililani - 10/12/08 08:47 PM
My new Hawaii real estate search has been a huge success!! Since we launched it we have had 3 times as many users signing up for email alerts. One of the great things about my new site is that I have the ability to pull in the most recent listings on … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Kaneohe Real Estate Sales Activity for September 2008 - 10/03/08 03:15 PM
The Kaneohe communities (zip code of 96744 and some connecting neighborhoods) have seen changes in the real estate market.
Single Family homes sales have softened. Average sales prices of single family homes year to date are up slightly. In the month of September we saw a slight dip that was mostly … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: Brian Clay Decathlete From Hawaii Not California - 08/23/08 04:02 AM
Thats Right! Brian Clay is a local boy. On the podium this evening for the Olympic gold medal in the decatlon, Brian Clay was described as being from California but in fact Clay was a gradusate of our own Castle High School in Kaneohe. Not only did he win the gold … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: Honolulu Homes For Sale - 08/01/08 09:30 PM
Honolulu homes for sale range from Honolulu proper to Hawaii Kai to Kailua to Kaneohe up to the North Shore and back to Honolulu. Here are some of our listings on Oahu from all around the island. If you would like a bigger picture, please click on the GreatHawaiianHomes.com … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Kaneohe Real Estate Sales Activity for June 2008 - 07/26/08 04:55 PM
The Kaneohe communities (zip code of 96744 and some connecting neighborhoods) have seen changes in the real estate market.
Single Family homes sales have softened. Average sales prices of single family homes year to date are down slightly, mostly as a result of a dip in June. Sales volume continues to … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Kaneohe Sandbar is a magical Place - 07/21/08 07:56 AM
Just minutes from Heeia Kea Boat Harbor in Kaneohe there is the magical Sandbar where beautiful yachts, colorful kayaks and the odd Stand Up Sufboard comingle. The weather here is incredible most of the year and the water is as warm as a bathtub. Gorgeous Sunsets and rainbows can be seen … (13 comments)
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kaneohe: Rarely Available 1 Bedroom Unit at Puu Iki - 07/10/08 09:56 PM
I just got a new listing at Puu Iki in Kaneohe. It's a cute little complex adjacent to Puu Alii and Lilipuna. Unlike the Lilipuna, there is ample guest parking. What I'm excited about this listing is that it is a 1 bedroom, which seldom becomes available. The parking stall is … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: Where do we go from here? - 07/05/08 07:36 PM
Well, here we are on the day after a "safe and sane" July 4 holiday. Back to reality for awhile. Crude oil prices are now our top economic concern, outweighing the housing market and credit problems. I guess this means we can now focus on selling homes in a new environment? … (13 comments)
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kaneohe: Spending Saturday with 160 of the Best and Brightest from Hawaii - 03/15/08 09:31 PM
I am writing this post during the afternoon rounds of The Hawaii State Scholastic Chess Championships. My good friend Guy and I are running the Championships in the big hall at Windward community college in Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Last evening we had two rounds for high school only. Today we are running all … (20 comments)
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kaneohe: Plan, Plan, Plan - 03/12/08 12:30 PM
Just a quick Reminder!!!!
It's time to quit wishing for sales success, and make a plan to achieve it! This is a tough buyer's market, but one can't sit by and wait for cleints to come knocking! A goal without a plan is only a wish. Most of us just sit by … (23 comments)
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kaneohe: Phishing and Spoofing can be dangerous to YOU!!!! - 02/12/08 11:31 AM
If you receive email requesting confidential information of any type, please be very VERY careful. "Phishing" and "spoofing" email cannot be taken at face value; they are fraudulent in every sense of the word. They may appear if you look at them only casually, to be from a well-known company and ask you to … (13 comments)
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kaneohe: Maui and Lanai are having a Hard Time - 02/11/08 08:32 PM
Sales of single-family homes on both Maui and Lanai fell dramatically to their lowest point in several years in January. There were only 56 homes sold last month, 55 of which were on Maui and only one on Lanai. This compares to 106 that were sold in January of 2007.
This … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: Making Victims of Domestic Violence a Protected Class - 02/09/08 05:25 PM
It appears as though the Hawaii State House of Representatives and Senate are moving forward in tandem with bills that would make the victims of domestic violence a Protected Class. If a Property Manager has a tenant who is the victim of domestic violence living in a property he or she manages, the … (9 comments)
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kaneohe: Surviving in a Buyer's Market - 02/06/08 05:19 PM
Surviving in a buyer's market is tough at best. At times like this, it is imperative that one makes themselves and their companies indispensable to the people they serve. We must all become the "must-have" provider of solutions for our clients and for those who will be buying, selling, or leasing property. This means that … (1 comments)
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kaneohe: Reducing Commissions - 02/04/08 03:05 PM
Like buying and selling agents, property managers also run into landlords who want to negotiate our commissions. I recently had an opportunity to reduce my commission in order to manage a very exclusive home that the owner wants to place on the rental market because he has been unable to sell … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: National Association of Residential Property Managers, NARPM - 01/30/08 02:12 PM
Having been the Chair of the NARPM Government Affairs Committee during 2007, I had an opportunity to write the "Legislative Scoop" article in the NARPM monthly magazine, "Residential Resource". I wrote the following article that was published in the November 07 issue. I would like to share it with you simply … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: MeMe - 01/28/08 01:01 PM
HI! Having been "MeMe'd" I was first impressed that I should just back out of this "wonderful" opportunity, but thinking more on it, I thought, why not be a good sport and enter five things about myself in a blog as requested. So, here goes.
My wife of fifty-one years and I … (17 comments)
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kaneohe: URGENT - ACTION REQUIRED NOW! - 01/21/08 02:02 PM
The Hawaii State Bar Association is muscling in on the Real Estate Business in Hawaii BIG TIME!
Hawai'i Rules of the Supreme Court, Proposed Rule Regarding the Unauthorized Practice of Law
The Legal Profession has just done an end run on us in Hawaii. They are proposing that the Hawaii Supreme … (14 comments)
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kaneohe: Kailua Sunrise - 01/19/08 09:08 PM
A Sunrise in Kailua is like none anywhere in the world! It is just and absolutely splendid.
It is not unusual for us to awaken to a site like this from our home in Kaimalino in Kailua! What a wonderful place to live. We are generally favored with this kind of … (23 comments)
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kaneohe: Hawaii "Big Island" Home Sales - 01/14/08 01:57 AM
Just by way of comparison with the earlier report on the home market on Kauai, Sales on the Big Island of Hawaii show a very different trend. Sales of single-family homes there fell 20 percent and prices are off 6 percent. Condos show a similar trend with sales off 31 percent … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: Kauai Real Estate Market - 01/14/08 01:42 AM
Some pretty interesting stuff going on in the real estate market here in Hawaii. There are some indications that off island money is starting to come into the market in increasing amounts as evidenced by some recent advances in prices. Kauai is noteworthy in this regard as condo prices there are up … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: Bureau of Conveyances to Automate - 01/11/08 02:30 PM
It appears that we may get our Hawaii State Bureau of Conveyances to move into the modern era as they are planning to convert to an on-line records system. This will allow owners to opt out of a manual process beset with bureaucratic logjams of the first order. This may also help … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Tax Legislation Kicking In in 2008 - 01/04/08 03:15 PM
There are a couple of new laws taking affect this year in Hawaii that we all need to know about. Our legislature passed two tax cut laws last year that will grant a tax credit up to $160.to our low end wage earners
The state will try again to regulate health insurance rates. I … (6 comments)
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kaneohe: Home Sales are Off, Prices Up - 01/02/08 07:35 PM
According to the Honolulu board of Realtors, HBR, single family home sales on Oahu are off 10% in 2007. Condo sales were off almost 14% in the same period. Median prices for Single Family Homes were up 2.1% and Condos up 4.8% for the same period. This kind of reduction in the number … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: Hawaii Hotel Room Occupancy Drops - 12/31/07 09:16 PM
Our hotel room occupancy in December was approximately 9 per-cent lower than in December 06. As of last week our occupancy was just over 60 per-cent. This is not good. Kauai increased their occupancy rate to 56.6%, just behind Oahu and Maui dropped 8.7% to come in just a little higher … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: Mortgage Rates - 12/29/07 01:07 AM
Mortgage rates trended upwards again at the largest banks in Hawaii. After dropping below 5.75% last week, we saw rates offered at 5.875 percent and 1.5 -1.625 points on a thirty year fixed rate loan. American Savings Bank and Central Pacific Home loans both offered a six percent rate with 1.75 points. This followed … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Identity Theft - 12/28/07 02:08 PM
It appears as though the government, particularly here in Hawaii, has a lot to do with protecting our identity. I had mostly thought it to be a personal problem, but a report issued by Hawaii's Identiy Theft Task Force identifies a ton of things the city and state government can do to … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Home Prices Down for TEN Months - 12/27/07 02:24 PM
Home prices continue to drop in the good old USA for ten months now. The latest drop of 6.7% was the largest drop since April of 1991. This is discouraging consumer spending, and we might soon see it impacting our tourist industry here in Hawaii. I guess this could impact our home sales … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: For Rent Honuakaha - 12/26/07 06:24 PM
RE/MAX Kai Lani; 25 Kaneohe Bay Drive #109; Kailua, HI 96734 -- www.remaxkailani.com
We have a fantastic studio apartment rental available in DOWNTOWN HONOLULU! And, with covered secure PARKING! It is just plain hard to find a unit in the Downtown area of Honolulu on Oahu. It can be available as a … (1 comments)
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kaneohe: Kaneohe Real Estate Sales Activity for October 2007 - 11/29/07 07:23 PM
The Kaneohe communities (zip code of 96744 and some connecting neighborhoods) have seen changes in the real estate market.
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 prices of single family homes have seen … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: RE/MAX Kai Lani Blog - 11/08/07 02:07 PM
Aloha from sunny Kailua Hawaii. How do you like the photo of our modern, high-tech office? We think it is the neatest on Oahu, but then we may be a little biased.
REMAX Kai Lani has recently opened their state of the art high technology real estate and property management office. We … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: May 2007 Real Estate Sales Activity in the Kaneohe, Hawaii Area - 06/09/07 01:29 PM
The Kaneohe communities (zip code of 96744 and some connecting neighborhoods) have seen changes in the real estate market.
Single Family homes sales have softened. Average sales prices of single family homes have seen some dropping; not so good news for sellers. Buyers will find more selection with nearly 8 months … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Q1 2007 Real Estate Sales Activity in the Kaneohe Area - 04/24/07 12:02 AM
The Kaneohe communities (zip code of 96744) real estate market has had a small increase in sales activity over 2006 for the sale time period, there has been a some drops in average sales prices. The one bright spot was in March the average sales prices of condos went up. Interest … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: Kaneohe Pet Friendly Buildings - 04/09/07 02:03 AM
Below is a list of condos and townhouses in the Kapolei area that are pet friendly.
This is an important question for families with pets. Also if you are relocating to Hawaii, this issue of animal quarantine comes up. If you are relocating to Hawaii do your self and your pet a … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: Real Estate Market Data for Windward Neighborhoods on Oahu, Hawaii - 04/04/07 05:53 PM
The following graphs represent real estate data from high-end neighborhoods in the Windward area of Oahu, Hawaii. This includes Lanikai, Kaimalino, beashside Kailua, Haiku Plantation, Country Club Knolls and the Kuulei Tract. It's kind of blurry but the basline represents years by quarters starting from the 1st quarter of 2004 until the 4th quarter … (0 comments)
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kaneohe: Real Estate and VA Home Loans for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard in Hawaii - 03/19/07 01:56 AM
ATTENTION: ALL HAWAII BOUND SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN AND MARINES!
By: 1SG (Ret) David and Tonya Kucic, Hawaii Real Estate Agents
If there was ever a time in your military career to purchase real estate, the time is now. First of all, the BAH rates for Hawaii are at an all time high. You … (2 comments)
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kaneohe: Real Estate Sales Activity in the Kaneohe, Hawaii - 02/13/07 03:40 AM
Kaneohe (tax map keys 144 thru 147)
Single family homes sold has slowed some, but prices have steadily climbed. January single family home sales started the year a little bit slow, while condos and townhouses were off to a good clip.
The below figures include both fee simple and leasehold properties. These are … (4 comments)
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kaneohe: Pearl Harbor Day - The First Event of WWII - 12/08/06 01:59 AM
Attached is a part of the WWII event that started the war. The story below is from my brother about his part in 1969. Attached below is a letter he sent out to his friends.
Hi Folks,
Back in 1969 I was in the Marine Corps stationed in Kaneohe, Hi. A couple … (6 comments)
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