oahu real estate: Hawaii Kai Neighborhoods: Na Pali Haweo - 09/13/07 02:07 PM
Data current September 2007
Na Pali Haweo is an East Hawaii-Kai neighborhood of custom homes, built after 1991, winding uphill from Maunanani St on the higher part of Kamehame Dr and its offshoot streets (above the Kamehame Ridge neighborhood). Na Pali Haweo is located Northeast of the Kokohead Crater and many homes have spectacular ocean and crater views. Lot size usually runs between 10K-14K sq ft, with some much larger exceptions. Most homes are between 2K-4K sq ft, again with some larger exceptions. Prices start around $1.3M and most go up to about $2.5M.
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oahu real estate: Hawaii Kai Neighborhoods: Portlock - 09/11/07 08:59 PM
Data Current September 2007
Portlock is one of the most beautiful and expensive neighborhoods on the island! Beachfront homes in Portlock are favored for their lack of CCRs and spectacular sunset views of Diamondhead. The Portlock area encompasses both the odd and even sides of Portlock Road and a small part of the Kalanianaole Hwy, past Keahole St, just SE of where the Kaupa Pond meets the ocean (in the 6000-7000 blocks of the Hwy). In Portlock, there are many gorgeous, newly constructed large-sized (4k+sq ft) island-style homes, usually on lots 11,000-20,000 sq ft, and some older (late 40's early 50's) Kama'anina homes, with square footage in the mid-2000s, as … (0 comments)

oahu real estate: Hawaii Kai Neighborhoods: Queen's Gate - 09/11/07 08:53 PM
Data current Sept. 2007
The Queen's Gate neighborhood, located between Sandy Beach Park and Kalama Valley, includes homes on the North, odd-numbered (200-300 blocks) side of Kealahou Street, as well as those in the Queen's Gate gated community. The homes on Kealahou were built 1979-80, and all have Hawaii Kai Golf Course frontage. Lot size ranges from 9,700 to 11,400 sqft, and home size is mostly 1,900-2,500 sq ft.Queen's Gate was built in 1979 and is a lovely gated community of golf course-frontage homes, on the Hawaii Kai Golf Course. Ammenities include tennis courts, raquetball courts and a recreation center. There are two sections, QG 1 and QG 2, … (0 comments)

oahu real estate: Kailua Neighborhood Series: Kailua Estates - 09/11/07 11:48 AM
Data Current September 2007This is one of the older Kailua neighborhoods, with original homes circa 1940, walking distance from Kailua Beach Park. It is in the area between Kailua Road (the odd-numbered 200-300 blocks) and the Enchanted Lake Canal (Kaelepule Stream) that leads to Kailua Beach, which is bordered by the Kawailoa Neighborhood makai. The neighborhood continues mauka from the Kalapawai Market, across Wana'ao Road, just  South of the Mormon Church. The Kailua Estates Neighborhood inlcudes a children's park with a playground on an odd-shaped plot of land, the Kaelepulu Playground, which is called by locals "Triangle Park." 
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oahu real estate: Kailua Neighborhood Series: Kailua Bluffs - 09/11/07 11:43 AM
Data Current September 2007
This neighborhood is one of the Southernmost in the Kailua Zip Code (96734) and lies South of the bottom part of the Keolu Drive loop, including and to the West of Akamai Street & the Keolu Hills neighborhood, and bounded by HWY 72 (Kalanianaole) to the West (but not including Aka'aka'awa and its connecting streets, which are in Kaopa). It consists of single family homes which are priced from about $750K to $1.2M, varying in size from about 1,500-3,000 sq ft. It also includes very afforable duplex/CPR homes in the Kaopa Park Place development (in the $500K's, at approx. 1,000 … (0 comments)

oahu real estate: Kailua Neighborhood Series: Hillcrest - 09/10/07 08:15 PM
Data Current Sept. 2007
Hillcrest in Kailua is a relatively small and prestigious neighborhood, adjacent to Keolu Hills, and near Kailua Bluffs. The street names in the Hillcrest neighborhood all begin with A'U. The Hillcrest neighborhood consists of the streets West up the hill on A'ulepe St. (which is parallel to Keolu Drive off of Nanialii) & also South up the hill on Akahai St. (which like Nanialii, is also off Keolu Drive). These single family custom homes start at around $1.1M and go up to $2M or more, depending upon the views and size of homes/lots, which vary considerably. At best, these homes are huge, on estate-sized lots, with … (0 comments)

oahu real estate: Kailua Neighborhood Series: Government/Agricultural - 09/10/07 08:07 PM
Data Current September 2007
This "neighborhood" is not a neighborhood, but a designation in the MLS, which consists of several different areas of Kailua, with unusual (country or agricultural) zoning or proximity to (once part of?) government property. "Old Kalanianaole Road/Norfolk" area - This is an area off of HWY 72 (Kalanianaole), on the mauka side, between Olomana and just South of Keolu Drive. Most homes, in the community of Norfolk, are generally built in the late 80's and early 90's, have 2+ acre lots, and are very large, at least 3,000 and up to 10,000 sq ft. Many are quite impressive and have ocean views.  At the … (0 comments)

oahu real estate: Kailua Neighborhood Series: Enchanted Lake - 09/10/07 07:56 PM
Data current Sept 2007
This family neighborhood lies in a mainly flat section of SW Kailua, which consists mostly of homes originally built in the 1960's. With a maze of curving streets all surrounding Kaelepulu Pond, it is located mostly inside the loop formed by Keolu Drive, but also, North of the loop, bounded by Mid-Pacifc Country Club Golf Course to the East, Auwina Street and Place to the North, and Hamakua Drive to the West. Most of the homes are fairly similar, slab construction, single-family ranch, unless renovated. Some homes are on the lake or canals, on which you can take out your kayak and paddle to Kailua … (0 comments)

oahu real estate: About Waimanalo - 09/08/07 08:20 AM
Waimanalo is a Windward Oahu community, just 1/2 hour from Honolulu via the Kalanianaole or Pali Highways. It has a picturesque location, between Waimanalo Bay and the Ko'olau Mountain Range. There are some lovely beachfront properties and also, some more affordable homes. The beaches here are fabulous, turquoise waters and white sand. And the Ko'olau Mountain Range is much closer in, almost to the beach, in parts of Waimanalo, making for the most amazing mountain views. As the people who live there say, "'Nalo" is God's country.
Compared to other areas of East Oahu, Waimanalo has a more rural feel and more traditional Hawaiian culture. It … (3 comments)

oahu real estate: Kailua Neighborhood Series: Bluestone - 09/07/07 12:26 PM
Data current as of Sept 2007This gated hilltop neighborhood bridges Lanikai with Enchanted Lake. It lies just North of Keolu Hills, bounded by Mid-Pacific Country Club and the hills above Lanikai. All properties are on Kalelepulu and Kamahele streets, in the "Bluestone" condominium development, built in 1979. Prices are in the $700K to $950 range (1500-2000 sq ft), many with golf course and/or mountain views. Note that single-family residences on Kamahele St. are considered to be in the Enchanted Lake neighborhood, and single-family residences on Kaelepulu St, near the Mid-Pacific Country Club, are considered to be in Lanikai.
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oahu real estate: Sending Your Children to Hawaii's Private Schools - Hawaii Business Magazine - 09/06/07 07:04 PM
If you are interested in sending your children to private school in Hawaii, you should pick up a copy of this month's (September 2007) Hawaii Business magazine. It has an entire special promotional section, 48 pages, devoted to being "The Hawaii Guide to Private Schools."
You might note that this section is presented by the Hawaii Association of Private Schools (HAIS), in conjunction with the Honolulu Advertiser, and only HAIS schools are discussed. Therefore, the list of schools is not all-inclusive.
The contents of the section are:
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oahu real estate: August Market Data from Honolulu Board of Realtors - 09/06/07 06:26 PM
Median Single Family Home Price for August 2007: $650,000 Up 2.4% from August 2006 (from$635,000) Up 1.9% from July 2007
Median Condo Price for August 2007: $325,000  Up 6.6% from August 2006 (from $310,000) Down 3% from July 2007
Market holding steady. Sales in higher price ranges doing better than those in lower. Inventory increasing slightly, but lower than same time last year.
Still a good time to buy or sell!
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