Well, March is looking to be the best month yet this year as there are more buyers and more deals on the island of Kauai. Kauai REO foreclosures continue to grow and these seem to be becoming the best values in our market.

With one week left in the month of March, 42 properties are in either contingent escrow or "under contract", meaning that the contingencies have been removed, or, in the cash of something like an all cash sale, there are no contingencies.

It's also intersting to note WHERE in the marketplace the sales are occurring. Of the 42 properties currently in escrow, only FIVE of them are for properties listed for over $1 million dollars. In fact, the most prestigious condo address in the Princeville real estate market, PUU POA, has couple of units in escrow, and unit was listed at $1,099,000.

You can see from the graph below the trend of our median prices over the last seventeen years. Already our median price through March of 2009 is down to $414,000, quite a bit lower than at the end of December 2008. When you look at a graph over this long period of time, it's easy to identify the market correction that is occurring.

Here are a couple of examples of properties with good value that are in escrow:

This private home in Kalaheo was listed for $290k. It is bank-owned and now in escrow.

This Anini Beach home, just across the street from the beach, listed for $1.25 million and
went into escrow in two weeks.

Five of the homes or roughly 12% of March's current  sales are REOs, foreclosures on Kauai that are now owned by the bank. Banks want to sell. Banks list at good prices usually, and drop their prices regularly until the property sells.

Would you like to see what is in escrow? Click here to download the Kauai properties currently under contract