Feb 19, 2011 NOTE:Thanks to this blog post we got in an offer and were able to postpone the short sale! But there are more deals at Halii Kai waiting for buyers... Ocean view from Halii Kai 9C short sale...wake up to this! MLS 227346 Here is the most ironic situation I have faced as a short sale
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02/16/2011
The Waikoloa Beach Villas developer townhouse-style unit for sale (MLS 241983) has a built-in grill like this With the developer of Waikoloa Beach Villas having moved most of their remaining inventory in 2010, and the short sales and foreclosures having been snapped up at attractive prices, the
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02/09/2011
When you sell real estate for Hualalai Realty but you need to live closer to the schools in Kamuela for your young children, where do you choose to live? A friend and colleague of mine is facing just that puzzle. We spent the weekend brainstorming about the choices in properties for sale on th
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02/08/2011
A month ago I wrote about the dwindling inventory of property for sale at several of the Mauna Lani Resort condo communities. I mentioned that two of the four remaining sub-$1 million listings had gone into escrow, and that as we were heading into the high season for resort real estate on the Ko
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01/27/2011
Yahoo! I just got a call saying I'd won a door prize for attending last week's broker event at Ka Milo at Mauna Lani Resort. Feels like I'm having a flashback, as this level of optimism about the Kohala Coast real estate market is something we haven't seen in the past couple of years. ' Many pros
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01/26/2011
The interior designer hired to create a model home at Hali'ipua Villas, the newest condo development at Hualalai Resort happens to be a client, friend and frequent resource for my other clients. Last week I got a sneak preview as he put on the finishing touches (followed by lunch at the Four Seas
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01/19/2011
Please note that many of the prospective buyers I work with are looking at Kohala Coast resort condos where by definition most of the occupancy is not full-time residents. Categories such as "condotel" and "resort condo" mean buyers should be prepared to put a larger down (30%), expect higher i
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01/16/2011
Last year's short sale and foreclosures for sale at Wai'ula'ula luxury condos at the Uplands at Mauna Kea Resort were very competitive, with bidding wars and multiple offers. The first REO (bank-owned) Wai'ula'ula condo offered for sale sold as predicted in "O days on market". Of course it helpe
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01/10/2011
View from Halii Kai 12H, now listed as a short sale at $999,000. In the past month since my most recent market update, two REO (foreclosure) listings and two new short sales have appeared at Halii Kai in the Waikoloa Beach Resort. That means there are currently 18 Halii Kai condos for sale exc
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01/04/2011
The geographical area where I do most of my real estate business runs from the resorts of the Kohala "Gold" Coast up to the rural northern tip of the Big Island of Hawai'i, past the towns of Hawi and Kapa'au. The two-lane highway parallels very close to the oceanfront during the stretch from the
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01/04/2011
