Keahi Pelayo's (honolulurealtoranimal) Blog

November 10th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Gentry Development, Alexander and Baldwin and Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE) have just pulled the plug on developing 12,000 housing units in Waiawa (West Oahu). “Local developer Gentry Cos. lost its rights to develop Waiawa Ridge, ...

November 9th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Vintage Homes The Honolulu Advertiser is reporting that hotel occupancy rates have improved. “After 18 consecutive months of declines in the numbers of visitors staying in Hawaii hotels, September brought a small gain in hotel occupancy — up 1.6 percentage ...

November 4th, 2009 categories: Honolulu House For Sale, Honolulu Real Estate 101 As a Honolulu Realtor, I am always looking for the right home for the clients that I am working for.  In the last week, I saw two Honolulu homes come on the market that might meet the needs of two of my buyers.  It i...

October 30th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Paul Brewbaker is one of my favorite economists.  Since following him beginning in 1991, I have found him to make insightful predictions, many of which I disagree with at first.  Paul is quoted in the Pacific Business News as forecasting a t...

October 28th, 2009 categories: Distressed Properties Pacific Business News is reporting that Honolulu’s foreclosure rate is up as compared to last year. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST.

October 27th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 With Trulia, Zillow and other sources for real estate information, I am reminded of the problems created by technology in the pre-911 world.  Prior to World Trade Center being hit, the USA’s intelligence community had been relying on our tec...

October 26th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs The Honolulu Advertiser recently reported that Hainan Airlines was recently approved for weekly flights to Hawaii. “State tourism liaison Marsha Wienert said the first nonstop scheduled service from China to Hawai’i could prov...

October 23rd, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Brian Boero, of The 1000 Watt Blog, visited a Realtor fear that was running rampant as the Internet began to gain momentum in the mid-1990’s.  I can remember Realtor concerns that the Web was going to make us irrelevant.  Essentially, the th...

October 21st, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Here is a good update on national construction trends. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST.

October 20th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 As a Honolulu Realtor, I have generally believed that owning your home or condo is better than renting it.  There are too many benefits to home ownership, however, a recent Washington Post article, made me think again. CLICK HERE TO READ THE...