Nance's Blog

While real estate sales remain slow in comparison to previous years, we are noticing a steady increase in overall sales over the course of the year. The following graph shows news escrows by week for the 37 weeks through October 25, 2009. As the graph indicates, while we have experienced the norm...

As a relatively new CDPE designate, I look upon this economic situation as an opportunity. It's not all about making money. We certainly won't get rich on short sales. Rather, this is an opportunity to help people, homeowners, get out of a bad situation. Most homeowners facing foreclosure never a...

Aloha, I am pleased to announce that I have recently completed the exhaustive training for and received the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) designation. This designation is my opportunity to better serve Kauai homeowners facing foreclosure. Being among the initial group of...

It's all in your perspective.  If you are the seller and you are selling at or below the price you bought it for, it's most certainly a fire sale! However, I'm inundated with buyers that think they can get a property that was assessed at over a million dollars last year for a couple of hundred th...

  The graph below indicates the median prices for the following categories: Princeville Area Condos Poipu Area Condos All Kauai Condos   You can easily see the rapid rise in the cost of a condo on Kauai since 1999. Price levels of 10 years ago are not likely to be seen again anytime soon. You can...

In this age of technology, it is only natural that the majority of people looking for homes or property will start that search on the Internet. This is wonderful because buyers are much more informed about the properties they are searching for before they contact an agent. On the other hand, a bu...

As the new year winds its way into existence through the problems left behind by the past years, we all find ourselves trying to have hope of a prosperous year to come. We have a new president coming into office with, what the news commentators term as, a major economic stimulus plan. All we can ...

Now that we know who our next President will be, we wait to see what will happen with the economy. Here on Kauai, the market remains soft. Sales have slowed in the past two years, as has tourism. Last summer's increase in fuel costs spawned a significant drop in tourism throughout the islands, Ho...

While multi-billionaires Donald Trump and Warren Buffett are touting real estate and stocks (respectively) as great investments now, the problem seems to be that John Q. Public still can't afford to buy a primary residence, much less invest in property or stocks!  Both can be an uncertain prospec...

As Realtors®, we all want consumers to start buying real estate again. With the market as unstable as it seems now and the mortgage industry staggering from the severity of its own demise, many people are hesitant to spend money on any investments and are busy looking for ways to save their portf...