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The Ilikai Hotel (also known as Ilikai Apartment Building in MLS) is a mixed use building in Waikiki that has commercial and residential condos. It was made famous in the original intro of Hawaii Five-O.Original Hawaii Five-O Intro featuring Jack Lord at the Ilikai in WaikikiWith a storied histor...

It's been a few years since Trump Tower Waikiki has been built. When the project first went to market during the height of the last boom, they sold "like hotcakes". Due to several timing of completion and the turn in the market, many buyers couldn't perform and lost their deposits...Today, the bu...

Waialae Nui Ridge is directly inland from one of Honolulu's most luxurious neighborhoods of Kahala. What is nice about homes on Waialae Nui Ridge is that they are a fraction of the price of those in Kahala. Most of them also have ocean views.Views over Kahala from a Waialae Nui Ridge Home I recen...

The Waikiki Landmark is a highrise condominium in Honolulu, Hawaii that has been an architectural spectical for nearly 20 years now. The building can be seen from miles away.  Over the course of the last real estate cycle, values have increased as the fee simple interest became available to homeo...

I've been tracking the Diamond Head single family home market extensively over the past 7 years. We've typically been averaging 30-33 homes on the market. Today, there are only 23 active listings.  There were some points during those years when there were no listings under $2 million. Today, ther...

The Colony Beach is next to the Colony Surf on Honolulu's Gold Coast. Units don't come up there that often as I wrote about in just a few months ago. As suspected, it didn't last long. Unit #8 fetched $2,350,000 after less than 2 monts on the market. The Colony Beach is just one of many gems alon...

Over the past 6 months, there have been 2 sales at Black Point in Honolulu for $2.4 and $4 million. Those two sales took an average of 52 days to sell. Today, there are 4 available listings. There is also another one that is a short sale in escrow that has been on the market for 84 days. Feel fre...

The Castle Surf is an oceanfront condo building at Diamond Head. Over the past 6 months, there have been 2 sales: Unit 57 sold for $580,000 a few days ago (5/25/12) Unit 56 sold for $631,000 on 12/31/12 Today, there is 1 listing for sale that is asking $605,000 that has been on market for 128 day...

In April, the median sales price for a home on Oahu was $600,000, which was up 2.6% from the same month in 2011. Meanwhile, sales dipped 5.2% with 217 closed sales on Oahu.The Oahu Condo Market Follows a Similar TrendThe condo market followed a similar trend, with prices slightly up and sales sli...

In the past year, there's been 25 sales in Aina Haina (roughly 2 per month) with an average sales price of $902,625. Today, there are 6 available listings with another 5 in escrow. The homes that sold took an average of 42 days to sell while those available today are averaging 45 days on market. ...