On May 1st 2009, the new Home Valuation Code of Conduct came into force, with major consequences on your real estate transaction. Here are the main issues: - appraisals are not ordered directly by the bank or the realtor, but rather through a "clearing house" that uses a roster and a rotation sy
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05/12/2009
Who would have though that Safeway approach to sell will apply to real estate as well? The developer for a new subdivision in Kihei, called Kilohana Waena, is offering 50% discount on the list price of one garden view lot, with the simultaneuos purchase of one ocean view lot, at the listed price.
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05/08/2009
Pineapple Hill is one of the high end subdivisions in Kapalua, where homes have consistently sold for somewhere around $1,000/sf. 406 Monarch Pl was foreclosed on and listed by the bank at $1,700,000. And of course, it sold right away, since the actual market value is somewhere around $2.3mil. Pl
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05/03/2009