Hawaii real estate blog

I've been watching for an affordable color laser printer for years and at last Samsung has come up with a good one.  It's the Multifunction Express C460FW. I've never been a fan of inkjet printers because the ink can run when the paper gets wet and the cost to print is high.  I do a lot of printi...

In the first six months of 2014 there were nine sales at Coconut Plantation, compared with seven sales during the first half of 2013.  Pictures (well, tables in this case) often speak louder than words. The average selling price during the first six months of this year was $688,111.  In 2013 for ...

It's taken two years to repave Waialae Avenue in Kaimuki.  Mayor Caldwell explained on tv that crews found "soft spots" in the road where trash was buried, which took additional work to excavate, fill and repave.  Now the paving is done and this bumpy avenue is smooth.  Temporary lane lines are i...

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Have you ever seen the Makaha Beach Cabanas?  This condo is on a beautiful beach here on Oahu.   No exaggeration, that's how nice the beach is.  In recent years there have been times when listings rarely came up.  Now that's beginning to change.   The reason - the board of directors has decided t...

In the back of Kamiloiki Valley are Miloiki Street and Miloiki Place and this is where the newer homes (built in the 1990's) are generally found.  Heading up the hillside there's often a trade off of view versus a flatter, usable yard.   This listing is at 230 Miloiki Place, a cul de sac.  The l...

I visited Makaha Valley Towers yesterday and the mountains were gorgeously green considering we're coming into summer time!  This spring we've been blessed with more rain than usual and Makaha Valley is popping with color. In my opinion, this property is one of the best deals on the island.  One ...

I picked up the January 6, 2011 Honolulu Star-Advertiser and was shocked to see that Virginio "Marcus" Marcos passed away on December 6, 2010.  That was a whole month ago and I only read about it today. Marcus and I met back in 1982.  Marcus' friend Dave Cruz was a resident advisor (RA) at Hale ...

Checking out the foreclosure auction in Honolulu We have a listing in Makiki/Punchbowl that's a short sale.  The property went on the market a little more than two weeks prior to the scheduled foreclosure auction.  We felt the property was priced well at $750,000 for a five bedroom three bath hou...

I had a good listing, a house in Honolulu with separate entries and kitchens.  This property was going into foreclosure and we were trying to get an offer acceptable to the bank. Our first round resulted in a best offer of $550,000.  We submitted it to the bank and their response was "no".  The ...