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The low foreclosure rate in Hawaii has us in good shape and our prices are continuing to ratchet up.   The statistics look so good for us that we will probably not get caught up in the tremendous losses being suffered by investors and owners on the mainland.   We hope you find this article intere...

Things are getting better.  The economy is improving.  Slowly, but surely.   Hope this news that the trade defecit hits a two year low will be of interest.   http://www.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/VanguardViewsArticle?ArticleJSP=/freshness/News_and_Views/news_ALL_econ_11092007_ALL.jsp

Sometimes we think we are on the brink of collapse in America.   Our media jumps on us every chance they get and rings the bell of disaster.  I kind-of get the idea that they have an agenda of their own, and it isn't necessarily Pro-American?   Anyway, The world doesn't necessarily think the same...

While home sales numbers are down in Hawaii, our prices are holding firm. Here is a link to Oahu Housing Trends published by the Honolulu Board of Realtors (HBR) http://www.hicentral.com/pdfs/OHT_3Q07.pdf. I think you will enjoy taking a look at it.  This is a great link providing current informa...

While the mainland housing market has been buffeted by the recent mortgage fiasco, home prices have held reasonably firm in Hawaii and are even going up in certain areas of the island of Oahu.  Most of us who have lived in Hawaii for awhile have seen several "bubbles" in our market as a result of...

The Waikiki Loft is a grand high rise development going into Waikiki.  I just showed it to a client.  It is going "first class".  It has twelve foot lofted ceilings and is laid out with a view to please the most discriminating buyer.  It can be viewed on http://www.loftwaikiki.com/.  How about so...

Goodness, What in the world are we ever going to do with that Dog Chapman?   Send him to jail?   Send him to Iraq?  Put his son in Jail?   Give him his TV Program and reputation back?   Now that he lives in Hawaii, we get much obsessed with this sort of thing.Cheers

Kailua on Oahu is a wonderful little beach town settled on one of the most beautiful beaches on the Island, and in the world for that matter.   Visitors - Malahini's we call them -- using the Hawaiian term for one who is not from here -- are often confused to learn that there are two Kailua Town'...

It is oft said, "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."  Such it is in Real Estate.   We can often get ourselves so worked up with the rigors of life as a realtor that we simply don't break away and give our minds a rest.   Here at RE/MAX Kai Lani (http://www.remaxkailani.com/) we encourage...

Every citizen of the United States should cherish the right to contact their elected representatives.   It is easy!  If you ever get exercised over something unfair or plain stupid, and it is a city or county issue in Honolulu, you can reach your city officials at http://www.honolulu.gov/council/...