Elaine Schaefer's Blog

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!October 2017 closed out with a stunning 128 sales, which represents a 56% increase over the 82 sales from October 2016. Wow! Let’s see what November brings. We’re off to a decent start with 10 sales so far for November. Take a look for yourself:NEW LISTINGS612091 CND ...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!October is going gangbusters with 117 sales compared to 87 from last October. There still may be a few as agents work through their paperwork and post sales onto the MLS. Although there weren’t any new sales this week, there are a few new escrows in both houses and co...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!Here we are almost through October and we already have a remarkable 99 transactions which is a 21% increase over the 88 sales from last October. Last year, there were a total of 31 condo sales for the month while there have already been 47 for this October. True to fo...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!It was a fairly busy week for condos with three new escrows and three closings. Our condo market seems to be maintaining momentum while homes have lagged behind. As of today, Sunday, there are forty six condos listed for sale, ranging in price from $319K for a leaseho...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai:The news this week is that Oceanfront Sotheby’s has acquired and merged with Century 21 resulting in what looks like many new listings, escrow etc, but the properties show as new because they are now listed with Oceanfront and not Century 21. Here is your update showi...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai,Another beautiful week has gone by – The ocean was almost completely flat for several days, perfect for SUP or kayaking. We headed down to Hanalei Bay Saturday and found it nearly deserted as was the Princeville Center where we stopped for lunch at Federico’s afterwar...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!Happy Sunday to you! -And such a beautiful day it is! Hope you take time today to get out and enjoy all the sunshine and beauty of Mother Nature.It was a somewhat quiet week for condos, with one new listing but no new escrows, while homes had a new listing, one new es...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!While it looked like a lot of activity this past week, when it was all said and done, there was only one new escrow and that was in single family homes. Here is your update for this past week:NEW LISTINGS610612 CND A 288 $132,700 4-5-4-12-8-1 LH Pali Ke Kua #1 993 sqf...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai,Hope everyone enjoyed their labor day weekend holiday. While enjoying yourself, remember to keep Texas, Florida and all those impacted by Irma and Harvey in your prayers for their safekeeping and recovery. Having been through a major hurricane I can attest as to how l...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!Condo activity was fairly strong, with 3 new listings, 1 new escrow and 3 sales. Homes, however, fell flat as the only activity all week was one reduction. Here is your update:NEW LISTINGS610278 CND A 28 $739,000 4-5-3-11-1-23 FS VILLAS ON THE PRINCE #23 1,732 sqft 3 ...