Nuuanu (Honolulu, HI)
By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 Local Market Update - Downtown and Nu‘uanu Honolulu, September 2020   Single  Family Homes September Year to Date 2020 / 2019 Change 2020 / 2019 Change New Listings 7 / 11  -36% 83 / 125  -34% Closed Sales 13 / 5   160% 61 / 64   -5% Median Sales Price $853,000 / $920,000 -7%  $856,000 / $907,500  -6%   Percent of Original     List Price Received 97.5% / 91.9%  6% 96.0% / 96.2%  0% Median Days on Market Until Sale 17 / 54  -69% 26 / 28  -7% Inventory of Homes for Sale 26 / 48  -46% ---   Condos September Year to Date 2020 / 2019 Change 2020 / 2019 Change New Listings 37 / 48  -23% 402 / 580  -31% Closed Sales 40 / 43  -7% 269 / 3385  -20% Median Sales Price $537,500 / $550,000  -2% $565,0000 / $584,500  -3% Percent of Original List Price Received 97.3% / 97.4%  0% 96.8% / 97.9%  -1% Me...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 Local Market Update - Downtown and Nu‘uanu Honolulu, July 2020   Single  Family Homes       July Year to Date 2020 / 2019 Change 2020 / 2019 Change New Listings 14 / 12  17% 71 / 98  -28% Closed Sales 6 / 8   -25% 42 / 54   -22% Median Sales Price $835,500 / $1.13M  -26%  $865,500 / $907,500  -5%   Percent of Original     List Price Received 96.8% / 95.0%  2% 95.9% / 96.2%  0% Median Days on Market Until Sale 44 / 37  19% 26 / 27  -4% Inventory of Homes for Sale 36 / 43  -16% ---   Condos July Year to Date 2020 / 2019 Change 2020 / 2019 Change New Listings 68 / 62  10% 325 / 471  -31% Closed Sales 36 / 42  -14% 200 / 259  -23% Median Sales Price $537,500 / $624,500  -14% $570,0000 / $605,000  -6% Percent of Original List Price Received 96.5% / 97.5%  -1% 96.4% / 97.9%  -2% Median Days ...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
  Whether designing a property for sale or for personal purposes, the essential design process is the same.  Understanding the architectural interplay with decor will help create a room that leaves a positive impression on the potential buyer or design client instead of leaving them befuddled or worse, disappointed. In this this virtual bedroom design we were merchandising the property to function as a second home and or rental. With that in mind the room was to be used by the teenage daughter of our clients when used as a second home and a second bedroom in case of a rental. We were designing for both personal taste and general merchandising at the same time which means finding the intersecting elements of what might otherwise be a contradictory trajectory, or in other words a project ...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
Virtual Master Suite Make Over Part II: The Master Bath  Virtual Master Suite Make Over Part I   In continuation of our virtual master suite makeover we move to the bathroom of our Nu'uanu, Hawaii Condo project. Our clients have a tiled water closet in the master bath separating the bath and toilet from the vanity area which is carpeted. For this post and project we focused on the vanity area alone. Renovating Kitchens and bathrooms traditionally returns the most money on your investment at the resale of the property. As Real Estate Merchandisers we advise are clients to maximize return by economizing on big ticket items like granite and hardwood by searching for on sale, discontinued or remnant products online and locally. When it comes to the appraisal, granite is granite regardless o...
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