Waikiki beach sand replenishment is expected to be completed in April 2012. Do you support the project and how will it affect Waikiki condo owners? Continue reading...
Posts under ‘Market Analysis’
Rebound or Cycle?
Aloha. Once again, I continue to hear encouraging feedback from folks in the industry about a promising future and rebound for Hawaii real estate. Is this true? Of course, there’s no real answer and your opinion lies in the data available to you and how you use them.
On one hand, we have the continued ineffectiveness of governmental housing policies to encourage economic recovery. Hey, the easy judgment of that is that if everything was back on track, why would we keep needing new programs? If HAMP and the like aren’t serving their… Continue reading...
Options for Avoiding Foreclosure in Hawaii – Part 1
Facing foreclosure in Hawaii? Want to understand your options to better prepare how to move forward? Let us discuss your possibilities for stopping foreclosure. Continue reading...
What’s Your Walkability?
Walkability – how important is this to the vitality of your Hawaii community? How does your neighborhood rate? Continue reading...
Hawaii Near the Top?
I’ll admit it – I’m a geek. I like tech stuff and I like numbers. I loved stats class in those wintry days on Penn State campus (I lived around the corner from Joe Paterno). So when I see a website publish a list or ranking of real estate or whatever that applies to some facet of my daily life, I usually sit up and take notice. David Letterman’s no fool — Top Ten lists pull people in. Not only do we like these because they’re quick summaries (and free us from doing the grunt work to generate the rankings… Continue reading...
More Renters in Hawaii’s Future?
There has been recent discussion among some of my colleagues and peers about this supposed “generation of renters” that appears to be coming our way. The mere idea of it is shocking to some as home ownership has, for many, been part of the quintessential “American dream”. What would the Hawaii real estate landscape look like if more people opted for a lifetime of renting instead of the almost expected path of working up to that first mortgage and home purchase?
I think before we even try to answer that question, we have to examine why the scenario is… Continue reading...
Hangover: Tequila or the Market?
How’s Your Head?
If you didn’t notice, yesterday was Cince de Mayo. Most Americans mistakenly believe this is some sort of Mexican Independence Day. In truth, it’s a minor celebration south of the border that commemorates an unlikely victory over French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 (yes, I Wikipedia’d it – don’t tell me you don’t use it, either!). Back when I lived in Washington, DC, we had huge parties downtown as the Latino population in the nation’s capital is quite large. I had friends from every Latino country you could think… Continue reading...
Embracing Ethnicity in Real Estate
Year of the Rabbit in Hawaii?
It’s Chinese New Year again, so Kung Hei Fat Choi to all Hawaii Housing News readers! I was at the Empress restaurant the other night in the Chinese Cultural Plaza with some friends for a super fun dinner event, full of delicious Chinese food and talented performances. But I also started thinking about business, of course (sigh), and an idea popped into my mind as… Continue reading...
