With the median sales price of homes on Oahu hitting $700,000 last summer, there's been a lot of concern about affordability for buyers in the marketplace. While this is understandably so for your average home buyer, our luxury market could have a ways to go.
Kahala's priciest …
Back in 2005, I recall it being difficult to find a decent 3 bed, 2 bath town home on the marina in Hawaii Kai. Shortly after the financial crisis of late 2008, prices dipped to the $700k range and some as low as the mid $600k range at some of …
2013 witnessed the rebound of the luxury real estate market on Oahu. At the bottom of the market in 2009, the record home sale on Oahu was just $8,750,00. In 2012, the record sale was $10,950,000. This past year, 7 homes …
If you're active duty military and have considering buying a home or condo on Oahu, now may be the time. This year, the BAH rates in Honolulu County have increased by 14.7% over the previous year!
Calling all Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine and Air Force renters...
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Last month Pacific Business News published a list of the 35 largest condos complexes in Hawaii. The top 10 were all here in Honolulu.
Honolulu is home to the 10 largest condo complexes in Hawaii according to PBN
Of the top 35 largest condos ranked by units, Oahu had 28 …
View MoreAfter four years of running the Oahu office of Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers, I've decided to go back in to sales full time.
I've learned a lot over the course of the last four years. From humble beginnings, I saw the future of where Hawaii Life was …
I recently listed a Banyan Tree Plaza unit here in Honolulu. It's a building as old as I am, built in 1974 (oops - I gave away my age). There's a great mix of units in the building with 1,2,3 and 4 bedroom units. The 3 and …
With all things being equal, I typically advise my clients to purchase fee simple as opposed to leasehold property here in Hawaii. Not all leasehold purchases are that bad however. You always want to look at the terms of the lease.
Executive Centre in Downtown Honolulu is an example …
We had a great turnout the other evening at Pearl Ultra Lounge in Ala Moana where we had a live private screening of Hawaii Life Oahu episodes on HGTV.
Some of the clients we had on the show showed up as well as other great Hawaii Life Realtors from Oahu …
When you think about luxury real estate on Oahu, Kahala always comes to mind for most. It's where oceanfront homes have fetched over $20 million as far back as 1990. Most tear down homes anywhere in Kahala start just over $1 million. Did you know that you can get …