The Seller of an almost 7000 sq ft home for sale in Hawi's exclusive oceanfront gated community Puakea Bay Ranch just authorized a $600,000 price reduction today. Their strategy is simple. A smaller house in the community with what most people consider a less well thought out floorplan is offer
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04/20/2010
i It is rare to find a historic, authentic plantation-era home like this for sale in the charming towns of Hawi and Kapaau in North Kohala, and even rarer to find one offered at this price. In fact, there is not another piece of real estate on the market in North Kohala that compares in the
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03/24/2010
Short sales and foreclosure properties are still only a small part of the real estate market in Hawi and Kapaau, the place locals call just "Kohala". And some of them are sitting on the market without offers, which seems a little strange given the level of current activity. All of the agents wor
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03/05/2010
Had lunch at the Hali'i Kai Ocean Club Bar & Grill today and watched the whales jumping like popcorn popping. The developer sponsored today's Kohala Coast broker caravan so after previewing the best new listings for sale from Hualalai Resort north to Mauna Kea Resort, agents could enjoy the vie
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02/05/2010
I have had about a dozen calls in the past ten days about short sales and REO (foreclosure) opportunities at oceanfront Halii Kai and Kolea on the Kohala Coast (playground of the Big Island of Hawaii). I have also been busy writing offers (some accepted, some countered too high, some outbid) and
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01/17/2010
I don't ordinarily spend my Saturday nights blogging, but I have just spent the day showing short sale, REO (foreclosure) and other best buy listings at Halii Kai and Kolea on the Big Island's Kohala Coast, and as I talk with these prospective buyers who found me on ActiveRain, I realize my earli
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01/02/2010
We're half way through the Twelve Days of Christmas! Having grown up with a grandmother who was Ukrainian Orthodox, I know that the Christmas season actually begins with Christmas Day and leads up to the Feast of the Epiphany. One of the great things about living in Hawaii, especially in areas
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12/31/2009
This is a fabulous explanation of why mortgage rates will rise in 2010. I still hear from buyers that they are holding off because home prices might dip again...and they might, exactly reflecting the increase in interest rates so that my buyer's monthly cost comes out the same. Sellers who will
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12/24/2009
I apologize if you happen to have subscribed to this blog to get updates on the real estate market along the Kohala coast and North Kohala (Hawi) on the Big Island of Hawaii, only to experience a great silence lately! I know there are agents who would be getting up at 4am or staying up until midn
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12/08/2009
During my well-earned three-week vacation in Europe, the colleague who was covering for me wrote offers at the oceanfront Halii Kai condominiums for two of my clients! Halii Kai at the Waikoloa Beach Resort continues to be a hot spot, with REOs, short sales, and developer sales dominating. Two
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11/19/2009
