The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
December 2022 Market Statistics Summary
December continued to reflect the downtrend in the market with just a few condominium sales recording in the resort neighborhoods. No home sales were closed in any of the resorts in the month of December, with just four of the resorts recording condominium sales....
January Featured Activity & Restaurant
Featured Restaurant The Coffee Shack With our kids home from college we decided to take a drive to South Kona and have breakfast at one of our favorite places on the Big Island, the Coffee Shack in Honaunau. This modest establishment is located roadside on Mamalahoa...
The Spreadsheet Guy
Back in 2011 I wrote a very popular real estate column for The Denver Post; this particular column garnered a lot of attention as it was titled, “The Spreadsheet Guy!” We’ve all known someone like the spreadsheet guy at some point in our lives. In this situation I was...
Relocating to Hawaii: Top 5 Tips
Listen to the audio version Watch the video version Here is another installment of our series on what it's like to relocate to Hawaii. I want to pass along five tips for you once you move here. This isn't the exhaustive list, this isn't the end-all be-all list, this...
How to Relocate to Hawaii: Moving Day Logistics
Today we are talking more about what it's like to relocate here to Hawaii. So, you've bought the house and now you've got to get your things to Hawaii. There are a couple of different prevailing theories or thoughts here. Some people will say that if you have the...
Big Island Market Update – Looking Forward to 2023
Listen to the audio version Watch the video version Happy New Year everyone! We're kicking off January 2023 in style here in Hawaii. It's been just an amazing festive time here over the holidays. The weather was fantastic, the volcanoes had shut off just before the...
My Most Satisfying Sale
For those of you who have followed my blog over the last 15 years or used to read my real estate column in The Denver Post you know that during the month of December I do not write about business. We have 11 months of the year to talk business, and this is the one...
December/January Featured Restaurant & Activity
Featured Activity Hike Puako Petroglyph Park’s Malama Trail The 233-acre Puakō Petroglyph Archaeological District contains more than 3,000 separate ki'i pōhaku (petroglyph) designs. It is one of the largest concentrations of rock art in the entire Hawaiian island...
November Market Statistics Summary
November continued to reflect the market shift with dwindling sales in all neighborhoods. Mauna Lani Resort led the way for the month with the sale of four condominiums. An additional two condominium sales were recorded in Waikoloa Beach Resort, and one each in the...
Mauna Loa Eruption Updates
December 14, 2022 All Pau When someone asks you in Hawaii if you are “All Pau?” It means are you all done, finished, no more, etc etc. Well, the volcanoes are “All Pau” for now. Two days ago, the scientist informed everyone the Kilauea was done erupting in for now....
October Market Stats
Sales in October reflected the market shift with a notable reduction in sales in all neighborhoods. The bright spot was at Waikoloa Beach Resort where there was the sale of three condominiums, and all three sales recorded at 100% of Sale to Original price. The lone...
This & That
There’s just so much to write about this November that I couldn’t choose which topic would be best. So instead, this month I’m going to give you a little bit of this and a little bit of that. This: Well, thank God the election season is over. Not only do we not have...