The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
End of Third Quarter Market Outlook – 2023
By Dan Polomino This past August, I was in Austin, Texas for Keller Williams’ annual Mega Camp Conference. Mega Camp is held every year in Austin, the headquarters of Keller Williams, for the purpose of educating and strategizing with top producing agents in the...
August’s Market Stats for the Resort Areas of Hawaii
Sales continued to be light in the resort communities during the month of August. Up and down the Kohala Coast, just 11 condominium sales closed, with Waikoloa Beach Resort leading the way with six sales. There were three home sales – two at Kūki`o and one at Mauna...
October’s Featured Restaurant and Activity on the Big Island
Featured Activity: Na`alapa Stables Located on the slopes of the Kohala Mountains, within Kahua Ranch, Na`alapa Stables offers horseback rides through lush pastures with stunning views of the Kohala coastline. The 12,000-acre ranch offers riders open range riding with...
Interest Rates Don’t Matter
Below is literally the conversation I had with a buyer, explaining to him that he can buy now and that interest rates don’t matter. Buyer: I’m sorry Dan, at 7.5% I am out. The interest rate is just too high, and it doesn’t make financial sense for me. Dan: I totally...
Just Imagine
It’s 7 am, the sky is a perfect blue, the air is still, the birds are chirping, and the ocean is calm. You walk out on your lānai with a fresh cup of coffee, inhale the warm ocean air, gather your thoughts and decide to head out for a swim. You have no schedule, no...
July’s Market Statistics for the Resort Areas of Hawaii
The summer season is generally lighter in the West Hawai`i real estate market and July was no exception. A lone home in the Kona Hills subdivision and less than a dozen condominiums highlighted the resort and high-end market sales. Mauna Lani Resort led the way with...
September’s Featured Restaurant & Activity on The Big Island
Featured Restaurant: Fish Hoppers Whether it’s breakfast, lunch, or dinner, you’ll be sure to find a warm welcome and a tempting menu at Fish Hoppers Restaurant on Ali`i Drive in Kailua Village. This open-air establishment is just across the street from the sea wall...
Maui Relief – More Ways to Help
As we have all seen and witnessed on television, the tragedy in Maui is just hard to fathom. As of the date of this newsletter our Keller Williams family has been unable to locate one of our agents. He is among the 850 missing. Please pray for his family as they...
Ocean Blue Kona
People come to the islands and the first thing they want to do is experience one of the many activities available to them on the Big Island. There’s no shortage of things to do and tour operators, but how do you know which one is the best, or will give you the...
Giving Opportunities for the Hawai’i Fires
Giving Opportunities: https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong https://hawaii.salvationarmy.org https://mauifoodbank.org https://www.redcross.org/local/hawaii/volunteer.html https://ignite.stratuslive.com/auw/get-involved/donate/mauirelief Aloha all from...
Information and Guidance in Our Real Estate Market
Audio Version Video Version Cash deals are at an all time high right now in the past, I would say in the last 12 months, cash deals were hovering around 41-42% during the peak of the buying frenzy. During the pandemic in 2021, we saw cash deals get up to about...
We Know a Thing or Two, Because We Have Seen a Thing or Two
By Dan Polimino “We know a thing or two, because we have seen a thing or two!” If that sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the tagline in the Farmers Insurance commercials. You know, the ones that show some type of catastrophe - like the dog that burns down the house...