The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
February Big Island Feature Activity
Jack’s Diving Locker Jack’s Diving Locker with shop locations at Honokohau Harbor and on Alii Dr. in Kona has been teaching people how to enjoy the ocean since 1981! They will teach you and your children how to snorkel and scuba and they have all of the gear...
Kona Coast Luxury Home Sales Comparison
12-month Market Stats for each of the 6 beach resorts along the Kona/Kohala Coast. 2021 turned out to be a banner year for luxury real estate on the Gold Coast of Hawaii Island. The tables below are summaries of the sales for Condominiums and Single-Family Homes in...
January 2022 Big Island Activities & Restaurants
Featured Restaurant: Meridia This month’s featured restaurant is Meridia at the Westin Hapuna in the Mauna Kea Resort. It’s hard to beat amazing food in a great atmosphere with a breathtaking view of the Pacific Ocean. Hapuna’s new signature dining experience...
Taxes and Go KW Luxury
There’s no question there has been record home value appreciation across the entire country and the state of Hawai`i must be in the top five markets. In areas across our entire state, we’ve seen anywhere from 17% appreciation to 40% appreciation. It’s been remarkable....
Should You Invest in a DST?
The first question many of you may have is, “what is a DST?”. DST stands for Delaware Statutory Trust. Why the name? It is simply a separate legal entity created under the laws of Delaware to hold a beneficial interest to one or more income-producing commercial...
Kona Coast Luxury Home Sales Comparison
Market Research Update: The summary tables below, taken from Hawai`i Information Service, clearly show the inventory of single-family homes and condominiums from Kona to Kawaihae has dropped, causing fewer sales in the month of November 2021 at 132 as compared to 164...
November 2021 Big Island Activities and Restaurants
Featured Restaurant: Binchotan Bar and Grill at The Fairmont Orchid in the Mauna Lani Resort Explore the long-running, creative culinary exchange between Hawai`i and Japan firsthand at Binchotan, a traditional northern Japanese grill restaurant. The method the...
Kona Coast Luxury Home Sales Comparison
In a recent luxury real estate seminar presented by Title Guaranty some very eye-opening market trends appeared. With the onset and progression of COVID, buyers are leaving congested areas for paradise and they are coming here with cash, to the tune of plus 256%...
October 2021 Big Island Activities and Restaurants
Featured Restaurant: FORC Restaurant Farmer, Ocean, Rancher, Cook This month’s featured restaurant is FORC in Waimea. My wife and I recently enjoyed a fantastic dinner there with friends. FORC uses many locally sourced ingredients, which adds to the freshness and...
A Perfect Storm Is Brewing Across the Pond and It’s Headed To Hawai`i!
Let me take you back to October 2020. Hawai`’'s Governor Ige opens the state for travel again for the first time in seven months. Over those previous seven months, Americans had been closed up, cooped up, locked down, and restricted like never before in our country’s...
The Shift On The Mainland Has Not Hit The Islands
Last month I started a two-part series entitled, “The Shift Has Hit The Mainland.” In that first article, I discuss the changes I’ve seen in the real estate landscape at my office in Denver. Currently, many of the listings are no longer attracting multiple...
Kona Coast Luxury Real Estate Market Data Update
In August there were 20 condominiums and single-family homes sold, with the lowest sale being $2,150,000.00 and the highest being $12,000,000.00. The Average sold price compared to the original price was 100.5% with an average of $1,689.00 per square foot. I think...