The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
Election Year Real Estate
Here we are again in an election year! Every two years the market gets a little wacky. As I reviewed my notes from the last 16 years I can see there is a trend. Every time an election year rolls around the real estate market gets super slow in the months leading up to...
November Featured Restaurant & Activity
Featured Restaurant - Cipriano's Kitchen 61-3642 Kawaihae Rd., Kamuela, HI 96743 This month’s featured restaurant is very unique and offers personal service, fresh ingredients and a relaxed atmosphere for breakfast or lunch. Located in Kawaihae, just north of the...
September Market Statistics Summary
As we look at sales in the resorts during the month of September, we see a clear shift in the luxury market. More properties are sitting on the market for a longer period of time, and we are seeing great options for buyers compared to the previous “once in a lifetime”...
September/October Featured Activity & Restaurant
Featured Restaurant - Kona Pasta Company 75-5864 Walua Road, Kailua-Kona, HI The news is spreading about a new Italian restaurant in Kona. Kona Pasta Company, located across the street from the Royal Kona Resort, offers an eclectic menu of Italian classics, including...
August Market Statistics Summary
For the first month in over a year single family home sales in the resort communities that we follow were almost equal to condominium sales with six single family home sales and seven condo sales. Condo sales are considerably lower than previous months as the market...
R-E-L-A-X
It was the 2014–2015 NFL football season and the Green Bay Packers, who were favored to win the Super Bowl that year, started the season 1-2. Packer fans were in an uproar. Then quarterback Aaron Rodgers did an interview with the press telling Packer nation they...
July Market Statistics Summaries
Sales along the Kona/Kohala Coast are following the same trend as previous months with more price reductions than increases and, with a few exceptions, most sales are closing below asking price. Inventory is still at a premium with very few new listings becoming...
August Featured Activity & Restaurant
Featured Activity - Volcano and Kohala Landing Helicopter Tour on the Big Island from Kona A helicopter tour of Hawai`i Island is always a special way to see its diversity and beauty. But for an extra-special flight, consider the tour which will not only take you...
Call Me When the Market Tanks
“Call me when the market tanks.” That was the email I got from a recent buyer of ours. He was expressing in words what many people have been wondering anyway. I could’ve just replied and said, the market isn’t going to tank anytime soon. But I thought I would take an...
Luxury Market Report Nationwide
The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing recently released an in-depth report of luxury home sales nationwide for the first half of 2022. In reading their analysis, it mirrors what we've been noticing here in Hawaii. In our recent blog posts and videos, we are seeing a...
So, How’s The Market in The Islands?
I answer this question more than any other and multiple times a day. The majority of my buyers and sellers live on the mainland and they see what’s happening, or what’s not happening, in their cities and towns regarding real estate. So, the natural question for them...
Market Stats for the First Six Months of 2022
We have completed our analysis of the market for the first six months of 2022 and while we are still seeing a very active real estate market along the Kohala Coast, we are noticing a cool down. Below are the sales summaries of the resort areas along with two...