by The Hawaii Team | Aug 25, 2022 | Blog, Resorts
“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...
by The Hawaii Team | Jul 27, 2022 | Blog, Resorts
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...
by The Hawaii Team | Jun 26, 2022 | Blog, Resorts
We’ve all been watching the news and reading the reports of interest rates now reaching 6% in some cases for home loans. The Federal Reserve, in their attempt to tamp down inflation, continues to raise the short-term interest rate to engineer what they call a soft...
by The Hawaii Team | May 25, 2022 | Blog, Resorts
There’s an old saying in real estate that buyers are “six months ahead of the curve and sellers are six months behind the curve.” And in many respects, that’s true. Buyers do tend to be able to predict what’s coming around the corner as far as the market is concerned....
by The Hawaii Team | Apr 28, 2022 | Blog, Resorts
One of our clients went under contract on a $3 million condo at the end of September 2021. For a variety of reasons, we had a delayed closing, and the property finally closed the second week of January 2022. From the time my clients went under contract at a purchase...
by The Hawaii Team | Mar 24, 2022 | Buying, Hawaii Real Estate, Resorts
Story # 1: A two-bedroom condominium goes on the market in the Mauna Lani Resort. Listing agent tells everyone they have two hours to do a virtual tour of the property before the renters check in for the next three weeks. Property comes on the market at $1.95 million...
