As we exit the 2016/2017 Winter/Spring, high season for real estate sales, I thought it would be helpful to assess the positive market trends for 2016/2017/2018.  Here is a synopsis of some helpful statistics I gathered from Title Guaranty, Corelogic and the Hawaii Information Service (Multiple Listing Service).  Please scroll down or click the links… Read More »

Top U.S. and Foreign Buyers of Hawaii Property (PDF) | Top Buyers by Region (PDF) Canadians and Japanese buyers continue to rank as the top 2 foreign buyers of Hawaii Island and statewide properties.  Despite the current Canadian currency devaluation against the American dollar, Canadians continue to purchase property primarily in the South Kohala resorts. … Read More »

French Polynesia including the Society, Tuamotu and Marquesas islands are our favorite vacation destination. We are fortunate enough to have visited yearly for the last 10 years. Many of our friends and clients ask us why we would vacation in another tropical destination similar to where we live full time. The answer is, more of… Read More »

Located in Villages at Mauna Lani-this popular Lehua Plan is equipped with a 39 panel Solar System. Unit 320 has one of the best locations in The Villages- which includes a large grassed common area off of the great room and rear BBQ lanai and located at the end of the 300 row of Lehua… Read More »

One of the most beautiful beaches and a great way to see the manta rays that are numerous in our waters is to go to the Mauna Kea Beach Resort after sunset and walk to Manta Ray Point located on the north side of Kauna’oa Bay. Manta rays come into the bay at night to… Read More »

Lissette and I run/walk a very scenic, 6 mile route daily at sunrise within the Mauna Lani Resort and along the shoreline including circling the fish ponds ponds at Kalahuipua’a, and the shorelines at Honoka’ope and Makaiwa Bay. It’s an incredible start to the day currently filled with snow capped volcanoes, hump back whales breaching,… Read More »

7 homes under contract Developer’s representative reports! I communicated recently with Brian Anderson’s sales team for an update on sales and development of their community.  They report 7 units in the phase 1 section of single family homes are “under contract”. They also report that an important part of their development plan has been changed. Instead… Read More »

January 2017 Update-Construction at Laule’a at Mauna Lani continues to move forward at a fast and furious pace! According to the developer’s website and developer’s representative, “Residences 8, 9 and 10 are set to be complete by Spring of 2017, which will mark the official opening of Laule’a. These owners cannot wait to be the… Read More »

Developer’s sales reps report that the last 4 buildings with 30 units total will be under construction or finished before the end of 2017.  Building 12 is under construction currently and has 1 unit under contract.  The remaining buildings, 13, 14 and 15 will be released and open for contracts soon.  The last buildings are… Read More »

The developer’s representatives report approximately 50 total units left to sell in the community with 11 units in completed inventory for sale and 1 pending sale. There are 4 resale opportunities also. Kamilo’s elegant homes – with their double-pitched tile roofs and full-width lanai doors – are surrounded by the rolling greens and fairways of… Read More »