Monthly Archives: February 2009

Top 10 Hawaii Home Improvement or Renovation and Remodeling Tips

10. Bring a digital camera with you to Home Depot or City Mill. This comes in handy while picking out your fixtures and materials. Plus it helps with your budgeting and planning. While shopping, take photos of the items you … Continue reading

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Hawaii Short Sale Property

Aloha, Here is a property that just came onto the market. List: $365,000 FS – Fee Simple Addr: 54116 Kawaipuna St City: Hauula HI Zip: 96717 Regn: Kaneohe Neighborhood: HAUULA Roofd Liv Ar: 1,088 Bedrms: 3 Yr Built: 1976 Baths: … Continue reading

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How is the Real Estate Market in Hawaii?

I am asked this question almost every day. Here is a quick post. I will expand on this throughout the week with statistics. But for now, this will be just a quick overview and purely my opinion. So how is … Continue reading

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Hawaii Foreclosure of the Day

Auction Date is 03-02-2009 920 Ward Ave. 11C Honolulu, HI 96814 This is a 2 bedroom 2 bath unit. The tax assessed value is $457,900. Here is the link to the google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=920+Ward%20Ave.+Honolulu+HI+96814 This is a property to watch. … Continue reading

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Motivated Seller of the Day – Hawaii Real Estate

List: $249,900 FS – Fee Simple Pacific Manor 785 Kinau St 406 Honolulu, HI 96813 Inter Liv Ar: 536 Bedrms: 1 Open Lanai: 72 Yr Built: 1974 Baths: 1 New Carpet This is a 1 bedroom unit in the heart … Continue reading

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Motivated Seller of the Day

It’s a buyer’s market here in Hawaii and this is a single family home with a legal Ohana unit. It’s almost like getting 2 homes for the price of one. The main house is approximately 1111 sq. ft. and the … Continue reading

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Featured Honolulu Foreclosure

Here is a foreclosure property that will be going to auction on February 24, 2009. It’s a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath condo with approximately 773 square feet interior living space. It is in the heart of town (Honolulu) in the … Continue reading

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Motivated Seller Alert – 2 Bedroom 1 Bath in Town

This is potentially a great deal. This is a 2 Bedroom 1 Bath in town. It’s located in the convenient Salt Lake neighborhood of Honolulu (by the airport and 10-15 minutes to downtown and Waikiki) The seller is motivated. Their … Continue reading

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Honolulu DPP Phone Numbers

Have you ever searched for numbers for the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP)? If you like me, you may have seen it before, but can’t remember where it is on their website. Here is the direct link: http://www.honoluludpp.org/aboutdpp/contact_info.asp … Continue reading

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Freddie Mac to add .75 point to condo loans

Hi All, Just learned from my friend and loan officer, Elizabeth Lee at Territorial Savings Bank, that Freddie Mac will be adding .75 point to each condo loan.  That means there is a slightly higher fee to buy a condo … Continue reading

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