September 16th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs
Pacific Business News reported that Honolulu has the 20th strongest performing economy in the United States.
As a Honolulu Realtor, I have almost immediate access to the most recently listed homes and condos. For clarity, these listings are offered by other real estate firms and I have not yet seen them (they are too new), but on paper they look like good opportunities. If any of them catch your eye just click on it and a PDF of the MLS fact sheet will be available.
As a Honolulu Realtor that is in the core Honolulu real estate market everyday, I am sensing that it would like to start moving up! Because the banking industry has instituted very tight lending and appraising guidelines, the market has been held back from a quick and stronger recovery. Here is why.
It is not often that I walk into a property and wonder to myself, “Why hasn’t this property sold?” That happened this past Wednesday when I visited this well presented Honolulu home. Located in one of Honolulu’s most desirable neighborhoods, Manoa, you could live in the upstairs and rent out the downstairs. Or if you have extended family, you could live together with both parts of the family having quite a bit of privacy. Here are the salient points concerning the house.
September 10th, 2009 categories: Honolulu Condominiums
Part of being a successful Honolulu Realtor is staying on top of the available inventory (homes and condos for sale). This involves seeing properties that are listed for sale in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and, time permitting, homes that are being sold for sale by owner (FSBO). This week I had the good fortune to see a condo offered by the owner, in a centrally located and well thought of building. The following are the details of the unit.
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