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The following map shows all Honolulu County Military Bases and Installations for Hawaii Army, Hawaii Navy, Hawaii Air Force, Hawaii Marines. This should give you a better idea where you will be residing in conjuction with your new duty station. This is just the beginning....... Hawaii Real Estate and Relocations! Read Full Post

We've been a happy bunch with the buyer's incentive of a tax credit of up to 8k for buying that first home. I had two transactions due to close this month that were squeezing by....hoping that they would extend the credit so there were no worries about getting that credit. Hawaii First Time Homebuyers who really wanted that credit. Granted, they wanted to really buy that first home anyway and one did close this past Friday (short sale) with a one acre lot with a nice house. The extension brou... Read Full Post

With Short Sales still a part of our Honolulu County Housing Market at least there are some being sold and going in contract rather than remaining stagnant as in the beginning of 2009. Year to Date 2009 Sales and current short sale listings are depicted in the chart above. The majority of Short Sale Active Listings are in the Ewa Beach area with 71 of the 204; 44 of 103 are in contract and 53 of 116 solds. That's a significant bundle of homes owners being helped and not going through the fore... Read Full Post

Hawaii is said to be a year or so behind the Continental United States with current trends in the real estate market. With that in mind let's take a look at the year to date sales with Hawaii Short Sales in Honolulu County. There were 108 single family home short sales sold this year with 50 of them in the Ewa, Ewa Gentry, Ocean Pointe areas alone. The Ewa Gentry, Ocean Pointe areas have the highest number of bank owned & short sales on the island of Oahu. (HONOLULU COUNTY). There are cur... Read Full Post

Update for the Hawaii VA Loan and Hawaii Real Estate process: 1) The turn around time for Hawaii VA Loan Appraisals are taking up to 5 weeks on the island of Oahu due to the 'volume' of VA Loans in progress at this time. As a Hawaii Home Buyer you can be proactive and start your loan application process to get preapproved immediately! 2) The Governor imposed a three Friday a month furlough (no pay) on State Government employees and our Bureau of Conveyances is one of those departments. When e... Read Full Post

Someone who is pursuing a career as a Real Estate Agent goes through thorough Real Estate School. They learn the lingo, the real estate laws and aspects of a real estate transaction process and types of loans and so forth. They pass and go on to take their STATE EXAM to obtain their Real Estate license. If they get that far they pass go and hang their license with a Real Estate Brokerage. They join the National Association of Realtors®, their Local Board (ours is the Honolulu Board of Realto... Read Full Post

Hampton Court Luxury Townhouses (Mililani Mauka) are rarely available and the following statistics show the last 7 months of activity in this complex. Hampton Court # Active # In Escrow # Sold DOM Average Sales Price 2 bdrms/2 bath @ 873 to 1199 sq/ft 3 2 1 29 $370,000-$467,000 3 bdrms/2.5 bath @ 1702-1745 sq/ft 1 0 2 6 $539,000-$555,000 *NOTE: DOM (Days on Market) means how long the property was listed on the MLS until the properties went into escrow with an accepted contract. Over the past ... Read Full Post