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Summer Inventory Heats Up, As Housing Prices Cool

June 17, 2019 By Nick Kawakami

May 2019 stats show expected changes as median prices dip overall and active listings grow.

Happy June everyone, and hope you’re surviving the heat! As expected, 2019 is shaping up to be an interesting year as we start to see the fruits of a pickier Buyer’s market. It’s definitely not time to panic, especially as median prices dip, but let’s see what kind of trends we’re watching as the first half of the year comes to a close.

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Filed Under: Island Living, Real Estate Tagged With: market stats, monthly, statistics, stats

March Brought More Inventory and Less Competition for Buyers

April 7, 2019 By Nick Kawakami

I cant’ believe it’s been a year since I’ve updated this blog with monthly statistics. While a ding against my consistency, it’s also a nice way to see where we were last year and what the market felt like. Let’s take a look at the stats and compare how 2019 is shaping up versus last year.

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Filed Under: Real Estate

ShredFest 2019

April 3, 2019 By Nick Kawakami

Here ye! Here ye! Bring all your unwanted personal documents to our office for SAFE and SECURE disposal! Clean out those file cabinets! Empty those manila envelopes! It’s time to SHRRRRRRRRRRED!

Shred-It Hawaii will be at our office (1045 Mapunapuna St., behind Servco Toyota) on Saturday, April 27, 2019 starting at 9:00 am with their document shredding truck.  This is a free event, sponsored by my brokerage, so bring as much stuff to shred as you’d like!

Details

  • Paper only, since it will be recycled after shredding.
  • Staples, small paperclips, and manila folders are fine.
  • Plastics (i.e sheet protectors, binding combs), electronic media storage (i.e. CDs, thumb drives), and binder clips need to be REMOVED beforehand.
  • Boxes will NOT be accepted, so please take those back home and blue bin those bad boys!

NOTE: Since this year is sponsored by my brokerage, it will not be as intimate as last year’s shred fest. I would highly recommend that you come as early as possible, and avoid any backlog that may be happening.

Hope to see you there!

Volunteers will be on hand all morning collecting your shredding items for the truck. Hope to see you all there, and thank you for supporting our event!

Filed Under: Journal, Real Estate

Everybody Panic! April Brings Another Exaggerated Reaction to Housing Crisis

May 8, 2018 By Nick Kawakami

Howzit everyone! Hope you’re doing well after, what seemed like, such a weird month. It’s still snowing in April, we couldn’t eat any Romaine Lettuce, the rain was ridiculous for a weekend, and most recently: “Oahu median home price rises 11% as condo sales jump 13%.” That last one doesn’t seem as major next to real crisis headlines, but that didn’t stop news outlets from stoking the “housing crisis” fire this past weekend. Let’s take a step back, break down the numbers, and see if the panic is legitimate.

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Filed Under: Real Estate, Thoughts Tagged With: market stats, monthly

Are We Plateauing? Condo Median Price Says “NO!”

April 25, 2018 By Nick Kawakami

Happy April Everyone, so happy to be back on the web! Mercury is out of retro-grade, I’ve launched this new website, and I think I actually saw this sun today! All good things pointing to another productive Spring season in the real estate market, but has that translated to the numbers? Let’s take a look. [Read more…] about Are We Plateauing? Condo Median Price Says “NO!”

Filed Under: Real Estate, Thoughts Tagged With: market stats

Fed Rate Hikes Affect Non-Homebuyers Too: Here’s How

December 13, 2017 By Nick Kawakami

Whenever I talk about the federal funds rate (or fed rate), it’s usually in response to the affect it has on mortgage interest rates. In most of the news outlets as well, this angle usually spurs the most interest from potential homebuyers as they try to time the market for their home purchase. However, there is a group of people that this change could affect more, and they might have nothing to do with the home buying demographic. [Read more…] about Fed Rate Hikes Affect Non-Homebuyers Too: Here’s How

Filed Under: Investing, Real Estate Tagged With: fed rate, interest rate, mortgage, taxes

No Fear in Homebuyers, Despite Halloween! 🎃

November 14, 2017 By Nick Kawakami

Happy Fall Everyone! The leaves are beginning to turn brown…well, the leaves that are dead are brown, but the rest are still green #fallinhawaii. In fact, thanks to a couple HEAVY rain storms, the island is extra green and lush!! Speaking of green, green arrows mean median prices are up along with closed sales! Let’s take a look at the stats for October and see if there’s anything new to report… [Read more…] about No Fear in Homebuyers, Despite Halloween! 🎃

Filed Under: Island Living, Real Estate Tagged With: market stats, stats

‘Akoko Coming to Ho‘opili

November 14, 2017 By Nick Kawakami

DR Horton stopped by the office today to update on the latest release coming for their Ho‘opili development out on the Ewa Plains. Titled ‘Akoko, it will be all multi-unit buildings with prices starting in the $300Ks on the affordable end. [Read more…] about ‘Akoko Coming to Ho‘opili

Filed Under: Island Living, Real Estate Tagged With: dr horton, ewa beach, hoopili, kapolei, new development

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