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Aloha! This is David Buck with Harcourts Island Real Estate and today we're going to report on the luxury market recap for 2024... Read More

Curious what homes are for sale on Waialae Golf Course this year? Read More

Can you believe that Oahu home sales were up over 25% this past month? This is David Buck with Harcourts Island Real Estate. Today, we're going to talk about market stats for December of 2024. Happy New Year to everyone by the way! Read More

Aloha! Today, we're here in Waikiki and we're going to talk about the differences between Waipuna on Ena Road and The Wailana on Ala Moana Blvd. These are two significant landmark properties that have been in Waikiki since the late 1960's to early 1970's. I'm going to break down the difference be...

I can't believe it's been 10 years since we filmed the HGTV episode with Sam and Lucie Silveira here on the Windward side of Oahu in Kailua and Kaneohe. We're back at where the episode initially started... Read More

So often in real estate, I get asked "what can happen when the land lease expires on leasehold property?" There's a reason why I'm in Kailua today. The reason why is years ago, there was some low rise apartments across the street from me here. They were leasehold condos... Read More

Aloha, this is David Buck and today we’re going to do a tour of all of the condo along the Ala Wai Canal, which front Ala Wai Blvd. For those of you that don’t know, Ala Wai Blvd is a one way street here in Waikiki on the mauka side of Waikiki. It’s literally on the mountain or Mauka border of Wa...

Can you believe that home sales in Mililani and Makakilo were up 233%? This is David Buck with Harcourts Island Real Estate, here to report on the local market update for November, 2024... Read More

So often when we're selling real estate here in Diamond Head, people ask me "I'd like to buy something short term and legally vacation rental". Here we are at the Diamond Head Beach Hotel and this is literally going to be the only condominium here on the Gold Coast that you can actually do a lega...

Aloha! Today we’re going to talk about the difference between fee simple and leasehold ownership in Hawaii... Read More