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Time is running out for the extended first-time homebuyer’s tax credit.Join the experts from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Title Guaranty Escrow, Hawaii Life Real Estate, and 101 Financial who are co-sponsoring four free first-time homebuyer seminars on March 22, 24th and 26th and the following week...
03/18/2010
The latest two weeks of new listings on Kauai feature something old and something new. Some of these are bank-owned and others are short sales. The short sales often take longer. ODD isn't it? View all Kauai Foreclosures → My new listing of 10.8 acres on Kuamoo Rd. offer a superb opportunity for ...
03/05/2010
As part of its goal to establish multiple “remote broadcast” sites around Kaua‘i, KKCR Kaua‘i Community Radio has worked together with the Hawaiian Studies group of Kaua‘i Community College to establish a broadcast facility on the KCC campus. The first broadcast from this new facility will take p...
01/11/2010
Raising gas prices by 50 cents a gallon has been proposed by the county as a way to deal with its shortfall. This and other issues were addressed  Thursday at a public presentation of the final draft of the long-awaited Kaua‘i Energy Sustainability Plan. Fuel taxes in Hawai‘i are nothing new. The...
01/11/2010
Stephan Swanepoel is a consultant who monitors the real estate industry. Here are his top ten issues that have effected our industry. I look for foreclosures, short sales, and first time home buyers credit to drive the island markets through the first quarter of this year.    Every year as part o...
12/31/2009
As lenders scurry to fend off the continuing foreclosure crisis, Fannie Mae, one of the three government entities who purchases mortgages in the secondary market, announced a new approach last week. RENT YOUR HOME! Not to someone else, but to yourself. The Deed for Lease program lets homeowners t...
11/09/2009
Homeowners who have ADU permits to build additional structures, but have not had the ways or means to act upon it, got a reprieve from the County of Kauai last Friday. Draft Bill 2322, which was passed by a 4-0 vote by the council’s Planning Committee Wednesday, would push the deadline for obtain...
10/28/2009
Sometimes doing a short sale comes with additional challenges. The borrower needs to get relief from the deficiency in many cases in order to get the full advantage of the short sale. When the bank plays hard ball, the borrower loses and so does the bank.Bank of America short sales and their endl...
10/23/2009
  Interesting interview with head of Zillow about the state of foreclosures and where we may be in this real estate market cycle. Thanks for the tip. Knowledge is power.... Thanks Spencer   Here's the analysis of foreclosures moving upscale. The startling headline is this -- in 2006, the top 1/3 ...
10/12/2009
Many people who travel to Kauai seek a retreat on the North Shore in remotes places like Hanalei and Wainiha. Some tourists have heard that Poipu is the dry sunny side of the island and Poipu is where many vacation rentals and hotels are, so that's where they stay. BUT, what about the West Side? ...
10/11/2009