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Aloha from Princeville Kauai!This was one busy week, particularly for condos with 5 new listing, 2 escrows and a total of 9 closings – possibly the highest number of Princeville condo closings I’ve seen since I’ve been doing this blog! Condos are hot, hot, hot and will probably get only hotter as...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!May really kicked it into high gear, ending the month with a total of 122 transactions, which represents a 44% increase over the 85 sales from May 16. Great way to head into the active Summer market. For June, the number to beat is 99, and here we are on day 4 with 12...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!It was yet another beautiful week which yielded “ho-hum” market activity as there were no new escrows in either condos or homes. Perhaps the fact that we are heading into a holiday weekend distracted buyers as they prepped for the holiday. Here is your Princeville Kau...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!It was a beautiful week with near perfect weather just right for some beach time. Maybe that’s where the buyers went as there were no new escrows in condos and only one new listing, while homes showed no new listings and only one new escrow. Here is your update:NEW LI...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. This is your special (and extremely well deserved) day so enjoy it to the max. Real Estate this week brought in several new condo escrows and sales, while houses lagged behind with a few new listings and one sale. Here ...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!This is the first time in all the years I’ve been doing this blog that the condo activity for the week has been primarily new listings with only one withdrawn property! Not even any price changes! Take a look:NEW LISTINGS606530 CND A 4 $657,500 4-5-3-11-1-33 FS VILLAS...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai!It was yet another busy week with activity in both condos and houses! However, it hasn’t been enough to surpass the 94 sales from April 2016. As of today, Sunday April 29th there have been a total of 80 sales which is a 15% decrease. Maybe there will still be a few “l...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai,We’ve had quite a bit of rain the latter part of the week, but that didn’t stop buyers from getting out there and putting some property into escrow, especially condos! Here is your update:NEW LISTINGS606232 CND A 2 $799,000 4-5-3-6-22-67 FS Kaiulani #67 1,738 sqft 2 2...

Aloha from Princeville Kauai,Wow! This was one busy condo week, with condos flying off the shelf as eager buyers scooped them up! Houses didn’t fare quite as well but there were a few closings. Here we are halfway through April and we are at 39 sales as we aim to beat the 94 sales set last April....

Aloha from Princeville Kauai,March 17 closed out with 101 sales, which represents a 7% decrease from the 109 sales posted March 16. For April the number to beat is 94 sales, and as of today, Sunday, there have been 19 sales. Overall, it was a good week for condos and houses both, with new escrows...