News

May 30, 2014

April 2014 Housing Market on Oahu

The housing numbers are in for April 2014 and some of them may surprise you.  While the median price of a single family home was up to $648,000 (not surprising), the number of sold homes compared to April 2013 was down by nearly 12 percent (almost a 4 ...

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May 30, 2014

Median Home Prices Still Rising in Honolulu

Still Not Sure It's Time To Sell in Honolulu?

Word on the street is that the Honolulu median home price could reach $774k by 2015! According to a recent forecast from the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO), the median price of single-family homes in Honolulu could increase as ...

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March 24, 2014

Homeowner Flood Insurance Update

I was happy to read that on March 13, 2014, the United States Senate voted to approve the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (H.R. 3370). The Senate acted to pass the bill as amended by the House to avoid the need for a conference committee to reconcile any differences ...

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Nov. 23, 2013

Ko'olani Owners Reimbursed

Ko'olani Owners Reimbursed

After lengthy litigation and burdensome assessment charges, 370 owners at the Ko'olani are now being reimbursed $7,500 for their contribution to the

2011 plumbing fix debacle.  This debacle was caused by contractors using "cheap" plastic pipes in the construction of this luxury building ...

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June 5, 2013

Twitter Tips for Real Estate Professionals

Stay Connected with potential clients through Twitter

Twitter is yet another way to connect in the cyber world.  Following are 10 helpful tips for real estate professionals:

1.  Do not just twitter personal promotion and advertisements, this is considered SPAM.

2.  The “#” in front of ...

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May 12, 2013

Singles Delve Into Real Estate

Singles are Becoming the Top Buyers in Real Estate

Did you know that singles (especially single women) are making up more and more of the real estate market now?  As recently as 2011, statistics showed single women made up 20% of all home buyers and single men accounted for ...

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April 9, 2013

National Recovery - Bad for Renters?

Could the National Recovery be bad news for Renters?

According to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ latest report on America’s rental housing, rental markets are tightening, with vacancy rates falling and rents climbing.  With little new supply of multifamily units, rents could rise drastically as demand increases ...

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April 2, 2013

March 2013 Data on US Housing Market

U.S. Housing Market shows people are ready to sell

March data on the U.S. housing market shows growing optimism and confidence among potential sellers. Market data indicates that while the national housing inventory went down 15.22% since last year, the number of listings went up 2.36 ...

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Aug. 15, 2012

Paul Brewbaker Hawaii Market Forcast

Paul Brewbaker Forecasts Continued Hawaii Home Price Growth

The annual Mid-Year Real Estate Review with Paul Brewbaker was held yesterday at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu Hawaii.  The event was sponsored by Distinctive Homes Hawaii, Honolulu Home Loans and Old Republic Title & Escrow.  Invitees included several ...

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May 23, 2012

New Hawaii Real Estate Agents

DHHRE- NEW AGENT UPDATE!!!

 

Our team at Distinctive Homes Hawaii continues to grow with each day, week, and month. Distinctive Homes Hawaii has a limited agent openings at the Hokua office.  To date we are pleased to announce that we have 6 NEW agents that have recently joined ...

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