While the political scene in 2016 has been anything but consistent, the Hawaii real estate scene has been resoundingly solid. Everyone and their mother knows that prices have been going up, up and up. While world events like the tragedies in Nice, Istanbul and elsewhere, along with the shocking presumed exit of Great Britain from the European Union, threaten to destabilize global markets, trade … [Read more...]
Keeping Hawaii Off the Map
There's been a fair amount of talk lately about the promotion of Kailua as a tourist destination for the "Honolulu - been there, done that" crowd and the relatively rapid development of legal and illegal vacation rentals to feed this niche. Too many of these rentals, the opposition says, replace actual housing for local residents and drive up the prices, which are some of the highest real estate … [Read more...]
