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        <title>Aloha Tony's Oahu Real Estate Blog</title>
        <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/hawaii-economy/</link>
        <description>Honolulu Hawaii real estate updates and information for both buyers and sellers from one of Hawaii's top real estate agents.</description>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Census - Hawaii median income is 7th in America!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
I went through some of the Census data and tried to glean anything interesting for real estate purposes.&nbsp; 

Here are some highlights: 

148,764 more people live in Hawaii today compared to 10 years ago.&nbsp; Our State population now totals 1,360,301, up 12.3 percent from the 1,211,537 people who lived here 10 years ago. It's hard to even imagine where these people live, considering there haven't been very many new homes built since then.&nbsp; No wonder there is a housing shortage!&nbsp;

As the populati... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:44:08 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/book-dying-of-money-lessons-of-the-great-german-and-american-inflations.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Book: Dying of Money: Lessons of the Great German and American Inflations</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
I'm currently reading &quot;Dying of Money: Lessons of the Great German and American Inflations.&quot;&nbsp; It's a very insightful and fact filled book which is part history and part economics lessons.&nbsp; Readers will learn mucuh about Keynesian economics, which in part caused the downfall of Germany's paper money and the massive hyper-inflation that resulted. 

In short, Keynsian economics says the governments should intervene in recessions by printing money and lowering interest rates, in order t... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:47:12 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/southwest-may-fly-to-oahu-this-is-huge.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Southwest may fly to Oahu - This is HUGE!</title>
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Via Advertiser: News yesterday that Southwest Airlines might begin flights to Hawaii!




CEO Gary Kelly said the company will make a decision before the end of the year on whether to add larger Boeing 737-800 airplanes to its fleet, which would &quot;bring us the opportunity to consider a destination like Hawaii.&quot;&nbsp; Kelly said the earliest Southwest could take delivery of the 737-800s would be 2012.State tourism liaison Marsha Wienert:&nbsp; &quot;With their network of flights, especially in... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:37:33 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/mortage-rates-are-stupid-low-in-oct-2000-rates-were-8.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Mortage rates are stupid low! In Oct 2000, rates were 8%</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
The interest rate on my first home loan was 9.875%.&nbsp; In my early 20's I bought my first condo and was happy that my loan was not over 10%, since I had no credit and little job history.&nbsp; 

To put it in perspective, if you borrowed $500,000 at 9.875% on a 30yr loan, your payment would be $4341/month.&nbsp; At today's 4.5% rate, the payment is $2533/month. That's a difference of $1808.&nbsp; 

Now home prices are about double what they were 10 years ago, but the cost to own a house is only 31% higher, n... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:12:59 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/kona-comfort-coffee-is-100-kona-100-awesome.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Kona Comfort Coffee is 100% Kona, 100% awesome</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Kona Coffee is one of my favorite truly locally grown Hawaiian products.  The good folks at Kona Comfort coffee help me get out of bed in the morning with their freshly roasted Kona beans, and I thought I might just give a little help to a company I really believe has a great product - way better than anything you can buy from a big nationwide brand.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Kona coffee is grown on the slopes of Hualalai and Mauna Loa in the North and South Kona Districts of the Big Island of Hawaii. It is, in f... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:18:38 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>$75 million for Hawaii Schools</title>
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Via Star : Hawaii will get $75 million from the President Obama's &quot;Race to the Top&quot; school reform grant competition.U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Hawaii made big improvements in its Race to the Top application from round one and has shown its commitment to education by ending teacher furloughs.&quot;Despite the furlough days, Hawaii has a real chance to take student achievement to a different level,&quot; he said. &quot;Hawaii absolutely put its best foot forward.&quot;In ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:15:35 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/honolulu-top-10-most-recession-proof-cities-in-america.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Honolulu - Top 10 most recession proof cities in America!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
The MetroMonitor report examined indicators through the first quarter of 2010 in the areas of employment, unemployment, output, home prices, and foreclosure rates for the nation&rsquo;s 100 largest metropolitan areas. 

It finds that:&nbsp; The metropolitan areas that have had the most consistent job growth over the past year are Augusta, Austin, Charleston, Chattanooga, Dallas, Honolulu, Jackson, and Raleigh. Thirty-two metropolitan areas had recovered their pre-recession levels of output in the fourt... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:10:04 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/hawaii-personal-income-on-the-rise.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Hawaii Personal income on the rise</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Personal income in Hawaii grew at the sixth-fastest
 rate in the nation through the first quarter of this year, according to an article this morning in the Star.
																																
							
 
Hawaii residents' personal income rose by 1.35 percent compared with
 the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the report released by the 
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

																																
							
 

    
        
            

            
GAINING STRENGTH

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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:40:13 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/no-more-furlough-fridays.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>No more Furlough Fridays!</title>
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Via Star Bulletin:&nbsp; After a school year cut short by 17 Furlough Fridays, public 
school head into next year with a complete academic 
calendar again.&nbsp; &quot;The furloughs are over,&quot; Governor 
Linda Lingle declared yesterday at a news conference.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association, the 
Department of Education and Board of Education reached a supplemental 
agreement in March to a contract that restored all furlough days. It was
 contingent on the Legislature approving the funds... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:26:28 -1000</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.alohatony.com/blog/new-hawaii-5-0-filming-in-hawaii-just-as-lost-series-ends.html</link>
            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>New Hawaii 5-0 filming in Hawaii just as LOST series ends.</title>
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Hawaii's economy will continue to benefit from TV filming, as CBS
is remaking the original &ldquo;Hawaii Five-O&rdquo; TV series, according to several reports by Hollywood trade publications
Monday.&nbsp; Just like the classic cop drama that ran from 1968 to 1980, the new one will be filmed entirely in Hawaii.



It stars Australian actor Alex O&rsquo;Loughlin as detective Steve
McGarrett and &ldquo;Lost&rdquo; alumnus Daniel Dae Kim as Chin Ho Kelly. The cast
also includes Scott Caan from &ldquo;Oceans Eleven&rdquo;... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:11:53 -1000</pubDate>
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