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        <title>Aloha Tony's Oahu Real Estate Blog</title>
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        <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>Oahu real estate - very thin market with prices up, number of listings and sales down</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
How is the market?&nbsp; 5 people have asked me this question since this morning.&nbsp; Of course it's common for people to ask me this, but right now I sense that many people don't see a clear direction for the market right now.&nbsp; 

We can look back and see that since last year prices around Oahu have risen 5% on average for all home sales on Oahu.&nbsp;&nbsp; But where is it going? Everyone wants to know .

(I predicted the bottom of the over 2 years ago, and also predicted the top of the market in 2005.)

F... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:51:38 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Foreclosures in Hawaii drop in half</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Via PBN: &quot;The number of foreclosure filings in Hawaii dropped in February, with half as many properties in some phase of the foreclosure process as a year ago, according to new data from RealtyTrac&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RealtyTrac Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company .There were a total of 473 foreclosure filings &mdash; including notices of default, public auctions and bank repossessions &mdash; in Hawaii in February, or one for every 1,098 housing units.That was 27 percent fewer than January and... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:37:25 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>The next big thing - Assumable loans will help sellers of Oahu Real Estate</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
I sat in a signing with a client this week and was reminded that VA loans are assumable by the next person buying the property, if they have VA eligibility.&nbsp; That means they can apply for and take over the loan that the owner has been paying on, at the same rate.&nbsp; My clients' rate was 4.25%, fixed for 30 years. &nbsp;

In a few years, when rates go up to 6%, 7%, or even 10%, that assumable loan will make their house a LOT more affordable than others.&nbsp;

FHA Loans are also assumbe.&nbsp; From an FHA w... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:37:26 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Temporary higher loan limits set to expire soon on September 30, 2011</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
For the past 2 years, Freddie Mac&rsquo;s Super Conforming Mortgages and 
Fannie Mae&rsquo;s Temporary High-Balance Conforming loans provided higher 
maximum loan limits for high cost areas of the country ($793,750 in 
Honolulu County, versus the conforming maximum loan amount of 
$625,500).&nbsp; This was a temporary higher loan limit that is set to expire
 soon on September 30, 2011.

Right now, an Owner Occupant Rate on these &quot;super conforming&quot; loans are approximately 4.625%, 1.625 points... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:10:28 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Obama's Hawaii Vacation Begins Next Week - 30 Pictures Of The Kailua Beach House</title>
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Next week, President Barack Obama will arrive in Oahu for his annual Hawaii vacation.&nbsp; I've had several occassions to be in the vacation home that the President rents, since I had a few interested buyers when it was for sale for $9.5 million.&nbsp; 

This beachfront Kailua property has about half an acre right on the sand, and looks straight down Kailua beach.&nbsp; The house is only 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and about 5000 square 
feet.&nbsp; Not too big, considering many houses on the mainland are... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:02:20 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>October Oahu real estate sales numbers are out - but everyone is wrong. PENDING SALES ARE UP 28.5%</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
The Oahu real estate sales numbers are out for October, and you may have seen a not-so-optimistic article in the Star Advertiser today.&nbsp; However, I could not be more sure that our market is about to JUMP UP in sales, because the Star's article missed the most important statistics. . I outline them below. &nbsp; 

Yes it's true that the median price stayed at about $600k last and the number of sales dropped 17 percent to 241 (read: A LOT) compared to from 290 in October 2009.&nbsp; 

As the article poi... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:52:55 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Hawaii home sales up BIG in September</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
In May of 2009, I called the bottom of the Hawaii real estate market, and in January through May of this year, I posted several times about the coming market rise.&nbsp; Well, the September sales numbers are out for Hawaii homes, and the numbers are pretty impressive.&nbsp; 

Here are some highlights:


There were 274 sales of single-family homes on Oahu in September, an 8 percent rise compared to last year.

The Oahu median price of single family homes was $622,450, up 3 percent from $605,000 last yea... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:46:23 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Honolulu is America's Third Happiest City!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
According to an article in USA Today, a massive new study by Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index of Americans' attitudes shows that Honolulu is America's Third Happiest City. The Gallup-Healthways Index did interviews with more than 353,000 Americans during 2009, asking them to assess their jobs, finances, physical health, emotional state of mind and communities.&quot;Residents of large cities &mdash; those with a population of 1 million or more &mdash; generally report higher levels of well-being and m... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:37:06 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>What EXACTLY are you waiting for???</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Yesterday I showed this beautiful house in Queens gate that is listed for $925,000.&nbsp; With 4 bedrooms, a pool, and a huge master bathroom, it had everything the buyers were looking for.&nbsp; 

We had a nice discussion about buying a house right now.&nbsp; I thought there were some great insights, which leads me to pose a question:

 If you aren't buying right now, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 


Lower interest rates?&nbsp;

A housing bubble? 

A massive economic collapse?&nbsp; 

10% unemployment? 

Home... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:28:41 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Maui Home and Condo Sales Jump in April!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ I was suprised to see this article in Pacific Business News today, which said that Maui real estate sales jumped in April, up four times over the number of sales a year ago.



158 Maui and Molokai condos sold last month, nearly four times the 41 units that sold
 in April 2009.&nbsp; The median price of a condo also rose to $455,000, up 11 percent over
 $410,000 in April 2009. The developer sales at Honua Kai, which ranged 
from 573,300 to $4.5 million also influenced prices, the Realtors 
ass... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:51:31 -1000</pubDate>
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