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        <title>Aloha Tony's Oahu Real Estate Blog</title>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Turning the Tide in Hawaii's Real Estate Market</title>
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&nbsp;I've been saying for that last 3 years that the market bottomed in early 2009, and that prices would begin to rise soon.&nbsp; 

To illustrate that this did occur and that the market turn is now known as fact, I've created this infographic below with numerous statistics that verify the Hawaii Real Estate market has been on the upswing for over 2 years now. 

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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:23:03 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>November Oahu real estate sales numbers - everyone is wrong again</title>
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The Oahu real estate sales numbers were released this week, and as many people predicted, there was a large drop in some numbers, especially in condo sales. There were some kind of pessimistic reports out there, but they are wrong. 

The total number&nbsp; of homes that sold was 245, down from 258 last year.&nbsp; Only 303 condos sold in November, compared to 402 last year. 

Why did Oahu condo sales drop so much?&nbsp; Easy - last year at this time, the first time buyer credit was in full swing. Most of t... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:18:13 -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>
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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 leads the nation in millionaires per capita</title>
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For the third year in a row, Hawaii led the nation in number of millionaires per capita, with 6.9 percent of resident millionaires, according to an annual ranking by the Phoenix Affluent Marketing Service released today.The survey defines a millionaire household as one with $1 million or more in investable or liquid assets. It does not include retirement plans and real estate.Why do we have so many millionaires?&nbsp; One simple answer:&nbsp; It's the nicest place to live in America. Perfect weather al... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:24:23 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Forbes says no double dip in housing.</title>
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The Fed stopped buying bonds, which means mortgage rates are up, but there won't be a double dip in housing according to an article in Forbes today.&nbsp; Not sure if I agree or not, but the article is certainly compelling. 

They state 5 reasons:&nbsp; First, the Fed is not planning on suddenly selling its holdings.

Second, they do not expect mortgage rates to suddenly spike as the Fed exits the market. Today, even though the Fed has ended its program of purchases, the &quot;spread&quot; between mort... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:42:10 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>I can predict the future of real estate. Here's how.</title>
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I have a better way to predict the real estate market than any economist on Earth. &nbsp;It's more accurate than anything that a group of Ph.D.'s can come up with by crunching numbers and data. It has nothing to do with stocks, economics, currency markets, the price of oil, or the price of anything at all. &nbsp;It doesn't even have to do with the inventory of homes. I have a data set that, when it's all said and done, is the only set of 'data' that matters. &nbsp;This magical predictor is called - clients... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:58:42 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Hawaii school info</title>
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Here is a great website to learn about Hawaii schools both public and private. You can search by location, grade, and just about anything you can think of.&nbsp; Schools are always a big concern in Hawaii, the only state in the Union to have a State run Department of Education rather than by local municipalities. There are good reasons for this, but there are also big drawbacks.&nbsp; 

&nbsp;Anyway here is the Hawaii schools site.&nbsp; 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:08:53 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>New homes still going up in Ocean Pointe</title>
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Everyone here thinks of it as Ocean Pointe, but the real name of the new development is now &quot;Hoakalei and Ka Makana.&quot;&nbsp; I'm not sure why they chose such a difficult name, but that is what the sign says. Technically, Ocean Pointe is done, and now it's on with the new part of the development. 

I was there yesterday with a client, viewing the brand new homes and models. It's tempting, with all the great things that come with newness, but right now the waiting list is literally 6 mon... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:09:11 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Rail tax income down, Mufi's Rail plan to continues anyway</title>
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I guess at this point, the Rail program is about as hard to stop as an oncoming train, but today the Honolulu Advertiser reported that &quot;Tax collections needed to build Honolulu's planned $5.5 billion elevated rail transit line fell 30 percent in October from a year earlier. The total collected &mdash; $8.9 million &mdash; was the lowest amount since February 2007, when just $2.2 million was collected during the second month after the excise tax surcharge was enacted.&quot;

If a person put... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:24:01 -1000</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Oahu home inventory PLUMMETS to 4 year low</title>
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1289&nbsp; and 1864.&nbsp; That's the number of homes and condos available on Oahu, respectively.&nbsp; Those are the lowest numbers since fall 2005.&nbsp; The lowest number of homes available in 2006-2009 so far was 1600.&nbsp; Perspective - it's only 5.4 months of inventory! 

No wonder my buyers have had a hard time finding homes to buy, while my sellers have been selling quickly with multiple offers. No wonder my clients looking for a water front townhome in Hawaii Kai are having a hard tim... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:59:17 -1000</pubDate>
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