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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Oahu Home prices will reach $1 million median price by 2020</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
Some excerpts from a very interesteding article in the Advertiser this week below.&nbsp; Basically, The market is on its way up and the median single-family home
could be more than $1 million by 2020, said renowned Honolulu economist Paul Brewbaker.&nbsp;&nbsp; He has been right on the money on every prediction he has made about our market in the last decade.&nbsp;

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&nbsp;Last
month, single-family home sales rose 21.7 percent to 157 from the year
prior's 129.&nbsp; Condo sales soared 44.4 percent to 231
fr... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:22:36 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Hawaii hotel occupancy continues to improve</title>
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Good news as the economic world didn't collapse as much as people thought it would in 2008-2009. From today's PBN: Hawaii hotel occupancy grew 3.4 percentage points to 66.5 percent in
January &mdash; the fourth occupancy increase in the past five months.





However, as compared with the same month last year, room rates continue to slide &mdash; down $21 to average $176 a night.&nbsp; That meant a $7 drop to $117 in revenue per available room. Overall,
statewide room revenue in January fell by an... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:14:50 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>1816 Kilohi st - SOLD!  Multiple offers, WAY over asking price!</title>
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UPDATE: This house in Kalihi valley that I listed last Monday had about 25 showings in 1 week and is now in escrow well over the asking price of $550k.&nbsp; Most of the offers were above asking, and none were very much below the price. 

Before listing it, we had the house painted and cleaned, and installed new fixtures, new toilets, new lights, and some new flooring.&nbsp; We also had all the rubbish removed.&nbsp;

Then we had the survey done, ordered a permit package, and completed the seller's disclos... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:43:57 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Continental adds new Oahu and Maui</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Great news for the tourism industry in Hawaii!&nbsp; According to the Advertiser today, Continental Airlines will launch three new flights from Honolulu and Kahului on Maui to the West Coast starting Sunday.The flights will be from Maui to Los Angeles and Orange County and a flight from Honolulu to Orange County.&nbsp; Continental will operate the flight with a Boeing 737-800 with 160 seats.&nbsp; They will start a second daily flight between Honolulu and Los Angeles on Sunday.The new Maui-Orange County fli... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:20:50 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>In Escrow - Beautiful Launani Valley in Mililani</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
For about $550,000, you can buy this 4 bedroom 2.5 bath home in beautiful Launani Valley.&nbsp; Actually, you can't now because some clients of mine are now under contract for it. It got listed Tuesday morning and had 2 offers by Tuesday night. 

Hidden away in the hills of Mililani, this litte neighborhood, called Woodcreek, has some of the most amazing tropical views you will ever see on Oahu.&nbsp; This home is right on a running creek, so when it rains you feel like you're in a tropical rain forest... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:03:45 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>New listing, 1816 Kilohi st for $550k - TONS of showings, multiple offers</title>
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I just listed this house on Monday, and wow, the activity has been crazy. We had 2 showings the first afternoon, 5 showings the 2nd day, and already a dozen requests for the weekend.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The first offer is coming today (I'm told) and I have meetings with other clients who want to write offers as well.

Why is this house so popular?&nbsp; 1) It's clean.&nbsp; 2) It's priced under $600k.&nbsp; 3) It's in Kalihi Valley, located just 10 minutes from downtown Honolulu.&nbsp;

I have been saying it since March ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:09:04 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Case Study for Spiderable IDX</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
As I mentioned on Geek Estate Blog, I've decided to do a case study to 
determine the effects of having a spiderable IDX on my site. Since my 
site doesn't have a lot of authority just yet, I've asked Morgan Carey 
of Real 
Estate Webmasters to show me data from other clients' sites (with 
their permission), so I could see how sites with high authority do with 
their spiderable IDX.

I had Analytics installed at the same time as my spiderable IDX, so 
unfortunately, I can't show you a ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:44:25 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Is there a housing shortage coming in 2011?</title>
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At least one guy thinks so, and he's featured in this article in Forbes.&nbsp; 

&quot;&quot;We need one and a half million houses per year just to keep up with population growth,&quot; Wesbury said in an interview with Steve Forbes.&nbsp; 

&quot;And then if you throw in, you know, fires and tear-downs and just
worn-out properties, we need 1.6 million or more per year. Right now,
we&rsquo;re down to about six and a half, seven months&rsquo; inventory whether you
look at new homes or existing homes.&quot;

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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:13:32 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Upcoming listing - $550k Kalihi Valley</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
This cute old house in Kalihi Valley will be on the market on March 1st. Right now we are painting, fixing things, removing clutter, and redoing the bathrooms a bit.&nbsp; At about 1400 sqft (not all permited) the house is a bargain at $550k.&nbsp; I put the sign up last night and I've already recieved 2 calls this morning. 

Offers will be reviewed March 10th or later. &nbsp; 

This hous is located just a mile off Likelike hwy on a quiet street.&nbsp; The owners have been in the house since 1958, when it was ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:25:15 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>alohatony@gmail.com (Tony Kawaguchi, RA)</author>
            <title>Honolulu Rail - pie in the sky estimates on number of riders</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 
How many people are actually going to ride the Rail?&nbsp; The City of Honolulu says that 97,000 people are going to ride it, and that is a pure lie.&nbsp; Even in Houston Tx, where the population is&nbsp; 5 times higher, and the traffic far worse, only 38,000 people ride the rail system. 

Will Honolulu succeed in getting approximately 6 times higher percentage of rail riders?&nbsp; Hmmmm.. Take a look at this chart created by Panos Prevedouros, civil engineering professor at UH, and candidate for Honolulu Ma... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:19:44 -0600</pubDate>
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