Housing Grant for Disabled Veterans If you know a veteran or his family who could benefit by by adapting a home to accommodate their disability, here are some options to share with them: The Veterans’ Administration provides grants to Servicemembers and Veterans with certain permanent and total service-connected disabilities to help purchase or construct an […]
Magnificent Signiel Residences at the Lotte World Tower Now Selling
Our offices at Century 21 All Islands is presenting in Honolulu on August 11, 2017, the Signiel Residences at the Lotte World Tower of Seoul, Korea. Available residences begin at approximately 3.5 Million.
The Marco Polo building fire made worse due to no sprinkler systems
As many of you may have read in global news, last Friday on July 14, 2017, Honolulu had its worst fire in history. The fire occurred on the 26th floor at the graceful Marco Polo building across from Waikiki along the Ala Wai canal. The fire started on the mauka (mountain) side of the building […]
Breaking News: VA Permit Issues No More!
I just received this message from one of my mortgage broker colleagues, Keith Mateo at Home Mortgage Experts. He says permit issues in the past on VA mortgages are a thing of the past! This is significant in Hawaii as homes under $721,050 (the 2017 VA Loan Limit) are typically homes that are more than […]
June 2017 Hawaii Market Statistics
Here is a snapshot of June 2017 Market Statistics for Hawaii. You can also see neighborhood values comparing 2016 and 2017. The single family home price continues to climb. I usually see clients choosing a home over a condominium when they have more than four people or a large pet in their household as there are […]
You can find a reasonably priced meal that fits in your waist sack!
If you wonder why local (tourist-related employees) and tourists stand in line at the Musubi Cafe, it’s because they want to have a tasty snack, a musubi: a small wrapped rice ball (not really a ball but rather molded into different shapes such as a triangle or rectangle) filled or topped with some protein (tuna, […]
I received orders to PCS. Now What?
If you received orders to PCS, planning and preparation will ease the stress. We should be uploading a PCS guide for Hawaii moves, so keep a look out for it. We can also help you with identifying some neighborhoods that fit your needs. In the meantime, here’s a chart so you can visualize how you […]
Hawaii’s Inflation Rate reaches a High
With housing prices increasing, Hawaii’s Inflation rate outpaced the Nation’s It is sometimes difficult to gauge the day to day direction of pricing, but long term or overall, historically Hawaii’s real estate prices continue to climb. It is not unusual to see properties double every ten years. Location, condition and ocean views determine individual property pricing. […]
Who’s buying real estate in Hawaii?
As a active board member with our Aloha Chapter of the Asian Real Estate Association of America, a realtor with friends and colleagues in major cities across the U.S., I was not surprised to see this headline in the news today Foreign Buyers buying U.S. real estate. Because Hawaii is a visitor, resort destination, we […]
Where is the Century 21 All Islands Waikiki office?
“Where do you work?” Where’s your office?” “Are you a real person?” Where Do I work? I actually work all around our relatively small island, Oahu, driving to different properties, helping search for real estate for a client. Or I might be checking out a school, gymnasium, class or architect. I work in every […]
