http://blog.hiestates.com The Most Informative Oahu Real Estate Weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:44:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en June's market stats for Oahu are out.  So what is going on in the market? Well if you read the Honolulu Advertiser then, June Oahu Median Home Price falls 8.8% to $625,000.  (When did the Honolulu Advertiser report the news like Fox News?)  Harvey Shapiro says, Housing Prices Hold in June.  The ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/360 Everything in Dubai is extravagant.  I guess it would only be fitting that Donald Trump has to be in the middle of it. His new 62 story Trump International Hotel and Tower on Palm Island  (This is one heck of a website) should be recording breaking.  The penthouse is expected to be ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/359 Read: Hawaii ranked 4th in growth of personal income for the first quarter, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.Hawaii's personal income grew 1.6 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007 to $52 billion.Share This http://blog.hiestates.com/post/357 As of January 1, 2010, building permitswill not be issued for homes that do not have solar water heaters.   Is this a good move?Share This http://blog.hiestates.com/post/356 Is the real estate market coming to life on the mainland?  Maybe, maybe not.  One things for sure, there are a few signs of life in hard hit areas of the country. I said last month, that one of the first signs of a recovery in real estate is when the ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/355 In the American Express commercial, Jerry Seinfeld put the nossel into his car's gas tank and began to pull the handle to fill his tank up as he screamed out, "Release the Hounds!" That statement reminds me of the anticipation of the wave of Chinese toursit expected to come visit ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/354 Honolulu is the #1 city to live in in the U.S. and the 12th best in the world.  I must admit, I agree with this. (slight-bias)  This would explain why I became a  "Permanent Tourist".  I originally came to Hawaii as a favor to a friend for 3 months after graduating college with ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/353 Want a new stove that cooks faster, is safer and more efficient than anything before? Magnetic induction may just be the next "thing" to arrive.  I am sure most of us would have to give it some time before it is affordable enough to make sense. An induction cooktop looks a lot ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/352 The rankings are out for the World's Best Places to Live.  Mercer Consulting's annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28. This along with Best Life Magazine's vote of Honolulu ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/351 Question: I recently went to several new development projects to look at the home options they have and didn’t want to bother my Realtor.  The next time I was out with my Realtor looking at homes I let her know this.  She didn’t seem pleased for some reason.  My wife ... http://blog.hiestates.com/post/350