The Army Corps of Engineers had the Homeowners Assitance Program during the recession of 2007 to 2011 that assisted Service Members who were upside down on their mortgages. There were certain criteria that had to be met such as that you must have purchased the property between certain dates as your primary residence and that […]

Unfortunately, I am predicting that there will be short sales on the market within the next 1 to 2 years. I worked approximately 100 short sales for Buyers and Sellers during the recession for both military families and civilians using both VA loans in Hawaii and conventional loans in Hawaii. What is a short sale? […]

The Lotte will be played at Hoakalei Country Club in 2022. This will be the first LPGA/PGA Tour Event that is being played at Hoakalei Country Club. The course was opened in late 2008 in the Hoakalei Resort Community located in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The resort neighborhoods are: Ka Makana, Kuapapa, Kipuka and Lei Pauku. […]

How does that make any sense? Rent and purchase prices have continually gone up on Oahu yet BAH rates have gone down. Something doesn’t add up.

This market on Oahu is crazy as we are all aware.  It’s really a great time to be a Seller for many reasons during these times. My concern is with our Buyers, specifically our VA Buyers who are doing 100% financing as most VA Buyers do and then needing to leave on PCS orders in […]

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Its a trickle down effect. Buyers cant buy homes because there is too much competition and the Buyers cant wait forever so they are now turning to renting homes in Ewa Beach, Hawaii or moving into government housing. Its really a shame that these Buyers are not able to be competitive enough to buy homes […]

The inventory of homes for sale in Ewa Beach, Hawaii is minimal. There are a ton of Buyers looking for homes. Interest rates are low. Combine those 3 things and you have “bidding wars” on homes. In the past 2 weeks, we have had Buyers make offers ABOVE the list price by many, many thousands […]