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• January 2012 Big Island Real Estate Sales Data

  Stability remains consistent and strong once again in the West Hawaii housing market. North Kona Overall sales were very stable in North Kona in January. We had 26 residential sales compared to 21 in January of last year. For condominiums, we had 20 sales Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:29 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, For Sale, Announcements, Buyer Information, Seller Information, Community Information, Short Sale

• Where do people most want to live?

  Hawaii of course!! http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2011/11/09/hawaii-no-1-state-where-americans.html Read More... Posted Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:29 AM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Announcements, Industry, Buyer Information, Community Information

• Good article on the "Have we hit bottom" discussion

  http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/has-the-housing-market-finally-hit-bottom.html Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:52 AM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, For Sale, Announcements, Industry, Buyer Information

• 2011 Hawaii Real Estate Year In Review, A Look Toward 2012

  We have a lot of data to look into, so let’s dive in. We’ll start with the December data, then the 4 th quarter data, then a look at the year in review and what to expect in 2012. North Kona December There were 32 houses sold compared to 36 Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:34 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, For Sale, Announcements, Industry, Finances, Buyer Information, Seller Information Attachment(s): hawaii lava.jpg

• October Big Island Sales Data

  October once again showed the market stability we have become accustomed to seeing. North Kona had 36 residential sales, up 4 from last month and up 9 from October 2010. There were 19 condo sales, up 2 from last month and down 1 from October 2010. The Read More... Posted Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:55 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, For Sale, Industry, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• 3rd quarter Big Island Real Estate Data

  September continued the trend over the last few months of a stable real estate market. Units sold are not really gaining or slowing with any consistency, and the median prices are doing the same as well. Overall for September we had a total of 3 fewer Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:33 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• August Big Island of Hawaii Sales Data

  North Kona There were 31 residential sales in North Kona last month. August of 2010 saw 28 and July saw 33, so we continue to look stable. We saw 27 condos sold, same as last year and just below the 30 from July. The median price for residential sales Read More... Posted Friday, September 09, 2011 1:26 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• July Big Island of Hawaii Sales Data

  North Kona There were 33 residential sales in North Kona last month. July of 2010 saw 23 and June saw 41, so we are down a little bit from earlier in the summer. We saw 30 condos sold, up from 23 last July and close to the 33 we had in June. The median Read More... Posted Monday, August 08, 2011 11:17 AM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Buyer Information

• 2nd Quarter Big Island Real Estate Data

  As we enter the midway point of the year, we have seen a mostly stable market. We have been keeping our eyes open for signs of a real estate “double dip” and so far we have had very mixed data. We do expect to see foreclosures keeping prices Read More... Posted Friday, July 08, 2011 9:36 AM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• April Big Island Real Estate Data

  Aloha, As I mentioned last month, April was expected to have numbers lower than April of last year. This was not due to a slowdown in the market, but more about the fact that April of last year was very strong. The final numbers are in and it looks like Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:04 AM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Announcements, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• Big Island Real Estate Data for the 1st Quarter 2011

  The end of the first quarter is already upon us, and the news continues to show strengthening in the West Hawaii market. Even negative data is balanced by positive data. North Kona The North Kona residential market continues to improve by all measures. Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 05, 2011 3:48 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• February Sales

  North Kona We continue to see signs of improvement in the real estate market. North Kona had 35 residential sales compared to 21 in February of last year and 20 in January. Condos sold hit 23 compared to 24 in February of 2010 and 26 in January. Year Read More... Posted Monday, March 14, 2011 2:48 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• January Big Island Real Estate Data

  North Kona We saw 20 residential sales compared to 23 in January of last year and 35 in December. January is usually a lower month; sales in January are on contracts written in December and late November, times of the years when peoples attention is not Read More... Posted Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:33 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions, Buyer Information, Seller Information

• Possible Protections from Foreclosure

  We are very far along in the process for there to be substantial changes, but here we go. This may help some people extend the foreclosure process, but at the end of the day, if the mortgage is not being paid, the house will still be foreclosed on. http://www.kitv.com/news/26653497/detail.htm Read More... Posted Friday, January 28, 2011 1:37 PM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate

• Foreclosure filings set a record for 2010

  2010 was the worst year on record, and Kona had 10% of the foreclosures for the entire state. http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/20110113_Foreclosure_filings_hit_new_high.html Read More... Posted Monday, January 17, 2011 8:27 AM by Mike Drutar R(S) ABR, e-PRO | 0 Comments Filed under: Real Estate, Market Conditions