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NAR Reports Dropping National Sales Figures. What does this mean to the Hawaii Market?

Monday, July 28, 2008

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NAR Reports Dropping National Sales Figures. What does this mean to the Hawaii Market?

According to the article, analysts claim that this slump will not end until inventory (amount of homes for sale) declines. Unfortunately for many mainlanders, foreclosures are pushing more homes onto already flooded markets, keeping inventories high and extending the market's recovery time. If this is a good synopsis of our Real Estate problems, Hawaii has two reasons to be optimistic

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Good News: Oahu Median Home Prices Strong – And Some Reasons Why They Should Stay That Way.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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Good News: Oahu Median Home Prices Strong – And Some Reasons Why They Should Stay That Way.

The Advertiser must be trying to make up for all of their absurdly pessimistic articles with this very good one about why home prices are strong and relatively stable It helps when you have great sources like Mike Sklarz. In the article, he makes an excellent point using a key indicator of overall market health:Months of [...]

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Plunging and Tumbling – Not as Bad as Plummeting

Thursday, June 26, 2008

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Plunging and Tumbling – Not as Bad as Plummeting

Oh no, plunging and tumbling again – well, at least it’s not plummeting, that is really scary. So what are we taking about here and does it affect Hawaii? Let’s start with the second part of that question - ‘No”. So, what are they talking about - new home sales.

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