Week of January 18th, 2021 in Review

Nearly a year into the pandemic, the number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time remains elevated, unfortunately. While the number of people continuing to receive regular benefits, Pandemic Emergency benefits or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits did each decline, the ...

Oahu, Hawaii: Your Choice of Places to Live, Work and Invest in

Part IV of IV

Homeowners, investors and vacationers looking for the “ideal” destination need no longer search the globe for their paradise on earth. They’ll find it on Hawaii’s Oahu island in Honolulu county. The Kauai and Kaiwi ...

Part III of IV

If you are a DIY enthusiast, you’ll likely have 50-ways to do a certain thing – like fix a leaky faucet or clear the pesky clogged drain. Well, as a global real-estate watcher, let me tell you that there are also fifty (or even a 100 ...

Oahu, Hawaii: Great Places to Live, Work and Invest in

Part I of IV

With so much anxiety and turmoil going on around the world today, it’s very tempting to look for a paradise haven of your own, and move your family there. Alternately, owning a nice vacation property in ...

Initial Jobless Claims are moving in the wrong direction, unfortunately, as the number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time increased in the latest week. While the number of people continuing to receive benefits did decline, read on below to see why this news is not as ...

Week of December 7th, 2020 in Review

The rise in COVID cases and decline in Paycheck Protection Program money is having a worsening impact on businesses and workers around the country as jobless claims trended in the wrong direction in the latest report. The number of people filing for unemployment ...

Oahu Real Estate Market Outlook - November 2020: Signs of recovery and better things to come

When COVID-19 hit Hawaii in the first quarter of 2020, realtors, buyers, sellers and real estate-related business braced for a backlash. Was there an impact – yes, as might be expected. But there are ...

Though COVID-19 hasn’t struck Oahu, Hawaii as hard as it has mainland, the real estate market has suffered. However, agents expect it to bounce back, and here’s how!

The closest thing Americans get to a tropical paradise is Hawaii. With its sandy beaches, friendly faces and beautiful waters, how could ...

Here’s How Real Estate Is Making a Comeback Post COVID-19

We are now in the second half of 2020 and months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Although many industries have had to pause or scale down operations, the real estate industry is still going strong. Despite the recession, housing prices in ...