Housing & Real Estate

Wailea Ekahi Village and Wailea Grand Champions have each earned a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor for five consecutive years–the criteria needed for induction into the Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame.

In Hawaiʻi, more than forty thousand households earn $30,000 a year or less. For them, housing they can afford barely exists.

Overall, residential and condo unit sales numbers bounced up and down the last few months, with residential and condo inventory decreasing this month after the high-sales winter vacation season.

Morgan Gerdel, AIA of Nishikawa Architects Inc. in Wailuku, was recently named one of the winners of the Future of Architecture Residential Design Contest and Showcase by the American Institute of Architects and Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design.

In the Hawaiian culture, an ʻohana, an additional dwelling on a property, are a way to house more family on one property. Prospective Maui property owners should be aware of the current legalities of these dwelling spaces.

This week, Bruce McDonald of Maui Real Estate Advisors LLC will travel to Pudong, a district of Shanghai, China, and Hong Kong, where he will meet with potential partners and buyers interested in Hawai‘i’s real estate market.

There seems to be a lot of buzz going around Maui pertaining to home energy efficiency, residential rebates for photovoltaic systems and new incentives through Hawaiʻi Electric Company.

Destination Hotels promoted Ben Beaudoin from general manager to vice president and managing director of Destination Resorts Hawaiʻi, one of the state’s largest and premier vacation rental management companies of private homes, luxury villas and condo-resorts.

With sprawling vistas, Hawaiian cultural sites, historic buildings and some of the most charming displays of Maui’s rare plantation-style architecture, Wailuku remains one of the most in-demand locales for Maui property opportunities.

Kokua Realty LLC congratulates the investment team led by Keoni Fursse, CCIM, on their recent sale of the 16-unit, Wailuku apartment complex, located at 509 Pio Drive. The building was sold to a private investment for $2,100,000.

It is important to educate yourself about your legal rights as a landlord, so that you can protect your property and your financial investment.

Maui resident Robin Wagstaff has been hired as retail sales area manager to direct retail activity for W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital LLC’s first branch location in Hawaiʻi.

The 35,000 square foot center is located on Kekaʻa Drive and was valued at $13.9 million ($7.5 million in assessed land value and $6.3 million in building value) according to property records.

Home sales on Maui were up in March despite a significant rise in the median home price to $627,500, according to new information released by the Realtors Association of Maui.

Vacation rental properties in Wailea and Kāʻanapali on Maui were ranked among the top 10 in the nation according to traveler reviews compiled by TripAdvisor for 2014.

We all know that property opportunities on Maui come with a fierce price tag, and the Top Five Most Expensive Homes for Sale on Maui are most definitely leading this trend in every conceivable way. Check out a handful of the most current, exclusive properties for sale in Hawaiʻi.

Brady Spangler, mortgage professional at Axia Home Loans – Maui Branch in Wailea was selected by Mortgage Executive Magazine as one of the nation’s “Top 1% Mortgage Originators in America 2014.”

To understand the full scope of Maui’s beauty, make sure to take some time exploring the Up Country areas; Historic Makawao Town, Olinda, Lower and Upper Kula, and Ulupalakua.

West Maui’s Kapalua definitely provides an unrivaled luxury lifestyle, easily experienced when spending a day enjoying the area–or if you are lucky enough to call Kapalua your home.

Maui’s residential real estate market saw a median price decline to $558,625 in February of 2015, with a decrease in individual homes sales and increase in condo sales, according to statistics from the Realtors Association of Maui.

Maui-based architecture firm Architectural Design & Construction Inc. has been selected to receive the “Best of Houzz” award in Design by the user community of the online home design and remodeling service Houzz.