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Buyers continually tell their agents they are looking for the "bottom" of the real estate slide to occur before they make a purchase.  Somehow they feel the "Bottom" will be signaled by something significant to let them know that the Bottom has actually arrived. However, nothing like that ever h...
08/10/2008
This chart demonstrates the streep decline in number of Kauai Hawaii home sales. However, as demonstrated by the previous chart, Kauai median sales prices of single family homes have only dropped slightly. This demonstrates two things: (1) Kauai sellers are willing to wait for their prices and (...
08/10/2008
  This Chart is indicative of both the cyclical nature of the Kauai Market as well as the trend line through the years. The average long-term Return on investment (ROI) has outpaced all Street. Like all markets, the investor simply needs to be a good judge of market timing and release the greed f...
08/10/2008
Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners last week as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets and bolster the sagging economy. President Bush signed it despite reservations. The measure, regarded as the most significant ho...
08/06/2008
Frequently Asked Questions from KAUAI Vacation Rental Owners Regarding the new Kaua`i Transient Vacation Rental Registration Law Ordinance No. 864 (Bill 2204)  How can we determine if our home is in a Visitor Destination Area VDA?  [Ans.] TVR Registration applies to any Kauai vacation rental own...
08/06/2008
406 CONDOMINIUMS for: ALL KAUAI:           FROM: 1/1/2007 to 8/5/2008 120 CONDOMINIUMS for: ALL KAUAI:            FROM: 1/1/2008 to 8/5/2008. 111 CONDOMINIUMS for: PRINCEVILLE:         FROM: 1/1/2007 to 8/5/2008.  34  CONDOMINIUMS for: PRINCEVILLE:          FROM: 1/1/2008 to 8/5/2008.  93  CONDO...
08/05/2008
MLS report Single Family Homes (Residential) # Residential real estate transactions completed/closed on the island of Kauai in 2007 408 Residential Listings for Kauai - Sold Date 1/1/2007 to 1/1/2008 # Residential real estate transactions completed/closed on the island of Kauai in 2008 181 Resid...
08/04/2008
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The loose credit environment dropped underwriting standards and increased tolerance for riskier, high-yield loan products, leading to a record increase in total mortgage volume and pushing up home prices with "momentum characteristic of a bubble." The study, led by Professor Kerry Vandell, direct...
08/01/2008
The diminished role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at the height of the housing boom was a bigger factor than subprime lending in the drastic run-up in home prices, according to a study by researchers at UC Irvine. An accounting and management scandal that forced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to cut ...
08/01/2008
The leading indicator index declined to 2.9 percent on an annualized basis over the last six months, down from the previous month's value of 3.9 percent. Each of four stock market indices tracked by leading industry analysts posted losses in May, and saw their 12-month gains cut in half from Apri...
08/01/2008
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James G. Pycha

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