So often when we're selling real estate here in Diamond Head, people ask me "I'd like to buy something short term and legally vacation rental". Here we are at the Diamond Head Beach Hotel and this is literally going to be the only condominium here on the Gold Coast that you can actually do a legal vacation rental... Read More 12/16/2024

Aloha, this is David Buck and we’re down at the Gold Coast at Diamond Head and we’re going to talk about the difference between condo and co-op ownership in Hawaii. What most people don’t know is this is the highest concentration and the reason we’re filming down here is this is the highest concentration of co-ops on Oahu. We do have some condos as well...Read More 12/08/2024

Aloha, this is David Buck with Harcourts Island Real Estate and today we're down at the Gold Coast at Diamond Head. What we're going to talk about today is how some of these buildings being on the oceanfront here at Diamond Head need a lot of TLC and maintenance. In particular, spalling and painting... Read More 12/01/2024

  Local Market Update  Diamond Head & Kapahulu Honolulu, October 2024   Single Family Homes October Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 11 / 17  -35% 124 / 117  6% Median Sales Price $1.5M / $1.11M  35%    $1.4M / $1.305M  7% Percent of Original List Price Received 100.0% / 102.2%  -2% 97.2% / 97.5% 0% Median Days on Market Until Sale 15 / 10  50% 16 / 19  -16% New Listings 20 / 23  -13% 189 / 168  13% Pending Sales 12/ 15  -20% 140 / 143   -2% Active Inventory 54 / 43  26% ---    Condos October Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 8 / 6  33% 66 / 54  22%  Median Sales Price $1.6325M / $1.115M  46%  $711,000/ $1.015M  -30% Percent of Original List Price Received 100.0% / 97.0%  3% 98.4% / 98.9%  -1% Median Days on Market Until S... 11/25/2024

  Diamond Head Theatre presents White Christmas Wed, Nov 27, 2024 , 7:30pm - Now through Dec. 15th   It's time to wax nostalgia with Christmas cheer... Diamond Head Theatre presents the heartwarming holiday classic White Christmas from November 22 through December 15 with possibility of extension. Join us at Diamond Head Theatre in Honolulu as we celebrate the season with this beloved musical. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, they follow a duo of singing sisters en route to their Christmas show in a Vermont lodge. With a dazzling score featuring well-known standards including "Blue Skies", "I Love A Piano", "How Deep Is the Ocean" and the perennial title song, White Christmas is an uplifting, wholesome mu... 11/23/2024

  Local Market Update  Diamond Head & Kapahulu Honolulu, August 2024   Single Family Homes August Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 18 / 13  38%  97 / 85  14% Median Sales Price $1.285M / $1.2M  7%    $1.4M / $1.36M  3% Percent of Original List Price Received 95.2% / 98.4%  -3% 96.7% / 95.8%  1% Median Days on Market Until Sale 16 / 19  -16% 16 / 23  -30% New Listings 29 / 20  45% 153 / 126  21% Pending Sales 17 / 17  0% 111 / 114  -3% Active Inventory 51 / 33  55% ---    Condos August Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 8 / 9   -11% 50 / 47  6%  Median Sales Price $810,000 / $601,000  35% $647,000 / $790,000  -18% Percent of Original List Price Received 98.8% / 99.5%  -1% 98.4% / 99.5%  -1% Median Days on Market Until Sale 2... 09/26/2024

Well, I'm not sure if that $3 million price reduction got your attention? 3239 Noela Drive in Diamond Head just reduced by $3,000,000 earlier this month. This is the 2nd $3 million price reduction (the last of which took place in June) since it's been on the market... Read More 08/07/2024