Aloha, Happy Mother’s Day to each and every mother out there. We have an extraordinary day filled with sunshine, and warm breezes here on Kauai – a perfect day for a Mother’s day celebration. Here is your update for the week just past: Copyright ©5/13/2012 by Hawaii Information Service NEW LISTINGS 254430 CND A 3 4-5-4-5-27-19 FS $237,405 Hale Honu #10A 1,085 #10A 3/1.01 CONTINGENT SALES 243597 CND C 317 4-5-4-5-24-20 FS $370,000 Nihilani #7B 1,406 #7B 2/2.00 251116 CND C 116 4-5-4-5-23-58 FS $399,000 Plantation #1512 1,153 #1512 2/2.00 254185 CND C 15 4-5-4-6-1-27 FS $685,000 Villas Of Kamalii #27 1,815 3/3.00 SALES 252466 CND S 13 4-5-4-5-39-53 FS $195,000 Cliffs #2303 1,137 #2303 1/2.00 SOLD 5/8/2012 for $215,000 (CASH) DOM 13 244431 CND S 331 4-5-4-5-24-52 FS $330,000 Nihilani #18A ... 05/13/2012

Just Sold  3830 Edward Road Ali'i Kai 13B Princeville, HI    $284,000 This condo for sale just sold for $284,000. The Buyers will enjoy their two bedroom/two bathroom ground floor condomnium at Alii Kai II.  It has 1020 square feet plus a lanai that offers ocean views. It was sold furnished. The condo had been on the market for over 7 months and during that time the  Sellers received several low ball offers.  The fifth offer was a cash offer resulted in an accepted offer based on market comps (yes, there was a counter offer).  Alii Kai II is a small development of 56 condominiums.  The development was built in 1980. There is a swimming pool, outdoor spa and an on-site resident manager.   Currently there are 4 condos for sale at Alii Kai I and Alii Kai II. Alii Kai II 9E is the lowest pr... 05/12/2012

Aloha, May is starting out in full swing with three condos going into escrow and four homes selling. The general consensus is that the market is in recovery – and we did handily surpass April 2011 sales of 58 with 71 this past month. Condos were well above last April, with 33 sales, 10 of which were in Princeville, compared to 23 total last April. Homes had a slight increase, going from 27 to 29. Take a look at the update where you’ll see some great new low pricing on Ka’iulani and one last opportunity to get into Nihilani in the $300K’s: Copyright ©5/6/2012 by Hawaii Information Service NEW LISTINGS 254197 CND A 6 4-5-3-6-22-55 FS $975,000 Kaiulani #55 2,479 #55 3/3.00 254198 CND A 6 4-5-3-6-22-53 FS $1,075,000 Kaiulani #53 2,443 #53 3/3.01 254128 CND A 6 4-5-3-6-22-3 FS $1,350,000 Kai... 05/06/2012

Aloha, The weather has been so fabulous this week I took a morning off and went to Anini. If you haven’t been to this beach before, you really should put it on your “to do” list. The waters there are fairly well protected although I did read about two paddleboarders being caught in a riptide and taken away from the shore. But on this particular day I just planned to hang at the beach. I took a few photo – and just loved this one which shows the tracks left in the sand by the waves. If it looks like I had the beach to myself, that was pretty much the case. It’s not difficult to find your own private beach paradise what with the miles of beaches to be found on Kauai. Just another of the many reasons we love Kauai! Now on to your weekly update where you’ll see that, once again, most of the... 04/29/2012

Aloha, It was a glorious week, with some of the best beach days I’ve seen lately. The weather seems to have inspired buyers, as several condos went into escrow. Take a look: Copyright ©4/22/2012 by Hawaii Information Service NEW LISTINGS 253727 CND A 4 4-5-4-5-16-37 FS $495,000 Alii Kai #5101 1,086 #5101 2/2.00 CONTINGENT SALES 243884 CND C 388 4-5-3-6-22-76 FS $670,000 Kaiulani #76 1,738 #76 2/2.01 250434 CND C 116 4-5-3-6-22-68 FS $699,000 Kaiulani #68 1,892 #68 2/2.01 252965 CND C 41 4-5-4-5-18-24 FS $265,000 Puamana #7A 1,214 #7A 2/2.00 246073 CND C 52 4-5-4-6-1-19 FS $629,000 Villas Of Kamalii #19 1,815 3/3.00 SALES 227553 CND S 863 4-5-3-6-22-59 FS $625,000 Kaiulani #59 1,892 #59 2/2.01 SOLD 4/19/2012 for $625,000 (CASH, CNV) DOM 863 229552 CND S 486 4-5-4-5-12-27 FS $349,000 Seal... 04/22/2012

Aloha, This is the kinds of Princeville condo activity we like to see – a couple of new listings, 2 that went into escrow and 5 that sold – 4 of which were cash transactions. Lots of cash out there flowing into real estate! Take a look for yourself… Copyright ©4/14/2012 by Hawaii Information Service NEW LISTINGS 253510 CND A 4 4-5-4-5-39-16 FS $229,000 Cliffs #1206 917 #1206 1/2.00 253771 CND A 318 4-5-4-5-13-14 FS $425,000 Kamahana #14 1,635 #14 3/2.00 BACK ON THE MARKET 250276 CND A 63 4-5-4-5-24-61 FS $469,000 Nihilani #21A 1,874 #21A 3/2.01 248930 CND A 119 4-5-4-6-1-33 FS $528,000 Villas Of Kamalii #33 1,825 #33 3/3.00 CONTINGENT SALES 247792 CND C 215 4-5-4-5-3-4 FS $150,000 Paniolo #104 1,058 #104 1/2.00 226280 CND C 985 4-5-4-5-23-51 FS $595,000 Plantation #1321 1,318 3/3.00 SAL... 04/14/2012

Aloha, Happy Easter to you. Our Kauai Easter is “dampened” with off and on driving rain, gusty winds and temps in the low 70′s. That’s chilly for those of you who are sitting there scratching your head wondering what the problem is. It’s all relative — and a matter of perspective. This was a busy week for condos with 5 going into escrow but very slow for houses. Take a look for yourself: Copyright ©4/8/2012 by Hawaii Information Service NEW LISTINGS 253490 CND A 4-5-4-5-39-80 FS $64,900 Cliffs #3304 1,137 #3304 2/2.00 253226 CND A 4 4-5-4-5-27-1 FS $335,000 Hale Honu #1A 1,085 #1A 3/1.01 252887 CND A 6 4-5-4-5-18-42 FS $349,000 Puamana #12B 1,298 #12B 2/2.00 BACK ON THE MARKET 247792 CND A 209 4-5-4-5-3-4 FS $150,000 Paniolo #104 1,058 #104 1/2.00 CONTINGENT SALES 250177 CND C 138 4-5-3... 04/08/2012

Aloha, We’ve had a great week with quite a bit of sunshine and strong trades. I took the opportunity to take my horse out on trail, which essentially means riding along Kapaka Road. If you haven’t driven down this road you really should as you’ll enjoy views off to your right down into Hanalei valley and across to Bali Hai. This area, known as “Princeville Ag” has quite a few stunning homes on the opposite side of the road, with equally stunning views. If you go up to the end, it turns into “Powerline trail” where you can hike down into the Kapaa aboretum – I think it’s about 13 miles. Not an easy hike though as the trail is heavily overgrown, rutted and very slippery in many area. I took pictures as we rode along – not the easiest thing to do from horseback. The views toward the valley... 04/01/2012

Aloha, Things are starting to move and the consensus seems to be that the market as a whole is picking up, especially with condos. As of today, there are thirty three units in escrow, twenty of which are priced at $500K or less. Eight are in the $500K – $600K price range with only one of the remaining five priced over $1M. In addition, there are only three active condos priced under $250K. With seventy seven active units, there’s still quite a selection from $250K up to $3.425M which is for the entire Orchid Point complex which consists of three ocean front units. Here is your update for this past week: NEW LISTINGS 252867 CND A 6 4-5-4-5-18-36 FS $305,000 Puamana #10B 1,532 #10B 2/2.00 253093 CND A 6 4-5-4-12-3-4 FS $699,000 Hanalei Bay Villas #4 1,248 #4 2/2.01 BACK ON THE MARKET 2510... 03/25/2012

Aloha, We had a fair amount of sunshine this week, which we desperately needed! It seemed to bring the buyers out too as six condos went into escrow. Yay! The “contingent” catagory was the largest which is extremely rare. Usually, new listings or price reductions lead the pack – it’s nice to see so many go into escrow. NEW LISTINGS 252965 CND A 6 4-5-4-5-18-24 FS $265,000 Puamana #7A 1,214 #7A 2/2.00 253021 CND A 6 4-5-4-5-7-11 FS $389,000 Princeville Sealodge #B3 570 #B3 1/1.00 BACK ON THE MARKET 243730 CND A 366 4-5-3-6-22-48 FS $985,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #48 2,479 #48 3/3.00 CONTINGENT SALES 236149 CND C 298 4-5-4-12-10-29 FS $399,000 Emmalani Court #422 1,192 #422 2/2.00 236081 CND C 298 4-5-4-12-10-41 FS $455,000 Emmalani Court #524 1,192 #524 2/2.00 250276 CND C 36 4-5-4-5-2... 03/19/2012

 Just Sold  Emmalani Court 415            This condo for sale just sold for $385,000. The Buyers will enjoy their two bedroom/two bathroom ground floor end unit at Emmalani Court.  It has 1456 square feet plus a covered lanai. The tiled entry invites you into this spacious and beautiful condominium. A large storage closet and laundry with a new Kenmore Elite stackable washer/dryer are conveniently located off the entry. A roomy kitchen with a counter top bar opens up to the dining/living room with large windows looking out to the manicured landscaping. The covered private lanai is located just off the living room. The master bedroom also has sliding doors out to the lanai. A large walk-in closet provides plenty of storage. The master bath is adjacent to master suite and includes a separ... 03/18/2012

Aloha, If you;ve been watching the news this week, you know that Kauai was under flash flood warnings for a good part of the week. Princeville, on a couple of occasions, was “an island within an island” – cut off to the North by closure of the Hanalei Bridge (which also isolated Hanalei) and to the south by a mudslide on the Kalihiwai Bridge. When it rains as much as it did last week, I stay very close to home for fear of ending up on the wrong side of one of the “great divides.” It’s pretty unusual for the Hanalei Bridge to stay closed for more than overnight, but it this case it was several days. On the up side, we saw waterfalls where they’ve never been seen before and / or waterfalls in unprecedented numbers. All this rain didn’t dampen buyer’s sprits, as we saw 7 condos and one hou... 03/11/2012

Aloha, Here we are in March already – we had an extra day in February but weren’t able to top the numnber of sales in Feb 2011 which was 64. This Feb we came close with 60 – 20 of which were condos compared to 24 last Feb. With interest rates holding steady, and banks seemingly getting more proficient at short sales, buyers are starting to step up to the many great opportunities. This week we saw one condo and three homes go into escrow. Take a look: NEW LISTINGS 245906 CND A 3 4-5-3-6-22-29 FS $1,375,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #29 2,864 #29 3/3.01 250490 CND A 3 4-5-3-6-22-6 FS $1,395,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #6 2,843 #6 3/3.01 252627 CND A 6 4-5-4-5-18-2 FS $265,000 Puamana #1B 1,532 #1B 2/2.00 246456 CND A 3 4-5-4-5-17-42 FS $289,000 Alii Kai Ii Hanalei #13B 1,020 #13B 2/2.00 249... 03/04/2012

Aloha, It was a rather slow week for real estate, as you’ll see from the brief updates in both condos and homes. The biggest factor in that slowdown may have been the one and off rain which culminated in a flash flood warning most all of Sunday. The Hanalei bridge was closed for a period of time and the rains were heavy, especially in the Lihue area. Here is your update: NEW LISTINGS 252436 CND A 4 4-5-3-11-1-35 FS $692,900 Villas On The Prince #35 1,732 #35 3/3.00 252466 CND A 6 4-5-4-5-39-53 FS $195,000 Cliffs At Princeville #2303 1,137 #2303 1/2.00 BACK ON THE MARKET 244431 CND A 322 4-5-4-5-24-52 FS $330,000 Nihilani At Princeville Resort #18A 1,406 #18A 2/2.00 CONTINGENT SALES 227553 CND C 867 4-5-3-6-22-59 FS $625,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #59 1,892 #59 2/2.01 245262 CND C 293 4... 02/27/2012

Aloha, This week’s update is extremely short and boasts the distinction of no price changes in condos – which is extremely rare. The news is all good – two new listings with three great sales and one expiration – that’s it. Little more happened in houses – there were a few price changes there but no sales. Take a look for yourself: NEW LISTINGS 252347 CND A 4 4-5-3-11-1-6 FS $719,000 Villas On The Prince #6 1,737 #6 3/3.00 252022 CND A 6 4-5-4-11-3-1 FS $1,495,000 Hanalei Bay Resort #A11 1,705 #Bamboo A11 3/3.00 SALES 235813 CND S 474 4-5-3-6-22-30 FS $1,395,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #30 2,864 #30 3/3.01 SOLD 2/10/2012 for $1,330,000 (CASH, CNV) DOM 474 249841 CND S 81 4-5-4-12-5-35 FS $879,000 Pali Ke Kua Incr I, ii, iii #217C 1,127 2/2.00 SOLD 2/17/2012 for $825,000 (CASH) DOM 81 24... 02/19/2012

Princeville condo (and house) + short sale update for the week of Feb 5th to Feb 11th Aloha, We had 64 sales in Feb 2011 and are at 20 as of today’s date. You’ll see three of those sales in this week’s update along with one new listing. Right now we have 82 active listings and 30 that are currently in escrow or under contract. With numbers like that, there’s hope we’ll start to see this market stabilize. Now on to your market update: NEW LISTINGS 250276 CND A 1 4-5-4-5-24-61 FS $469,000 Nihilani At Princeville Resort #21A 1,874 #21A 3/2.01 CONTINGENT SALES 243074 CND C 165 4-5-3-6-22-2 FS $1,250,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #2 2,843 #2 3/3.01 243691 CND C 326 4-5-4-12-5-11 FS $699,000 Pali Ke Kua Incr I, ii, iii #111A 717 #111A 1/1.00 SALES 248654 CND S 60 4-5-4-12-10-20 FS $369,000 Emma... 02/12/2012

Aloha, It’s been a great week with lots of breeching whales and sunny skies. I always consider myself lucky to actually see a whale breech when I have the binoculars up to my eyes pointed in the right direction which is what happenned this past week. I excitedly told my hubby that I saw “two breeching whales with binoculars” to which he responded, “Whales with binoculars? What were they looking at?”…… Now on to your update: NEW LISTINGS 251877 CND A 4 4-5-3-6-22-70 FS $625,000 Kaiulani Of Princeville #70 1,738 #70 2/2.01 251982 CND A 4 4-5-4-5-17-15 FS $265,000 Alii Kai Ii Hanalei #9G 1,037 #9G 2/2.00 252005 CND A 3 4-5-4-11-3-15 FS $1,175,000 Hanalei Bay Resort #C25 1,705 #4204/5/6 3/3.00 CONTINGENT SALES 249888 CND C 88 4-5-4-5-24-58 FS $465,000 Nihilani At Princeville Resort #20A 1,8... 02/05/2012

Aloha, This is one of the shorter updates I’ves done lately, but it’s headed in the right direction – that is – only one new listing (we have plenty of those right now) with three going into escrow and two selling. Here is your update: NEW LISTINGS 251871 CND A 2 4-5-4-12-3-30 FS $659,000 Hanalei Bay Villas #30 1,364 #30 3/2.01 CONTINGENT SALES 251037 CND C 18 4-5-4-12-10-11 FS $369,000 Emmalani Court #224 1,192 #224 2/2.00 226280 CND C 909 4-5-4-5-23-51 FS $595,000 Plantation At Princeville #1321 1,318 #1321 3/3.00 249841 CND C 83 4-5-4-12-5-35 FS $879,000 Pali Ke Kua Incr I, ii, iii #217C 1,127 2/2.00 SALES 251048 CND S 6 4-5-4-5-3-7 FS $134,900 Princeville Paniolo #107 1,058 #107 1/2.00 SOLD 1/26/2012 for $138,000 (CASH) DOM 6 248619 CND S 36 4-5-4-12-11-27 FS $949,000 Puu Poa #213 1... 01/29/2012

Just Sold Princeville Paniolo 107    Sold for $138,000 I represented GMAC in the sale of their bank-owned Princeville Paniolo 107. The bank received 7 offers in just a few days for this condo for sale and they asked the buyers for their "best and final" offer. This is a first floor end location condominium of 1,058 square with one bedroom and 2 baths with views out to a tree-lined path to Anini Beach and beyond to the Prince Golf Course. This is a great floor plan that gives you lots of flexibility. Start with a large entry, then on one side you have a kitchen, dining and living area and bathroom. On the other side of the condo for sale is a bedroom/sitting area with a full bathroom. The owner can live in the entire condo, or live in one side and rent the other. Or rent out each side se... 01/29/2012

Aloha, It was simply gorgeous this week. The kind of weather than makes people want to buy property so they can be here year round. Bright blue skies, a few puffy clouds and a little bit of coolness to the trades. Great combo. If the weather keeps up like this, we’re sure to have a great real estate year – people won’t be able to help themselves. The whales are making their presence known, although I have yet to see the desired full on breech. They usually make me wait until later in the season for that. For now, it’s alway the spouts, along with some fluke sightings and tail slapping. Now on to your update: NEW LISTINGS 251607 CND A 2 4-5-4-5-18-17 FS $299,000 Puamana #5A 1,214 #5A 2/2.00 251116 CND A 4 4-5-4-5-23-58 FS $399,000 Plantation At Princeville #1512 1,153 #1512 2/2.00 CONTIN... 01/22/2012