AN OCEANFRONT RUSH?

June 1st, 2010

In the last two weeks we have seen several important closings along the Maui oceanfront. Two beautiful homes in Makena sold for $19.9 and $17.5 million respectively. A front row Wailea Beach Villas sold for over $12 million. A double Wailea Point unit sold for just under $10 million.

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THE ECONOMIST ON BEHAVIOR OF THE RICH

May 8th, 2010

Let's face it. People who own property in Maui's resort areas or on Maui's oceanfront are rich. No two ways about it. So are the folks who can consider purchasing second or third homes here. So research into that demographic is always interesting for us. The Economist recently released The New World of Wealth: Seven Key trends for investing, giving and spending among the very rich. In short here are the seven trends:

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THE MAUI REBOUND CONTINUES

May 8th, 2010

April's real estate results for Maui are in and they continue to argue that Maui has bottomed.

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RECENT NATIONAL SALES NUMBERS

April 26th, 2010

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ANOTHER LEADING EDGE CLOSING

April 26th, 2010

We are pleased to announce the sale of Palms at Wailea Unit 1510. This two-bedroom unit obtained a sale price of $975,000.

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THE ROLE OF DISTRESSED PROPERTIES

April 13th, 2010

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THE MAUI REAL ESTATE COMEBACK

April 13th, 2010

The first quarter results on Maui are in and the number shows explosive improvement over a year ago.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF VIEW

April 1st, 2010

The 2010 Knight Frank/Citigroup Wealth Report contains some interesting tidbits.

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TOURISM IS BACK

April 1st, 2010

Maui, for the first time since 2005 has seen back-to-back months of increasing tourism!. February visitors to Maui increased 7% over February 2009! The Western US numbers were up just under 7% and Canadian numbers were up 25%!

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THE BEST PLACE IN AMERICA FOR SECOND HOMES

March 8th, 2010

Barron's gets one right!

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