Capitol Place, the luxury residential high-rise on the former 120-stall public parking lot known as Block J, is putting the finishing touches on, and welcoming new residents to, the 39-story tower.   |  Related Building:  Capitol Place
Related Neighborhood:  Downtown

Nine residential high-rise buildings — including five along Ala Moana opposite Kewalo harbor — could be part of a 20-year master plan to redevelop 60 acres at Ward Centers. Related Neighborhood:  Kakaako

Home prices on Kauai continued to climb in March, along with condominium prices on all of the islands. However, sales were off by as much as 50 percent on the Garden Isle, reflecting a slower market. Maui, Kauai and the Big Island all saw double-digit inc

The $535 million Waikiki Beach Walk complex by Outrigger Enterprises is roughly a year old as marked by when most tenants opened in the improvement project's retail centerpiece. But major pieces of the master plan — two hotel renovations and the Trump Int Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

Local developer Brian Anderson said he is withdrawing plans for a $60 million renovation of the Ilikai Hotel after failing to win the support of owners of other condominiums within the complex.   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

A San Francisco construction company has decided to move ahead with developing a moderate-priced condominium high-rise on Kalakaua Avenue in Pawa'a near the Hawai'i Convention Center. Related Neighborhood:  Kapiolani

The owner of Honolulu's Ward Centers wants to redevelop the area into a leafy urban neighborhood of shops and restaurants with public plazas and pedestrian-friendly streets. Related Neighborhood:  Ala Moana

The median price was weak — but didn't fall — for previously owned single-family homes sold on O'ahu last month, as the market continued to exhibit pricing stability despite fewer sales.

A Chicago-based developer yesterday held a Hawaiian blessing to commence construction of its 35-story luxury condominium on the former site of the Wave Waikiki nightclub, and announced having sold about 60 of 291 units. Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

Foreclosure filings in Hawai'i tripled in December compared to a year earlier, though the rate for the entire year remained one of the lowest nationwide.

ResortQuest Hawaii is beginning an expansion that will reach beyond the state but starts with the hotel company taking over management of two more local hotels, including the iconic Ilikai Hotel.   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

After more than two years of construction, the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center's $115 million renovation project is nearing completion in the next few months, featuring a larger grove of trees, less concrete, and as of this week, a new statue. Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

Leasehold owners are wrestling with what to do with their properties as expiration dates on their homes draw near

Foreclosure filings in Hawaii in October are up 102 percent from 2006, but the actual number of filings is still small, up from 65 filings to 131.

federal report measuring housing prices confirms that Hawai'i single-family home values in recent months are still appreciating over last year, though more slowly.

General Growth Properties Inc., owner of Ala Moana Center, is considering building a mixed-use high-rise condominium above a parking garage now under construction next to the new Nordstrom Inc. department store on Kapiolani Boulevard. Related Neighborhood:  Ala Moana

Honolulu's resilient home values have made the city one of the least likely in the country for homeowners to end up negative equity or owing more on their home than they could sell it for.

Honolulu had the highest rate of home price appreciation in the nation over the past year, according to new data.

The Waikiki landmark is in turmoil as a local developer attempts to reposition it into an upscale condotel   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments

Condominium prices were up more than 4 percent over the comparable period last year, as the number of sales fell more than 13 percent. The median price of a condo unit during the August-October period this year was $329,000, up from $315,000 during the sa

The median price for existing O'ahu single-family homes last month continued to hover around the $650,000 mark as Hawai'i's largest housing market exhibited more price stability amid declining sales.

Condominium sales in October were near even with the same month last year, with 423 units sold compared to 425 units sold in October 2006.

It used to be a bunkerlike office complex with drab workspace, but a makeover is under way to turn the former NCR building in Kaka'ako into posh residential condominiums with industrial accents and rooftop lanais. Related Neighborhood:  Kakaako

The once-murky man-made pond next to the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa got a blessing yesterday celebrating the $15 million restoration of what's officially known as the Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Lagoon.   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

Condominiums sold for a median $330,000 in the third quarter, up 4.8 percent from $315,000 in the 2006 third quarter, the report said.

The state's land director is taking steps to modernize the problem plaguing the Bureau of Conveyances.

The median price of a condo rose 6 percent during the three-month June-August period to $335,000, up from $315,000 during the same period last year, and up 3 percent from the March-May period this year.

O'ahu's housing market continued to display its stamina last month, with slight increases in median sale prices of existing homes as many Mainland markets are tanking.

For condominiums, the outlook was also bright for sellers, with a jump in median prices to $325,000, up 6.6 percent from the same time last year.

For condominiums, the outlook was also bright for sellers, with a jump in median prices to $325,000, up 6.6 percent from the same time last year. However, that was balanced out by significantly lower sales, recorded at 495 in August, down 14.7 percent fro

Cash. It used to be that very little, if any, was needed to buy a home, and that helped scores of Hawai'i residents in recent years buy property in one of the nation's costliest housing markets.

If you haven't been to Waikiki lately, you're in for a surprise. Entire blocks have gone from tacky to elegant, hotels are being renovated, the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center has a whole new look, fancy restaurants and trendy designer stores have replaced Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

Sales of single-family homes and condominiums on Oahu hit a brisker pace last month, with the fewest average days on the market recorded this year. Prices dipped slightly for houses, while condos broke last month's record high, according to statistics

Few markets have been spared from the housing downturn. On O'ahu, the news has been mixed, with sales of single-family homes and condominiums slowing in the first six months from a year earlier while median prices for homes and condos setting record price

Median sale prices for existing single-family homes and condominiums on O'ahu rose to new records in June, the Honolulu Board of Realtors reported today. The median single-family home price in June was $685,000, up 7.2 percent from $639,000 in June 2006.

With nearly a million residents, Honolulu has still managed to keep the delicate balance between the city and its natural environment, offering visitors the best of both worlds

On the eve of a Friday "topping off" ceremony, the developers of Capitol Place said fewer than 40 units remain to be sold.   |  Related Building:  Capitol Place
Related Neighborhood:  Downtown

Most Oahu home prices are within 90 percent of their recent peak value, figures through May show, and some communities are still appreciating. Condo median prices rose half as much, 3.2 percent, to $325,000.

More than half of single-family home buyers paid more than $650,000 for an Oahu house in May

The number of visitor accommodations statewide was little changed in 2006 from the previous year, but reflected another year of growth for nontraditional lodging such as condominium/hotels and time-share properties, according to the latest state statistic

Sale prices for O'ahu existing single-family homes and condominiums last month surprisingly surged to near-records after four months of weakness.

Board President Berton Hamamoto noted that the median price of a condominium for April, $325,000, was up almost 10 percent over April 2006, when the price was $296,500. Condo resales, however, fell nearly 10 percent to 527 units sold in April, down from 5

Do-it-your-selfer could underprice home or fail to negotiate legalities of disclosures, paperwork

Despite the 'buyer's market- that much of the United States is currently facing, Hawaii Real Estate continues to be a 'sellers market- as an increasing number of baby boomers are retiring in Hawaii and the housing inventory has been down for 10 straight m

Hawaii officials flew to New York this week to kick off a multiyear campaign to tell the world that Waikiki is new and improved. Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

Despite the "buyer's market" that much of the United States is currently facing, Hawaii Real Estate continues to be a "sellers market" as an increasing number of baby boomers are retiring in Hawaii and the housing inventory has been down for 10 straight m

For many years Lewers Street was an armpit of Waikiki. Today, bordered by two massive redevelopment projects nearing completion, the former dingy delivery truck corridor is contending to become the heart of O'ahu's urban resort.   |  Related Building:  Waikiki Shore
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

Prices for both home and condominium resales gained momentum from February to March, inventory dropped and properties sold at a faster clip, according to data released yesterday by the Honolulu Board of Realtors.

O'ahu's condominium resale median price also remained close to flat, with a 2 percent rise to $321,000 over the same month last year.

ALM Management Services, an affiliate of Outrigger Enterprises Group, has named Grant James general manager and Ron Takayama assistant general manager of the Ala Moana Hotel.   |  Related Building:  Ala Moana Hotel Condo
Related Neighborhood:  Ala Moana

Renovation work on the main Y-shaped tower of Waikiki's iconic Ilikai hotel is slated to begin in the next few months as the 43-year-old property undergoes its biggest transformation in history.   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

Condos sold for a median $320,000, up $5,000 or 1.6 percent in the same comparable period. Median condo sale prices have floated between $305,000 and $320,000 since August, following a record $329,000 in July.

The "Best Little Aquarium in the World" — the state aquarium in Waikiki — has ambitions of becoming a modern world-class attraction now that proposals to build competing facilities elsewhere on O'ahu were abandoned recently. Related Neighborhood:  Diamond Head

Honolulu's hot spot rides a wave of new and newly chic hotels, dining and shopping Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

Most Hawaii banks remained below 6 percent in their 30-year fixed-rate mortgage quotes this week, the Honolulu Board of Realtors reported Friday.

Call it savvy tourism minds thinking alike, or call it a ripple effect: Since Outrigger Enterprises Group announced its plans to redevelop the Lewers-Beach Walk area, there has been a rising tide of renovation and new investment in Waikiki. Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

Richard Rice, an Olomana resident who has his four-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath Uluhala Street home on the market for $759,000, said he believes prices won't dip much farther based on his experience with Hawai'i real estate and what he's read from experts. He s

A notable boost to Kaka'ako's population began yesterday as the first residents of the twin-tower Moana Pacific condominium picked up keys and moved into their new homes in the sky.   |  Related Building:  Moana Pacific
Related Neighborhood:  Kakaako

New home sales fell in 2006 by the largest amount in 16 years, but they were up for a second straight month in December, raising hopes that the worst of the housing downturn is coming to an end.

The number of single-family homes sold on Oahu in December rose nearly 10 percent over December of last year, while prices nudged up slightly, the Honolulu Board of Realtors said Wednesday.

Outrigger bought the condominium hotel from Ala Moana Property Development and Ala Moana Services, both affiliates of Miami-based Crescent Heights Inc., which bought the property in October 2004 for a price estimated at between $100 million and $125 milli   |  Related Building:  Ala Moana Hotel Condo
Related Neighborhood:  Ala Moana

The median price of a home on Oahu is expected to rise 1.2 percent to $631,700 in 2007, but drop 0.4 percent in 2008, according to Fortune magazine.

Honolulu Ranks 6 out of 54 of the in CNN's west coast rated real estate markets.

The total assessed valuation of all real estate on Oahu rose by more than 13 percent, or $25.1 billion, for the 2007 fiscal year, city officials said Friday.

A whole bunch of home buyers got an early Christmas gift from Congress on Sunday morning. In a last-minute, late-night session, lawmakers approved a measure that gives homeowners a tax deduction when they pay private mortgage insurance, or PMI for short.

The tax break, tucked into the omnibus tax bill, will let home buyers deduct mortgage insurance premiums on their tax returns. Most home buyers who put less than 20% down on a home loan have to pay mortgage insurance, which is designed to protect lenders

In a continuing downtrend for home mortgage rates, four key lenders in Hawaii cut their 30-year rates this week to 5.5 percent. The lenders are First Hawaiian Bank, the largest bank in the state, Central Pacific HomeLoans, Territorial Savings Bank and

"I would have bought out the entire 23rd floor, but someone beat me to it," said Ho, who purchased two one-bedroom units in the $350 million-plus luxury condominium. "This project will bring some new faces and new attitudes to Waikiki. It adds a little si   |  Related Building:  Trump Tower Waikiki
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

Developers of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Waikiki Beach Walk said yesterday every one of the project's 464 hotel-condominium units has sold out for a rough total of $700 million.   |  Related Building:  Trump Tower Waikiki
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

Queen Lili'uokalani Trust is now offering the fee-simple interest in its 385-unit Lili'uokalani Gardens high-rise in Waikiki, and hopes to soon make similar offers to owners of two other leasehold condos, the 877-unit Waikiki Banyan and 435-unit Waikiki S   |  Related Building:  Liliuokalani Gardens
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - East

A first ever real estate sales event took place in Waikiki on Thursday as luxury condos for Waikiki's Trump Tower went on sale via satellite.   |  Related Building:  Trump Tower Waikiki
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

The state is sharply increasing its allotment of federal mortgage tax credits in an effort to help more people afford a home in one of the country's priciest markets.

The pace of home sales last month continued its sharp descent in Oahu markets, but monthly median prices for single-family homes and condos rose to their third highest level of the year.

Mortgage lenders cut their rates for 30-year home loans this week, and most of them cut a quarter-point rather than the usual eighth-point.

The number of condominiums sold has also gone down about 32 percent compared to October a year ago when 624 condos were sold. The price is $20,000 more than the same time last year.

The trend was similar for condominiums. The median price was $310,000, up 7 percent from a year earlier, but sales were down 32 percent.

Sales of new homes on O'ahu rose sharply in the third quarter as a surge in new high-rise condominiums coming on the market more than offset a decline in single-family home sales.

A Big Island cowboy wants to bring the Ilikai hotel back to the glamour of the 1960s when Jack Lord whirled on its penthouse balcony in the opening credits of "Hawaii Five-O."   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

The recently sold Ilikai hotel has contracted with California-based Powerstrip Studio to design the $40 million renovation scheduled to begin next year.   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

O'ahu's median single-family home resale price managed to eke out another gain last month, rising 0.8 percent, or just $5,000, from a year earlier to $620,000.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is exploring an idea to create a new lagoon-type beach next to the Waikiki Aquarium. Related Neighborhood:  Diamond Head

The market continues to soften for houses as sales volume drops

For condos, there was the same diminishing sales volume but rising prices. Realtors closed 481 condo sales in September, down from 764 a year earlier, and the median price was $320,000, up 4.9 percent from August and up 11.5 percent from year-before level

  |  Related Building:  Trump Tower Waikiki
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

A Seattle-based company announced yesterday it has acquired a Beretania street lot across from Aala Park to build a new medical office center. Related Neighborhood:  Downtown

Shrinking hotel room inventory at a time of near-record visitor traffic has pushed room rates up more than 10 percent to rates not always seen even in New York. In July, the average daily room rate on Maui's Wailea resort coast was well over $400 a night.

Realtors closed on 580 condo sales for a median price of $305,000 in August. Sales were up from 498 in July but down from 831 a year ago. The price was down from $329,000 in July and $310,000 in June, and up from $282,000 a year ago.

Hawaii is the second most popular U.S. state in which to live, according to a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive a market research firm.

Hotels across Hawaii have commanded such high rates this summer that their room revenues are far above 2005 levels despite selling fewer room nights. Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

The 6 percent rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages held for a third week, though the largest bank in the state was an eighth higher, the Honolulu Board of Realtors reported Friday. Bank of Hawaii, American Savings Bank, Central Pacific HomeLoans Terr

The Waikiki project claims "overwhelming" interest in hotel rooms to average $2 million   |  Related Building:  Trump Tower Waikiki

A local developer plans to divide ownership of Waikiki's iconic Ilikai hotel, after purchasing the two-tower property for more than $200 million yesterday.   |  Related Building:  Ilikai Apartments
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - West

As conventioneers packed Waikiki, hotels across Hawaii averaged 85.2 percent full last week, with room rates 9.8 percent higher than last year.

A plan to transform a rundown low-rise Kaka'ako office building into residential condominiums with rooftop gardens got the OK yesterday from a state development agency. Related Neighborhood:  Kakaako

O'ahu condominium prices set a record in July with buyers paying about $100,000 more than the nationwide median price for single-family homes. The median condominium price rose to $329,000 last month, or 22 percent higher than a year earlier, the Honol

The July condo median was $329,000, a new record, up from $310,000 the month before and $270,000 a year ago. The year-to-year increase was nearly 22 percent.

It doesn't get much better than this for Hawai'i hoteliers. Through the first half of the year, Hawai'i hotels set records in room revenue — $1.6 billion — and average daily room rates — $183.48.   |  Related Building:  Luana Waikiki

The residents association at Discovery Bay has reached the one-third mark in its quest to convert the twin condo towers to fee simple.   |  Related Building:  Discovery Bay Center

Pricey high-rise condominiums under construction in Honolulu are selling well this year, but the broader market for new-home sales on O'ahu is struggling, a report shows.

State officials gave Texas developer Ken Hughes the green light yesterday to proceed with plans to build 300 condominiums on public waterfront property diamondhead of Aloha Tower. Related Neighborhood:  Downtown

Trump International Hotel and Tower Waikiki Beach Walk, at Saratoga and Kalia roads, will include a 350-foot tower with approximately1460 luxury hotel-condominium units ranging from approximately 500 to 3,000 square feet.   |  Related Building:  Trump Tower Waikiki
Related Neighborhood:  Waikiki - Central

For a second week, most Hawaii lenders quoted less than 6.5 percent for a 30-year, fixed-rate home mortgage, the Honolulu Board of Realtors reported Friday.

Hawaii's jobless rate is rising, though it remains near historic low levels, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. For June, when the national jobless rate was unchanged at 4.6 percent, the rate in Hawaii was 3.1 percent.

Hawaii hotels have been more than five-sixths full in recent days and charging an average 13.4 percent more than they did in the same period last year. For the period July 9-15, occupancy was down 4.6 percentage points from year-ago levels to 85.1 per

Homes go for as much as $6 million in complexes that may include libraries, business centers and wine cellars