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* Selling a Home in Hawaii
Selling a home: Are you looking to sell a home in Hawaii? You have come to the right place. Before selling your home in Oahu, Honolulu, Waikiki, Maui, Leeward Coast, Kaiua, East Shore, North Shore, West Shore, Windward Coast, Big Island, Molokai, Lanai you'll want to read these articles for pre-sale tips and strategies to speed up your sale and maximize your home's value.
Today's sellers modify their stategy - top listing agent shares tips to make your home stand out HONOLULU ADVERTISER March 19, 2006 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group Sellers, here’s a hint. Before listing your home, do yourself a favor and check out the competition. Pay particular attention to the general maintenance of the landscaping, exterior appearance, cleanliness and clutter, as well as upgrades, floor plan square footage and lot size READ MORE
Realtors take guesswork out of selling HONOLULU ADVERTISER November 26, 2006 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group Marketing strategy includes thorough demographic analysis. Facing the reality of a tougher housing market, real estate agents are pulling out all the stops to get their listing noticed and to stay one step ahead of the competition.The days of plopping a “for sale” sign on the front lawn and waiting for offers to roll in are most definitely over. In fact, Realtors today are augmenting their tried and true home selling strategies with enhanced demographic analysis. READ MORE Straight talk about pricing a property - The longer you're on the market, the less money you'll get. HONOLULU ADVERTISER October 8, 2006 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group Sellers beware: There are costs associated with pricing a property too high. An overpriced property will take longer to sell, and in today’s market, the longer you’re on the market, the less money you’ll get, according to Bernie Tong, Realtor and partner at Prudential Locations LLC. The basic rule is to look at the comps — the comparable listings and sales in the area — and don’t get emotional. What your home is worth to you, considering the newly remodeled kitchen and the playground across the street, may be very different from what the home is worth to a couple who hates to cook and whose kids are grown.
Price flexibility enhances marketability - sellers set the price, but buyers determine value HONOLULU ADVERTISER April 16, 2006 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group Curtis and Joanne put their home up for sale and sold it the very next day for full price. Their neighbors, Kevin and Leianne, put their home up for sale and sold it after seven weeks and a price reduction. Who had the better sale? The answer may surprise you. Single-family homes on Oahu are taking an average of 44 days to sell — 30 days for a condo. And while those numbers are up significantly from this time last year, the extra time is giving sellers some flexibility to reasonably test out upper-range asking prices. READ MORE
How to determine value in today's market - Check out past sales and current listings HONOLULU ADVERTISER March 12, 2006 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group In this kind of changing market, John Jacobson, real estate analyst at Prudential Locations, LLC, recommends going back to the basic pricing fundamentals. “The very definition of ‘market value’ is what a buyer is willing to pay for your home,” offers Jacobson, who has spent 16 years analyzing sales data from Oahu’s neighborhoods. READ MORE
HONOLULU ADVERTISER March 12, 2006 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group Any news about the local housing market travels fast. So it should come as no surprise the residential housing inventory is up prompting competition among sellers. The increased inventory enables buyers to comparison shop — comparing prices, condition, features and location. For sellers, more competition makes coming up with the right price critical to selling the home in a reasonable amount of time. And the process is more involved than just waiting until your neighbor’s home sells and then tacking on an extra 10 percent. READ MORE
Smart strategies net higher returns - buying a rental property can be a wise investment Part 1 of 2 series HONOLULU ADVERTISER September 25, 2005 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group News Flash: Investing in real estate does not mean throwing your money willy-nilly at any deal that comes your way and waiting for the cash to come rolling in. If that is your plan, skip to the travel section and book the next flight to Vegas. If, however, you want to become a serious investor, there is a method to the madness that will allow you to understand how to make good real estate investments — no matter what the market is doing. Step one: Get a good Realtor to advise you. A real estate professional has built a business around educating clients on market conditions and they know what works. No doubt the flipping scene has been quite profitable for speculators recently. But because flippers buy low and selling high, quickly in a rising market, there has to be enough potential appreciation left in a property to make that turnaround profitable. There may be enough time — or maybe not. READ MORE
Property defects may turn buyers away - Savvy sellers hire home inspectors, address issues HONOLULU ADVERTISER August 27, 2006 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group More and more sellers are one upping their competition by hiring a professional home inspector. A home inspection report can guide sellers to identify and remedy defects making the property more attractive to buyers. Traditionally, professional home inspection services have been a way for home buyers to make themselves aware of maintenance and repair issues before closing on a new home. Home inspections — which always make good buyer-beware sense — are commonly conducted during the escrow period and in accordance with standard purchase contracts. The interest among sellers has to do more with being able to show perspective buyers a clean bill of health on their property — a smart move in this recent shift to a buyer’s market. READ MORE
Home staging enhances curb appeal - first impressions can equate to a higher sales price Part 1 of 2 series HONOLULU ADVERTISER September 11, 2005 BY LISA SCONTRAS Custom Publishing Group The adage that you never get a second chance to make a first impression is as applicable to preparing your home for sale as it is to selecting clothes for a job interview. First impressions do count. Typically, a homebuyer makes up their mind within 30 seconds of walking into an open house. The awareness that buyers are unconsciously drawing conclusions within the first seconds of arriving at a home has given rise to a marketing strategy called “home staging” which is the process of decluttering and cleaning, adding and rearranging furniture, and making repairs to create a positive first impression. READ MORE
First-time homebuyers / seller: Do you have questions about the process of selling your house such as what is the value of my home? How much are other homes, similar to mine selling for in my neighborhood? Let Real Estate-Oahu find the perfect home for you! Buying a home can be an overwhelming process, Real Estate-Oahu will guide you step-by-step through the entire process.
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