Homeownership on Oahu can feel out of reach for first-time homebuyers searching for houses within their price range. The shortage of options and increasing demand drives prices up and can force young families with lowto mid-level incomes out of the market. At a glance there seems to be few, if any, homes you can afford. […]

Kahiku, a new neighborhood in D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes’ master-planned Mehana community in Kapolei, will start sales in July with 140 new townhomes. Forty of the units will be priced according to City and County affordable guidelines, and 100 will be sold at market rate, inclusive of 38 of the popular live-work units introduced by D. […]

LAURENE H. YOUNG, (B), MPM, RMP, REALTOR Young Hawaii Homes, Inc. 2011 President, Oahu Chapter National Association of Residential Property Managers Q. I really do not want to rent to children. My rental property has many beautiful upgrades and I feel that it is better suited for a working or retired couple. I’ve never had […]

Third in a series Like other East Oahu ridge developments, the Hawaii Loa neighborhood began with construction of an access road winding up the hillside from Kalanianaole Highway. The land was virtually vacant in the 1960s when the road-building project got underway on property owned by the Lucas Trust. Originally an ancient Hawaiian ahupuaa, the […]

Each year, the Coldwell Banker Foundation benefits charities both from volunteer support and financial donations provided by agents and staff of Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties’ five Oahu offices. Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties participates in four different charities annually. This year, the 13-member selection committee voted to offer one of its services to Habitat for Humanity […]