Tony Dias Branch Manager Veterans United Home Loans of Hawaii NMLS #222836 On average, VA mortgage loans are easier to qualify for than conventional loans and provide significant financial benefits to eligible borrowers. Despite this fact, only a fraction of our nation’s veterans and service members have taken advantage of their benefits. Even more surprising, […]

Second in a series When General Contractor Charles Pankow Builders and Architect Norman Lacayo completed their Craig-side condominium residence in 1981, they topped it off with an amazing three-story penthouse that became the home of then Pankow President George Hutton. The classic yet innovative design of the structure is carried out in the 6,014-square-foot unit […]

BY LISA SCONTRAS As property values on Oahu have gone up for eight consecutive months, so may have the equity in your home. Home equity is determined by taking the appraised value of your property, less any amount you presently owe. For example, if you owe $200,000 on a home that is appraised at $500,000, […]

First in a series LANDMARK: 1. any fixed object used to mark the boundary of a piece of land. 2. any prominent feature of the landscape, as a tree or building, serving to identify a particular locality. (Webster’s) Hawaii’s most famous landmark, Diamond Head, rises to 760 feet at the eastern end of Waikiki. Defining […]

Picture it: The European vacation of a lifetime … a renovated kitchen to make your resident chef swoon … landscaping that’s the envy of all your neighbors … the spa-like bathroom you’ve always dreamed of … a photovoltaic system that saves you “green” and helps save the planet. Now do it: With Aloha Pacific Federal […]