While COVID-19 has upended most 2020 budgets, giving cause to re-evaluate every expense, there may yet be a way for those looking to make their fi rst real estate purchase this year — to tippy- toe into the market — in a pared-down sort of way. Start where you are financially. Maybe it isn’t the […]

In response to world events that have occurred in 2020, many Americans are reevaluating their household finances and considering ways they can be smarter about how they manage their assets. For those who are homeowners, the option to refinance the loan on a home that has accumulated equity is a financial advantage that means different […]

Gentry Homes, one of Hawaii’s premiere home builders, has opened KEALI‘I by Gentry, the newest affordable neighborhood in Kapolei. KEALI‘I is ideally located next to the beautiful Kapolei Golf Club, and is a short walk to Ka Makana Ali‘i shopping center, Oahu’s newest outdoor shopping mall that features a large number of premium retail shops […]

Realtors® offer hope to island neighborhoods By Lisa Scontras Making masks to donate to nursing homes, delivering Happy Meals to health care workers at the local hospital, organizing a neighborhood hui to share needed COVID-19 supplies — ordinary people are coming up with creative acts of aloha. Real estate agents have a long tradition of […]

By Lisa Scontras While meteorologists are expecting the eastern and central Pacific will have a more normal to tranquil 2020 hurricane season as the current El Niño weakens, it’s not a reason for Hawaii residents to let their guard down — it takes the wallop of only a single major storm to cause significant property […]