On my way home the other day, I got off the freeway near Kahala Mall, stopped at a traffic light at the corner of Waialae and Hunakai, and glanced at a building where a credit union is now located. I reflected that only about ten years ago that building housed our thriving neighborhood Block-buster store. […]

Hawaii Life announced this week their acquisition of East Oahu Realty, a 27-year old locally-owned company in Hawaii Kai. The move is the latest in a series of acquisitions over the past 12 months for Hawaii Life, which was founded on Kauai in 2008 by principals Matt Beall and Winston Welborn. Also locally owned and […]

Q. I heard from a friend of mine that there is a bill in the legislature to increase the amount that can be paid to handymen. I know that a similar bill was discussed last year but nothing became of it. It would be nice to be able to hire handymen for small jobs around […]

St. Louis Heights, the western-most of the East Oahu ridgeline residential developments, takes its name from the school that occupies approximately 52 acres at the base of the ridge together with Chaminade University of Honolulu. Not only is the neighborhood named for St. Louis School, a college preparatory school for boys, but many of the […]

In Hawaii, where news headlines feature high median home prices and the difficulty in buying a piece of paradise, first-time homebuyers can think that homeownership is an impossible dream. Although it can be a competitive market for buyers, purchasing a home can be possible — even for those considered to have low or moderate incomes. […]