http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales Your Personal Kauai Connection for news, Kauai home sale and real estate information. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:04:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en *****Pacific Ocean Properties Named Christie's International Affiliate!***** I'm really excited to report that the company I'm with, Pacific Ocean Properties, was named the exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Christie's International which is the worlds oldest fine art auction house.  With Real Estate becoming more global every year this is ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/08/18/kauai-local-news-and-real-estate-update-4/ *****Kaui Real Estate And Local News Update***** Good news on the oil price front!  Oil prices dropped to $115 a barrel on Friday driven lower by a huge jump in the US dollar, moderating oil usage across the world and the belief that commodities may have peaked.  Not so good news ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/08/11/kauai-real-estate-and-local-news-update/ *****Hawaiian Airlines Raises Mileage Rewards Rates and Baggage Fee***** Hawaiian Airlines announced Wednesday that they will charge and additional $15.00 for the first checked in bag on their mainland flights, the second bag already has a fee of $25.00.  This is for tickets purchased after August 1, 2008.  There will ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/08/04/kauai-local-news-and-real-estate-update-3/ *****Kauai Realty Update***** Foreclosures are making the headlines these days and this weekend was no different with the report of the Government bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae http://www.realtor.org/rmodaily.nsf/pages/News2008072801 . So how does Hawaii rank? According to RealtyTrac; Honolulu had the lowest foreclosure rate among the top 100 metropolitan areas in ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/07/28/kauai-real-estate-and-local-news-11/ *****Kauai Real Estate Update***** I just got back from my 3 week road trip on the mainland. While there I had been keeping up to date on Kauai Real Estate and getting a good look at what's happening in Real Estate in Northern California, Oregon and Washington areas. It ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/07/21/kauai-local-news-and-real-estate-update-2/ *****Kauai Real Estate***** Did you know that we are heading into our slow season? It’s true. Unlike most of the mainland our sales actually slow down during the summertime as our visitor demographic changes. Kauai has high occupancy rates pretty much all year but in the summer it changes to ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/06/23/kauai-real-estate-and-local-news-10/ *****Kauai Real Estate Update and Local News Items***** Join me for highlights of our Garden Islands news and a full update on last weeks new listings and closed transactions. You'll see quite a few land sales in Koloa and that's the Kukui'ula development. Also that great buy ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/06/16/kauai-local-news-and-real-estate-update/ *****Runaway Truck Slams Into Sueoka’s Grocery Store In Koloa Town!***** On Wednesday early morning shoppers had the surprise of their life at Sueoka’s General Store in Old Koloa Town. Just after 7 a.m. a trash truck ran the stop sign and plowed through the three foot lava rock wall and ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/06/09/kauai-real-estate-and-local-news-9/ Aloha From the Kiahuna Plantation in Poipu Beach! My husband and I have owned a vacation rental condo at the lovely Kiahuna for the last ten years and have not taken the time to stay in it since we moved here four years ago. We checked into our ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/06/02/kauai-real-estate-and-local-news-8/ *****Kauai In The National Spotlight!***** Outrigger Waipouli Beach Resort & Spa made Expedia’s top 25 resorts and is the only property in Hawaii to make it into the top 100!!! The resort was ranked #21 by Expedia Insiders for quality and overall value. I have two listings at this ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/kauai-home-sales/2008/05/26/kauai-real-estate-update-and-local-news-headlines/