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Top 10 Unmet Housing Desires

What Movers Want A survey foung 1 in 3 households plan to move in the next 5 years.  Realtor Magazine found out what the top 10 unmet housing desires these movers may want:   1. Very …

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Foreclosure Prevention

Foreclosure Prevention Programs Extended     During the housing crisis programs were created to allow lower monthly payments and help prevent foreclosures.  The Home Affordable Mortgage Program or HAMP offers incentives to lenders who make theier …

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Maui Palms

New Maui Hotel Plans are in the works for a new 150 room hotel to be built at Kahului Harbor.  The hotel is to be part of the Pagoda Collection which includes the famous Pagoda hotel …

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Lowest Property Taxes

Hawaii has the Lowest Property Taxes! WalletHub conducted an analysis on which states have the highest and lowest property taxes.  Surprisingly they found Hawaii has the lowest property taxes out of all 50 states at an …

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Vacation Homes VS. Investment Homes

Vacation Homes VS. Investment Homes Vacation home sales rose an impressive 57.4% in 2014.  1.13 Million Vacation homes were sold, the highest amount since the survey began recording vacation home sales in 2003.  Investment home purchase …

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Most Expensive Homes on Maui

Top 5 most Expensive Homes for Sale on Maui 5.  "Aura" 6501 Honoapi'ilani       $19.8 Million                                                                                 4. 59 Hale Malia Place        $ 20 Million 3. 3 Kapalua Place        $20.9 Million 2. 3190 …

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Quality of Life

Maui County Ranked #1 in Quality of Life Study The University of Wisconsin conducted a report and found that Maui County ranked #1 in the State for quality of life with the healthiest outcomes. 1. Maui …

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Backing into Parking Stalls

Why do so many people back in to parking stalls in Hawaii?   Surprisingly there is a lot of research into the psychology of the way people park, whether you pull straight into a stall or …

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Taxes, Taxes, Taxes

Real Property Assesment Notices 80,500 Maui property owners will be receiving their real property assessment notices next week.  The assessment notices sent out by the County Real Property Assessment Division are for tax purposes.  Real property …

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Mayoral 2015 State Address

written byKen Smith Maui County Mayor, Alan Arakawa made his 2015 State of the county address earlier this week. Arakawa seemed pleased with the current state of the county describing it as “strong.”  This statement was backed up stating that …

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