June Updates
THE CONVERSATION Owning a home can be a significant financial and personal responsibility and it could require careful planning and...
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Ryan O.
- May 1
- 3 min
May Updates
THE CONVERSATION Solving Oahu's housing crisis starts with our elected officials. A study often cited states that Hawaii will need to...
Ryan O.
- Apr 3
- 5 min
April Updates
THE CONVERSATION Christine Camp, President and CEO of Avalon Group, was recently a guest on Think Tech Hawaii. During her interview,...
Ryan O.
- Mar 2
- 3 min
March Updates
THE CONVERSATION The Wall Street Journal recently reported that an investor purchased $100 million worth of luxury real estate in...
Ryan O.
- Feb 3
- 3 min
February Updates
THE CONVERSATION My great grandparents were dirt poor. Over the course of their lives, they slowly accumulated real estate. The mass...
Ryan O.
- Jan 1
- 4 min
January Updates
THE CONVERSATION The value of your home, less than any liens (mortgage), can be defined as your home equity. It is important to remember...
Ryan O.
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
December Updates
THE CONVERSATION Hawaii has a housing crisis and it needs to be addressed now. The problem is worsening due to the not in my backyard...
Ryan O.
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
November Updates
Owning a home on Oahu can be one of the best longterm investments you can ever make. Unlike other locations, land is very scarce on Oahu...
Ryan O.
- Oct 1, 2022
- 5 min
October Updates
The Honolulu Civil Beat recently reported that Dean Uchida, the Director of the Department of Planning and Permitted (DPP), resigned. In...
Ryan O.
- Sep 1, 2022
- 4 min
September Updates
How did we get to record high inflation? During the start of the pandemic, there was an increase in the money supply since millions of...
Ryan O.
- Aug 1, 2022
- 5 min
August Updates
When the pandemic started, many industries came to a standstill. Businesses temporarily closed and people hunkered down at home. Unlike...
Ryan O.
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
July Updates
When I was in college, I recall my college professor discussing Oahu's homeless crisis in our Sociology of Urbanism class. I graduated...
Ryan O.
- May 1, 2022
- 4 min
May Updates
Danielle Hale, Realtor.com’s chief economist, predicts U.S. home prices will slow down in 2022. Locally, the median price for a single...
Ryan O.
- Apr 4, 2022
- 4 min
April Updates
A recent study by Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University reported that Honolulu homes prices are are...
Ryan O.
- Mar 1, 2022
- 4 min
March Updates
KHON 2 recently reported that a Maili homeowner owes $18,000 to Hawaiian Electric (HECO) to pay for street lights on Halemauliha Place....
Ryan O.
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
February Updates
For the past few years, the United States government has come close to defaulting on its obligations. Matter of fact, in December 2021,...
Ryan O.
- Jan 1, 2022
- 4 min
January Updates
Happy New Year! Here are the housing updates for January 2022.
Ryan O.
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
December Updates
After the Marco Polo condo fire, a law was passed to requiring certain buildings to install fire sprinklers or to pass a Life Safety...
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