Tuesday, July 7, 2015

HBR Residential Resale Statistics for June 2015 Shows Increase in Closed Sales

The Honolulu Board of REALTORS® released the MLS residential resale statistics for June 2015. Single-family home sales median sales price of $700,000, unchanged from 2014. Condominium median sales price has decreased by 6% to $338,500. 
Residential Resale Statistics for June 2015

Residential Resale Statistics for June 2015


The median days on market for SFH sales is a day lower, at 18 days. The condo market has decreased by 3 days, to 22 days on market, compared to 2014. There was 3.2 months of remaining inventory in the SFH market and 3.5 months remaining inventory for condominiums, a slight increase. 

SFH priced in the $350,001-$475,000 range had the least days on market at 17. Condos priced in the $375,001-$475,000 ranges has the least days on market, at 19. 

SFH sales received an average of 97.7% of their list price and condominiums received 98.4%.


Residential Resale Statistics for June 2015


There were 324 SFH sales and 500 condo sales in June while 548 SFH listings and 606 condominium listings entered the market. 

Monday, June 8, 2015

HBR Residential Resale Statistics for May 2015 Reports Rise in Median Sales Prices

The Honolulu Board of REALTORS® released the MLS residential resale statistics for May 2015. Single-family home sales and condominium sales have seen a rise in median sales price when compared to 2014. 
Residential Resale Statistics for May 2015


Residential Resale Statistics for May 2015



The median days on market for SFH sales has decreased by 15%. The condo market has increased by 9.5% compared to 2014.  There was 3.1 months of remaining inventory in the SFH market and 3.4 months remaining inventory for condominiums. 

SFH priced in the $350,001-$475,000 range had the least days on market at 17. Condos priced in the $375,001-$475,000 ranges has the least days on market, at 19. 

SFH sales received an average of 97.5% of their list price and condominiums received 98.1%.


Residential Resale Statistics for May 2015


There were 309 SFH sales and 450 condo sales in May while 417 SFH listings and 610 condominium listings entered the market. 

Friday, May 8, 2015

HBR Residential Resale Statistics for April 2015 Reports Rise in Median Sales Prices

The Honolulu Board of REALTORS® released the MLS residential resale statistics for April 2015. Single-family home sales and condominium sales have seen a rise in median sales price when compared to 2014. 
HBR Residential Resale Statistics for April 2015 Reports Rise in Median Sales Prices
HBR Residential Resale Statistics for April 2015 Reports Rise in Median Sales Prices

The median days on market for SFH sales has increased by 4.8%. The condo market has dropped by 9.5% compared to 2014.  There was 3.1 months of remaining inventory in the SFH market and 3.5 months remaining inventory for condominiums. 

SFH priced in the $350,001-$550,000 range had the least days on market at 19. Condos priced in the $375,001-$475,000 ranges has the least days on market, also at 19. 

SFH sales received an average of 97.6% of their list price and condominiums received 98.2%.

HBR Residential Resale Statistics for April 2015 Reports Rise in Median Sales Prices

There were 301 SFH sales and 454 condo sales in April while 424 SFH listings and 639 condominium listings entered the market. 

Monday, April 6, 2015

HBR Residential Resale Statistics for March 2015 Reports Rise in Median Sales Prices

The Honolulu Board of REALTORS® released the MLS residential resale statistics for March 2015. Single-family home sales and condominium sales have seen a rise in median sales price when compared to 2014. 
HBR Residential Resale Statistics for March 2015 Reports Rise in Median Sales Prices
median days on market for SFH sales has increased by 23.5%. The condo market has dropped by 16% compared to 2014
The median days on market for SFH sales has increased by 23.5%. The condo market has dropped by 16% compared to 2014.  There was 2.7 months of remaining inventory in the SFH market and 3.4 months remaining inventory for condominiums. 

SFH priced in the $475,001-$550,000 range has the least days on market at 19. Condos priced in the $375,001-$475,000 ranges has the least days on market, also at 19. 

SFH sales received an average of 97.5% of their list price and condominiums received 100%.

244 SFH sales and 403 condo sales
There were 244 SFH sales and 403 condo sales in March while 415 SFH listings and 703 condominium listings entered the market. 

Monday, March 9, 2015

HBR Residential Resale Statistics for February 2015 Reports Decline in Median Sales Price

The Honolulu Board of REALTORS® released the MLS residential resale statistics for February 2015. Single-family home sales and condominium sales have seen a decline in median sales price when compared to 2014.
SFH down 4.6% and Condos down 9.3%


The median days on market for SFH sales has increased by 4.2%. The condo market has dropped by 14.7% compared to 2014.  There was 2.7 months of remaining inventory in the SFH market and 3.2 months remaining inventory for condominiums. 

SFH priced in the $475,001-$550,000 range has the least days on market at 19. Condos priced in the $375,001-$475,000 ranges has the least days on market, also at 19. 

SFH sales received an average of 98.2% of their list price and condominiums received 97%. 

There were 201 SFH sales and 290 condo sales in February while 382 SFH listings and 594 condominium listings entered the market. 

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

New Beginnings - Rick Nakama Realty LLC

I believe I started my real estate pre-licensing course near the end of 2004 at the Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties or Barbara Dew School of Real Estate class at Kahala Mall. I don't even remember what it was officially called. At the start of that, I had no intentions of becoming a real estate agent or broker. It was only during the course when I realized that the course was not really going to teach me anything more than how to pass the real estate agent licensing test. I was actually interested in learning about commercial real estate, something that isn't really taught in any short term course and instead, is learned through experience. That is when I decided to get my start as a residential real estate agent, still nothing to do with commercial!

If you know me even slightly, you know I enjoy cars and racing them, and I enjoy fine coffees. I also come from a family of "restaurateurs". I'm not talking about fancy restaurants, but more like local drive-in plate lunch type of eateries. Why does this matter? Because I wanted commercial property to have my own cafe and car shop. I am obviously still working on that, but I am happy to brew a cup of coffee for you to enjoy while we work on your real estate transactions! So, the big goal is for me to have some commercial property with my own businesses operating in the building. How close am I to that? No where even close. If anything, it will happen as sort of a way I enter "retirement age" and by that time, would I still want to have those things?

Rick Nakama Realty LLCBack on track. Immediately after the pre-licensing course, I took the actual licensing test, passed and signed on for the best new agent training available, the Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties New Agent Training Office. That was located in Kahala Mall back then and was very well known to be the best available training in town for any new licensee. From there, I transferred to the Waikiki location because I lived two blocks away at the time.

After almost two years with Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, I decided to try out a "non-franchise" brokerage. That brought me to East Oahu Realty, Inc. I spent the last 7 or so years there, during which a lot of other big events occurred. My years working alongside some of the most experienced REALTORS® in town has been invaluable to me. 


Kelli and I married in 2009.


Rick Nakama Realty LLC
I also tested for and received my broker's license in 2009.


Got a long haired mini dachshund pup
in 2012 and named her Lola.


Kelli and I had a baby in 2014 and
his name is Mason.


We got a second mini dachshund about
a month after Mason was born and we call him Oscar. 


Rick Nakama Realty LLC
I gained a lot of knowledge working with the agents at
East Oahu Realty, Inc. Just about every other agent there
had at least two to three or more times the number of years
of experience that I had. My time with them has been invaluable and has provided me the confidence to continue my real estate practice as an independent broker.  

Fast forward through all of that, and everything else, brings us to 2015. With the assistance of Ryan K. Hew, Attorney at Law, LLLC, I created Rick Nakama Realty LLC. The final step of changing the information with the Honolulu Board of Realtors was completed at the end of February and today (over a span of a few days) I begin this new blog.

I am not a professional writer or anything like that. I just like to blog and I will try to consistently blog again. I don't plan to just blog about the latest real estate thing going on because we all know that the only people, if anyone, that would be reading it, would be people preparing to buy or sell real estate. After that happens, they most likely won't want to read about real estate very often. That is why I will be trying to blog about various things and hopefully there is some sort of real estate tie-in most of the time. Afterall, my original blog was called, "Rick's Blog About Anything." I would link to it, but it seems to have disappeared.

If these types of blog posts are just too long for you, I also post on Twitter and Instagram as @RickNakama.
Strolling the streets to get a feel of what is in the neighborhood...
I'll save the suit pictures for later, maybe when I'm actually wearing a suit
because really, when do we ever wear suits here in Honolulu? 
By the way, I have a great 1 bedroom listing at Palm Villas 2. Maybe I will tell you more about that in my next blog post! ;)
 
Thanks for reading. Let's have coffee!

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Starting up Rick Nakama Realty LLC

I am starting up a new blog for my new brokerage. I have created Rick Nakama Realty LLC and will be working as Rick Nakama, Realtor, owner and broker of my new brokerage. This is a test post to help me layout my blog page.