After an unprecedented run these past three years or so, there’s no doubt about it: the Big Island’s housing market is currently going through a normalization.

What, exactly, does that mean?

In a nutshell, it’s just like it sounds—the Covid-19 pandemic caused quite a kerfuffle in the local and national ...

You may have heard—being a faithful reader of our blog and all!—that the state’s luxury home market (roughly defined as those homes that sold for $3 million or more) declined in total number of sales by 22% last year as compared to 2021. 

However, this is why a ...

Are you and your ‘ohana looking to make an island getaway—either as kama’aina or as visitors from afar?

Then get ready to say aloha once again to one of the most-distinguished hotels in all of Hawai’i in the coming years!

The iconic Kona Bay Hotel—often known as ‘Uncle Billy’s’ throughout ...

You know what they say---you get what you pay for.

Unless, of course, you’re talking about an 11,000-square-foot, 5-bedroom mansion along the Hamakua coast!

That’s right—a mansion built back in 2005 was listed for auction this past year, and was successfully bid by a Big Island couple who plan ...

Greetings!

We hope you enjoyed our reporting on the final month’s statistics for the Big Island of Hawai’i in the prior year, and this week Karen Bail and company are here once again to help you make sense of the numbers as we cast our gaze towards the final year-end ...

There’s no doubt about it—2022 was certainly quite a year!

The past twelve months saw a great many things changing around the local real estate scene, from buying trends to mortgage rates and pretty much everything in between. Karen Bail and company, as always, are here to shepherd you through ...

Of the countless reasons to make the Big Island of Hawai’i home, perhaps none stand quite so tall as the unbeatable weather. We’re so lucky to experience such balmy temperatures and unrivaled natural beauty year-round here on the island, and according to the latest report from the University of Hawai’i ...

There’s no doubt about it—the pandemic decimated tourism and our local economy back in 2020.

Life became very hard for so many among us due to the complete lack of visitors and the slow rebuilding from the Safe Travels program, but as the years have passed so too have the ...

In a previous blog, we shared just how important it is to select a realtor with the right expertise, experience, and approach to help you and yours navigate an ever-changing, ultra-competitive real estate marketplace. The Big Island of Hawai’i is truly a place like no other, and that just might ...

There are countless things that make the Big Island of Hawai’i a place like no other: the ‘aina, the kama’aina, the aloha spirit, and the food, just to name a few of our favorites. Eager travelers the world over continue to make our island home one of the most sought-after ...