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The last time we did an article on profitable condos, this was by a ratio of the highest profitable-to-unprofitable transactions since 1995. But with the various cooling measures and different policies throughout the years, sometimes looking at transactions dating so many years back may not be the most accurate way of looking at profitability. As such, this time we narrowed...

Anthony Banua-Simon takes aim at the image of the islands as a paradise for white people displacing the indigenous inhabitants (and workforce)

On the 40th anniversary of his death, visit destinations fit for the King.

I recently came across this incredibly fascinating story of how a furniture business does its promotions. Enter Jim McIngvale, better known as Mattress Mack. He owns Gallery Furniture, one of the top furniture retailers in the US, with more than $200 million in annual sales revenue at its three Houston locations. While his founding story is a very interesting read...

A few months ago, we covered whether it is worth paying a premium for integrated or mixed-use condos, such as The Centris, North Park Residences and The Woodleigh Residences. These are 99-year leasehold condos, built above amenities like a shopping mall, MRT stations and bus interchanges and retail outlets (sometimes including a cinema). Being rare, the upside of owning an...

Cottages at the Coco Palms in 1960. Photo: Kauai Historical Society/Baker Collection A doorman takes a deep breath and blows into a conch shell as guests

KOLOA, Kauai — This winter’s candlelight vigils and banner-waving protesters are gone, their legal challenges exhausted. Soon, bulldozers could roll past Koloa’s wooden sidewalks, clucking chickens and stop sign plastered with a “Die Developers Die” bumper sticker, ready to transform a ragtag grove of monkeypod trees into a shopping center. KOLOA, Kauai — This winter’s candlelight vigils and banner-waving protesters are gone, their legal challenges exhausted. Soon, bulldozers cou...

Historic resort in Blue Hawaii to be auctioned this month July 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2007, file photo, workers move the Coco Palms Resort unit sales sign away from the Kuamoo Road side of the former resort in Wailua, Hawaii. The historic resort where Elvis Presleys character got married in the 1961 film "Blue Hawaii" will go up for auction at a foreclosure sale on Kauai this month. The Garden Island newspaper reported the abandoned Coco Palms Resort will be aucti...

Disaster declaration signed for Kauai as flooding strikes a nerve for rural residents HNN Staff © Provided by Honolulu KHNL Kauai weather roundup HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Scenes of flooding Tuesday brought back unnerving memories for residents on Kauai’s North Shore this week. Homes and roads in the rural areas of Wainiha, Haena and Hanalei were flooded after Kauai got several inches of rain over the last few days. It prompted road closures of Kuhio Highway at th...

Hawaii Magazine Heavy Rains Across Hawaiʻi Cause Destructive Flooding on All Islands Residents on Maui say this is some of the worst flooding theyve seen in the past 25 years. Mar 10, 2021 Yesterday, on March 9, Hawaiʻi experienced an onslaught of rain and stormy weather, flooding towns and districts across all islands. On Oʻahu, the North Shore got the worst of the weather. Overflowing rivers caused road closures throughout the area, and those in Haleʻiwa were ordered to evacuate because ...