by Julie Ziemelis | Oct 11, 2021 | East Hawaii, Hawaii Island, Kailua Kona, North Kohala
With the persistent lack of new homes being built on Hawai’i Island, single family home prices have shot up in the wake of lack of available homes for sale and continued demand. Most municipalities in the country would simply mow down more land, build high...
by Julie Ziemelis | Oct 9, 2021 | East Hawaii, Hawaii Island, Kailua Kona, Kohala Coast, West Hawaii
Did the most recent eruption of Kilauea cause a dip in the real estate market? Not that we know of, but the market continues to burn as hot as the caldera right now. Lance Owens, REALTOR and President Elect for the West Hawaii Association of Realtors and I filmed the...
by Julie Ziemelis | Oct 4, 2021 | East Hawaii, Kailua Kona, Kohala Coast, Moving to Hawaii, West Hawaii
Are you researching a move to Hawaii Island? How’s your health? There are three reasons some people will not or can not move to Hawaii Island- Health care Cost of housing Lack of employment opportunities Of these three, two can be dealt with either by selling a...
by Julie Ziemelis | Sep 23, 2021 | East Hawaii, Hawaii Island, Kailua Kona, Kauai, Kohala Coast, Maui, Moving to Hawaii, Oahu, West Hawaii
You’re in escrow and you are pinching yourself that you are going to be buying one way tickets to Hawaii! Before you start planning your good bye parties with your old neighbors and jealous family members, there are a few things you will need to start doing to...
by Julie Ziemelis | Aug 31, 2021 | East Hawaii, Hawaii Island, West Hawaii
When you live on Hawaii Island, you see natural disasters, you just do. Watching fires marching towards one of my favorite vacation spots, South Lake Tahoe, today and seeing the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana and along the Gulf Coast this past...
by Julie Ziemelis | Jan 12, 2021 | East Hawaii, Hawaii Island, Hilo, Kailua, Kauai, Kohala Coast, Maui, West Hawaii
One of the BEST aspects of moving to Hawaii is being able to eat and enjoy farm fresh produce, tropical fruits and island raised meat and local caught fish. With the depletion of the nutrients in the soil on the mainland due to commercial farming techniques and mono...