ranking real estate » Posts http://www.rankingrealestate.com Just another day talking about real estate Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 video – “the realtor” – funny http://www.rankingrealestate.com/2009/11/11/video-the-realtor-funny/ http://www.rankingrealestate.com/2009/11/11/video-the-realtor-funny/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:30:43 +0000 cmy http://www.rankingrealestate.com/?p=1252

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Hilo Home Sold 10/22/2009

122 B Kekela St.
Lot 6-C TMK (3) 2-2-39:120
10,774 sqft lot 1,056 sqft 3/1.5 home
Sold 10/22/2009
Sale Price: $195,000.00

Located centrally in Hilo Town. Fixer Upper with a lot of potential.

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]]> http://www.rankingrealestate.com/2009/10/16/gary-fong-real-estate-hilarious/feed/ 2 $8000 tax credit and Sales Activity? http://www.rankingrealestate.com/2009/10/07/8000-tax-credit-and-sales-activity/ http://www.rankingrealestate.com/2009/10/07/8000-tax-credit-and-sales-activity/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:27:51 +0000 cmy http://www.rankingrealestate.com/?p=1076 The current First Time Homebuyer’s Tax Credit of $8,000 is due to expire on December 1, 2009. On the Island of Hawaii we are seeing an uptick in activity over the past few weeks. Presumably part of that activity is driven by these First Time Homebuyer’s eagerness to qualify for the credit.

Based on some of the numbers I posted last week for Residential Sales for the Big Island, overall we have seen an increase of 25.27% in activity Year-to-Date. That is a significant number for the Island, in regards to activity, although at the same time we have seen an overall Median price decrease for the Island of 18.75% with 7 of 9 districts showing a decrease in Median home prices.

While the Tax Credit is not the sole reason for the increase in activity, it is a major factor. That is why the National Association of Realtors is pushing hard for an extension of the program. One of the fears voiced, should this program end, is that activity will slow significantly which will put further downward pressure on Median home prices.

At its best the $8,000 tax credit has been described as a tool to increase activity and sales in the Residential Real Estate market at its worst its been called a prop which only stalls the inevitable, falsely holding up a market that needs to fully correct before it can be healthy.

As the deadline for the sunset of this credit nears and then passes, we shall see.

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