Local Headlines
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Hawaii foreclosures up in August; big spike on Kauai
Monday Sep 8 | via Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Foreclosure filings in Hawaii soared more than 130 percent in August when compared to the same month in 2007, led by a sharp increase in filings on Kauai.
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Hawaii Foreclosure Activity Down 17 Percent in June
Jul 27, 2008 | via Realty Trac
Hawaii reported 134 properties with foreclosure filings in June, a 17 percent decline from the previous month but still 19 percent above the level reported for June 2007, according to the latest RealtyTrac U.S. ...
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Pearl City/Aiea achieves best-buy status
Jul 27, 2008 | via The Honolulu Advertiser
You might be surprised to know that homes in Pearl City and Aiea sold faster during the first quarter of 2008 than any other Oahu neighborhood during that time - typically in 32 days.
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Free Home Ownership Workshopby Coldwell Banker Aug.12
Jul 25, 2008 | via The Honolulu Advertiser
Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties would like to invite the public to a free Home Ownership Workshop on Tuesday, August 12 at 6:00 p.m. at Radford High School.
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How to sell quickly and get your price
Jun 15, 2008 | via The Honolulu Advertiser
How do you sell a house in 7 days in a market where, for most sellers, 50 to 60 days is the norm? Colonel Christopher Mullin, weapons systems officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, says he did it with the help of a ...
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Regional Headlines
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'Ilima at Leihano/Reverse Mortgage Seminar
Friday Oct 3 | via Hawaii Business
Discover the Art of Living Well at 'Ilima at Leihano and learn about Hawaii's newest retirement community.
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Friday Oct 3 | via Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Phase 2 International , a Honolulu-based software company, said it has partnered with Aria Systems , a supplier of on-demand billing and lifecycle management choices.
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Wall Street firms often the money behind local deals
Friday Oct 3 | via Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Wall Street may be nearly 5,000 miles from Bishop Street, but several of the big investment firms that have been in the headlines have strong ties to Hawaii and own large chunks of real estate in the Islands.
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Local banks have law on their side to protect agains...
Thursday Oct 2 | via The Honolulu Advertiser
Remember that misleading mortgage loan letter that an 'Ewa Beach woman got? Turns out that kind of letter is now illegal in Hawai'i. That's according to Nick Griffin, state Commissioner of the Division of ...
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Kealakehe connector street nears completion
Wednesday Oct 1 | via West Hawaii Today
To Native Hawaiians, manawalea means charity, and keanalehu is the name of a legendary place.
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National Headlines
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Unions and politicians have called on the retail ban...
3 min ago | via Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Unions and politicians have called on the retail banks to pass on the reduction in full.
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32 min ago | via The Asheville Citizen-Times
No one wants to talk about who is most to blame for the financial crisis that now threatens the U.S. economy, though there is plenty of blame to go around.
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Global markets jolted by spreading financial crisis
21 hrs ago | via Reno Gazette-Journal
LONDON - The devastating financial flu that has sent the American economy reeling is contagious, making the rest of the world look sick too.
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Monday Sep 15 | via Detroit Free Press
An official says the administration has decided to pick a key Treasury Department official to be the interim head of its $700-billion rescue effort for financial institutions.
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Treasury publishes info on TARP authorities
8 min ago | via NAFCU
Oct. 7, 2008 - Treasury on Monday published information that lays the groundwork for the selection of asset managers in the Troubled Assets Relief Program and set an Oct.
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