Local Headlines
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Maui real estate totals dreadful
18 hrs ago | via Maui News
Halfway through 2009, Maui's real estate market is nearly 57 percent of the size it was in the same period last year. Comment?
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Home sales, prices slide on Maui
Thursday | via The Honolulu Advertiser
Sales and median prices of homes sold on Maui last month continued their descent, but mostly at a reduced level compared with the first half of this year, according to the Realtors Association of Maui. Comment?
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Maui housing plan reset as affordable
Wednesday Jun 24 | via The Honolulu Advertiser
A subdivision plan in south-central Maui abandoned by a California partnership is being recast as an affordable housing community by a longtime Maui housing developer. Comment?
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Resort home defaults cause sharp spike in Hawaii for...
Sunday Jun 21 | via Residential Real Estate
Hawaii's outer islands have experienced a sharp uptick in the number of foreclosures and bank-owned properties, as Mainland investors default on resort homes purchased in the past couple of years. Comment?
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Maui may tax vacation rentals, B&Bs like hotels
Thursday Jun 18 | via KPUA-AM Hilo
The council's Budget and Finance Committee voted 5-3 Tuesday for a bill that would establish a "commercialized residential" real property tax classification for bed-and-breakfasts and transient vacation rentals. Comment?
Regional Headlines
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Isle developers consider impact of 'Great Recession'
Thursday | via Honolulu Star-Bulletin
There are "green shoots" -- signs of recovery -- in Hawaii's real estate market, but they will need serious fertilizer to take root. Comment?
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Monday Jul 6 | via The Honolulu Advertiser
Ai Wah Ng has been promoted to senior vice president of wholesale credit at Bank of Hawaii. Comment?
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Tuesday Jun 30 | via San Francisco Chronicle
The unprecedented summer sales continue in sunny Hawaii , where it's enticingly cooler than the three-digit temperatures that baked the Bay Area this weekend Here are some highlights: Fans of WaikA kA will appreciate Aqua Aloha Surf & Spa's current special, with rates advertised as starting at $79 or less through Sept. Comment?
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State wants Superferry bankruptcy case moved to Hawaii
Tuesday Jun 23 | via The Honolulu Advertiser
The liquidation of Hawaii Superferry Inc., a former operator of high-speed ferry service between the islands of Oahu and Maui, should be transferred to Hawaii from Delaware, where the company filed under Chapter 11 on May 30, according to a so-called change-of-venue motion filed Saturday by the state of Hawaii. 1 comment
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Friday Jun 19 | via Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Federal prosecutors have charged three more defendants in the mortgage fraud case involving the mortgage brokerage company Accel Mortgage. Comment?
National Headlines
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Toughest times for Utah housing may be nearing end
3 min ago | via Salt Lake Tribune
Workers lay sheathing plywood on the roof of a home in Richmond, Va., in 2008. The national housing industry has sustained a bigger hit than in Utah, but homebuilders, their employees and the local governments that depend on new construction are feeling significant impacts from the downturn, according to a new report from the University of Utah's ... Comment?
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Obama proposes investor protections in wake of Madof...
5 min ago | via Kentucky.com
Fresh on the heels of new proposals to regulate mortgages and other consumer credit products, the Obama administration on Friday sent Congress proposed legislation designed to head off another Bernard Madoff-style fraud. Comment?
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45-64s hardest hit by recession
9 min ago | via Queensferry Today
People in the run-up to retirement have been hardest hit by the recession due to the double impact of rising unemployment and falling asset values, research shows. Comment?
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Prudential Dinning-Beard acquires Stucky and Associates
18 min ago | via The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA _ Stucky and Associates has been acquired by Prudential Dinning-Beard, officials of the two real estate companies said today. Comment?
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'Wachovia'-to-'Wells Fargo' name change may take a w...
23 min ago | via PilotOnline.com
Click a thumbnail to view the full-size image. Buy Pilot photos here. Loading... Close Gallery Though Wachovia Securities became part of Wells Fargo Advisors earlier this year, new Well Fargo signage won't appear on Wachovia branches in the mid-Atlantic region until late next year or early 2011. Comment?

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