Big Island Real Estate News

The market in and around Kona continues to very active, especially in the 200K -450K range for both condominiums and single family residential homes. Many homes have been sold the very day they appeared on the multiple listing service, which has been the source of disappointment for many buyers. They haven’t even had a chance to see it before it was sold! The homes in the upper ranges are not moving as quickly. but this may change as owners trade up to take advantage of the prices increases in the smaller homes.

Lahaina Noon

Last Sunday at 12:19 pm in Kona was the first of the two “Lahaina Noons” that we experience here in the tropics. The Lahaina Noon is the time at which the sun is directly overhead. We have two of them each year as the sun moves north to the Tropic of Cancer, then heads back south to the Tropic of Capricorn. Our next Lahaina Noon on the Big Island will be in July. From now until then, the sun will be north of the island.

The current tilt of the earth also enables us to see the Southern Cross from the Big Island from April through June. The best vantage point for viewing is from the South Point area over to the volcanoes. It is often obscured from view here in Kona by the clouds that form over the mountains in the evening during the late spring and summer.

An Evening Out

For a nice evening out, I suggest the Beach Grill at the Four Seasons at Hualalai on Saturday night, which is their Surf, Sand, and Stars evening. The Beach Grill is a casual setting right on the beach. You may choose from tables on the sand where up to 10 can be seated or smaller, private tables just a step from the sand. The Saturday event features a buffet of seafood, steak, chicken and usually one other special treat in addition to a profusion of salads, vegetables, appetizers, and of course, desserts. The banana-honey and chocolate soufflés are individually prepared and entirely too delicious to be legal. Dinner is followed by star gazing using an 11 inch computerized telescope, operated by one of the star gazing outfits that also offer tours up Mauna Kea. It is amazing to see the view through their telescope and hear about the different stars, clusters, nebula, and of course, the planets, and the moon. It will take your breath away.

Enjoy this month, wherever you are, and remember: if the islands are calling you, be sure to call me!

Aloha,

Carole Kwiat, RS