After an eventful summer, we are settling down to the “fall” routine here in Kona. The kids are back in school, the summer tourists have departed and the Ironman participants and their support teams are beginning to arrive and fill the streets as they train for next month’s event. Coffee cherry is being picked, and signs have sprung up advertising the current rate that processors are paying for cherry.

The Kuakini Highway project between Hualalai and Palani is being readied for the initial paving, much to everyone’s joy. The traffic gridlock will be eased and we will once again be able to venture out for lunch instead of cowering meekly in our offices in order to avoid the congestion.

Big Island Real Estate Market News

We are continuing to experience a slowing of the price increases we have experienced over the last 3 years, but the market remains very active. As prices in and around Kona have reached averages above the 600K mark, greater interest in the outlying subdivisions such as Waikoloa Village, Kona Paradise, Milolii, and Hawaiian Ocean View Estates is spurring price increases in those areas.

We do not foresee interest in obtaining Big Island property for investment or retirement abating in the near future. We truly have something very special here.

Summer Pictures – Time Marches On

With our family gathered for the first time in over a year, we celebrated our daughter’s graduation and met our oldest son’s sweetie. Now all are back to their lives and our daughter has officially left the nest… a very special summer that was full of endings and new beginnings.

Our Boys at the Green Sand Beach

Our Happy Graduate

“Bruce” the Baby Shark – Not a Member of the Family!