Buying a Home

Buying for the Long-Term  Buying in an uncertain market can be scary without keeping focused on your time horizon for owning your new home....

Association Financials  This article assumes that you will be obtaining a mortgage to purchase your condo or house in an association....

Association Documents   For this article, both condominiums and townhouses will be referred to as condos.  Oahu has more condos than ...

Neighborhood and Condominium Associations   A buyer must consider being part of an association when buying a single-family home, townhouse, or ...

Location, Location, Location  Location of a property has a major impact on the sales price of a home.  The exact same house or condo ...

Oahu’s Current Housing Market  Once you and/or your significant other have committed to buy a home, have agreed upon the most important ...

Reasons to Buy a Home Note:  The term “you” refers to an individual, a couple, or a family.  While it is important to ...

Property Inspection  We cannot emphasize the importance of paying for a professional home inspection as part of a buyer’s due diligence ...

Buyer’s Blog  You may already be aware that Oahu is experiencing the strongest seller’s market since 2006 and many properties ...

Buyer’s Blog    The yield on the ten-year Treasury bills (T-bill) has risen roughly 0.75% over the past six months and 0.5% in ...

Mortgage Pre-Approval  A potential buyer should always obtain a mortgage pre-approval letter as the first step in the home-buying process....

Have an Exit Plan Moving is highly stressful and many buyers’ goal is to buy their forever home and never have to move again.  The ...

Create a Features Checklist While its important to be aware of the steps necessary to purchase a home, the most critical step is to identify a home ...

The Veterans Administration officially announced the new VA Loan Limit set to take effect January 1, 2020. This time it’s very different. There ...

Helpful Article “How to Determine If You Can Afford to Buy a Home” The gap between the increase in personal income and residential real ...

Helpful Article “What Is the Cost of Waiting Until Next Year to Buy?” [INFOGRAPHIC] Some Highlights: The “cost of waiting to ...

Melissa McGuire REALTOR® Helpful Article"How's the Housing Market Right Now?" Yeehaw, the latest ...