Map of Proposed Kakaako Developments

September 16, 2014

Last week I posted the Hawaii Community Development Authority’s updated list of project activity in the Kaka’ako Community Development District (KCDD).

A PDF copy of the list can be downloaded here (Current Kakaako Project Activity).

The following link takes you to an interactive map of the projects:

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=21.297974~-157.851878&lvl=16&sty=r&cid=8C28EB42E686E6E1!336

The map below can be saved as a png file:

Map of Proposed Kakaako Developments

Map of Proposed Kakaako Developments

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Current Kakaako Development Projects

September 10, 2014

The Hawaii Community Development Authority has just posted an updated list of project activity in the Kaka’ako Community Development District (KCDD).

Kakaako - Ward Neighborhood Master Plan Phasing Diagram

Four Kakaako projects totaling 1,541 units are under construction, including Waihonua (A&B), 801 South Street (Downtown Capital LLC), Symphony Honolulu (Oliver McMillan), and the Waiea tower at Ward (Victoria Ward/Howard Hughes).

Nine additional projects totalling 2,587 units have also been approved.

A PDF copy of the list can be downloaded here (Current Kakaako Project Activity).   Project information is updated at this link: http://dbedt.hawaii.gov/hcda/projects/

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 10 of 10 – “Ocean Frontage”

September 28, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.  There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Today marks the last day of my series on Maui’s high-end luxury homes.  I had to testify in a ground rent arbitration yesterday, so this article is coming a day late.  Thank you so much for reading along with me.

Day 10 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Ocean Frontage Type

Consider the following graph and chart, which categorize Maui million dollar home sales by their ocean frontage (or lack of it):

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Ocean Frontage Type

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Ocean Frontage Type

Maui Million Dollar Single Family Homes By Frontage
Sold From 1/1/2012 through 9/16/2013
Frontage Type # of Sales % of Total
None 183 79.2%
Ocean Front/Beach Front 25 10.8%
Across Street from Ocean 23 10.0%
Total 231 100.0%

As shown, just over ten percent of the million dollar plus home sales on Maui front the ocean while another are located across the street from it.  But the balance of the Maui luxury residential market is located mauka, or toward the mountains.

Bottom Line: Not every million dollar home on Maui is on the beach–the large majority are located on interior lots.

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this “mini-series” of posts, it was fun to assemble and provided a few insights that I wasn’t expecting, particularly the days on market figures that showed reasonably fast absorption of most Maui high end properties.

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment  box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

 

 

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 8 of 10 – “How Many Bedrooms Do They Have?”

September 25, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.  There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Day 8 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Bedroom Count

Consider the following graph and chart, which categorize Maui million dollar home sales by the number of bedrooms in their floorplans:

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Bedroom Count

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Bedroom Count

Maui Million Dollar Single Family Homes By Bedroom Count
Sold From 1/1/2012 through 9/16/2013
Bedrooms # of Sales % of Total
1 2 0.9%
2 20 8.7%
3 88 38.1%
4 82 35.5%
5 29 12.6%
6 9 3.9%
7 1 0.4%
Total 231 100.0%

Bottom Line: No Need To Remake Buckingham Palace

The vast majority of million dollar homes sold on Maui have just 3 or 4 bedrooms.  Maybe not impressive on MTV Cribs, but obviously enough for hundreds of wealthy second home buyers.

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 7 of 10 – “When Were They Built?”

September 24, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.  There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Day 7 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Year Built

Consider the following graph and chart, which categorize Maui million dollar home sales by the year of their construction:

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Year Built

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Year Built

Maui Million Dollar Single Family Homes By Year Built
Sold From 1/1/2012 through 9/16/2013
Year Built # of Sales % of Total
1920-1929 1 0.4%
1930-1939 4 1.7%
1940-1949 1 0.4%
1950-1959 10 4.3%
1960-1969 3 1.3%
1970-1979 18 7.8%
1980-1989 35 15.2%
1990-1999 40 17.3%
2000-2009 107 46.3%
2010-2019 12 5.2%
Total 231 100.0%

More than 50 percent of the Valley Isle’s million dollar home sales have been built since 2000, with 84 percent constructed since 1980.

Bottom Line: Newer is better, no surprise here.

As wealthy buyer preferences for residential real estate evolve over time, the luxury segment is quick to adapt.  For example, solar energy and “great rooms” are in, rear projection television nooks and galley kitchens are out.

Although they are usually built to high construction standards, an appraiser often observes that residences in the high-end/second-home market can have economic lives that are are shorter than less expensive dwellings–sometimes meaningfully so.  A future article will identify a case study or two where ultra-high end oceanfront homes in Hawaii were torn down for land value/redevelopment, despite being less than 20 years old!

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

Bonus: Economic Life

economic life

The period over which improvements to real property contribute to property value.

Source: Appraisal Institute, The Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal, 5th ed. (Chicago: Appraisal Institute, 2010).

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 6 of 10 – “How much land do they have?”

September 23, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.  There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Day 6 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Land Area

Consider the following graph, which categorizes the Maui million dollar home sales by their lot sizes:

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Land Area

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Land Area

If you are unfamiliar with the luxury home market in Hawaii, the data presented on this graph might be counter-intuitive.  As  shown, most million dollar home sales are on lots that are smaller than half an acre in size, and only a handful of transactions are on tracts larger than ten acres.

Bottom Line: Once Again, Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better

Not many people would argue that, all things being equal, more land area is usually better.  But on Maui and throughout the Hawaii high-end residential sector, an experienced real estate appraiser understands that beach frontage and ocean views are the primary drivers of market value.  Since near-ocean properties are typically subdivided into smaller land area configurations, it is easy to see how the most common high-dollar sales have smaller lots.

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment  box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 5 of 10 – Price Per Square Foot

September 22, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.  There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Day 5 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Price Per Square Foot Of Living Area

Consider the following graph and chart, which measures each of the million dollar sales divided by their respective living areas in square feet:

Maui Million Dollar Sales By Price Re Square Foot

Maui Million Dollar Sales By Price Per Square Foot

 

Island of Maui Million Dollar Single Family Homes By Price Per Square Foot Of Living Area
Sold From 1/1/2012 through 9/16/2013
Price Per Square Foot # of Sales % of Total
$0-$250 2 0.9%
$250-$500 81 35.1%
$500-$750 77 33.3%
$750-$1000 36 15.6%
$1000-$1250 14 6.1%
$1250-$1500 7 3.0%
$1500-$1750 4 1.7%
$1750-$2000 2 0.9%
$2000-$2250 2 0.9%
$2250-$2500 2 0.9%
$2500-$2750 1 0.4%
$2750-$3000 1 0.4%
$3000-$3250 0 0.0%
$3250-$3500 0 0.0%
$3500-$3750 1 0.4%
$3750-$4000 1 0.4%
Total 231 100.0%

More than 90 percent of Maui’s million dollar home sales in the study period fall in the “price per square foot” range of $250 to $1,250, with the $250 to $1,000 range accounting for 84 percent of the transactions.

Maui real estate agents that are active in the luxury sector report that the high-end/luxury market typically begins at the $1,000 per square foot level.  The sub-$1,000 data shows how raw demand for Maui residences generates a great number of high dollar ($1.0 M plus) sales for “less-than-luxury” homes.

The two sales that cleared the $3,000 per square foot level did so for different reasons: one was a prime white sand beach home on South Kihei Road that sold for $23.0 million.  The other was an older/smaller cottage on an amazing 1.1 acre oceanfront lot near Paia–the high price per square foot of living area was due to the largely insignificant improvements on a very valuable piece of land.

Bottom Line: At least on Maui, a million bucks doesn’t go as far as it used to.

At these prices, it is easy to see how a Maui real estate appraiser could be regularly confronted with homes that sell for prices that easily exceed Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA conforming loan limits.

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment  box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 4 of 10 – “Who Sold Them”?

September 21, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.  There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Day 4 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Agent

Consider the following graph and chart, 24 agents have sold four or more “million dollar homes” in the study period (ties sorted by first name alphabetical order):

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Agent

Maui Million Dollar Home Sales By Agent

Maui Million Dollar Single Family Home Sales By Agent
Sold From 1/1/2012 through 9/16/2013

Rank
Agent Name		 # of
$1.0M+ Sales
1 Wendy R Peterson 11
1 William B Moffett Jr. 11
3 Robert H Dein 10
4 Mary Anne Fitch 8
5 Lori L Powers 7
5 Robert R Myers 7
5 Tom Tezak 7
8 John H Page-Papazian 6
8 Steve Blackington 6
10 Bob Hansen 5
10 Debbie Arakaki 5
10 Dennis Rush 5
10 Jeremy Stice 5
10 Martin Hauen-Limkilde 5
10 Nancy J Callahan 5
10 Vincent Palmieri 5
17 Courtney M Brown 4
17 Cynthia Warner 4
17 Dano Sayles 4
17 Diane K Pool 4
17 Jeannie Kong 4
17 Josh Jerman 4
17 Kathy Ross 4
17 Riette G Jenkins 4

Bottom Line: This is the big time.

No analysis required.  This data speaks for itself.  We’re talking about real estate professionals at the top of their game here.  They all deserve aloha and praise!

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment  box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 3 of 10 – “How Big Are They?”

September 20, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.

There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Day 3 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Living Area

Consider the following graph and chart:

Maui Million Dollar Sales By Living Area

Maui Million Dollar Sales By Living Area

Maui Million Dollar Single Family Homes By Living Area
Sold From 1/1/2012 through 9/16/2013
Living Area in SF # of Sales % of Total
0-999 5 2.2%
1000-1999 32 13.9%
2000-2999 68 29.4%
3000-3999 75 32.5%
4000-4999 28 12.1%
5000-5999 17 7.4%
6000-6999 2 0.9%
7000-7999 2 0.9%
8000-8999 1 0.4%
9000-10000 1 0.4%
Total 231 100.0%

Luxury homes having between 2,000 and 4,000 square feet of living area represent the “sweet spot” of the Maui luxury market, comprising more than 60 percent of the Valley Isle’s million dollar home sales since the beginning of 2012.

Bottom Line: Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better

97.4 percent of all “million dollar plus” single family homes sold on Maui since 2012 have 6,000 square feet of living area or less.  While it is certainly possible to build larger residences, and some very wealthy individuals have, if you’re building much larger than 5,000 square feet, you might be going beyond what the market prefers.

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment  box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

Bonus  – Superadequacy

The data above suggests that building much larger than 5,000 square feet may not be consistent with market preferences.  If true, real estate appraisers refer to this phenomena as a “superadequacy”, which is defined below:

superadequacy

An excess in the capacity or quality of a structure or structural component; determined by market standards.

Source: Appraisal Institute, The Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal, 5th ed. (Chicago: Appraisal Institute, 2010

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Maui Million Dollar Home Sales ($1.0M+) – Day 2 of 10 – Sale Prices

September 19, 2013

From January 1, 2012 through September 16, 2013, a total of 231 “million dollar plus” homes sold in Maui County, generating total volume in excess of $525 million.

There are many ways that Hawaii real estate appraisers analyze sales statistics for luxury homes.  Because a proper market study for this segment would run many pages, I am posting one article per day for ten days.

Day 2 of 10 – Maui Million Dollar ($1.0M+) Single Family Homes By Sale Price

Consider the following graph and chart:

Maui Million Dollar Homes By Sale Price

Maui Million Dollar Homes By Sale Price

Maui Million Dollar Single Family Homes By Sale Price
Sold From 1/1/2012 through 9/16/2013
Sale Price # of Sales % of Total
$1.0 M to $1.9 M 157 68.0%
$2.0 M to $2.9 M 31 13.4%
$3.0 M to $3.9 M 18 7.8%
$4.0 M to $4.9 M 9 3.9%
$5.0 M to $5.9 M 5 2.2%
$6.0 M to $6.9 M 2 0.9%
$7.0 M to $7.9 M 1 0.4%
$8.0 M to $8.9 M 4 1.7%
$9.0 M to $9.9 M 3 1.3%
More than $10.0 M 1 0.4%
Total 231 100.0%

The data shows a predictable trend, with more than 80 percent of the “one million plus” sales on Maui being in the “under $3.0 million” price range.  Although a handful of high profile Maui luxury homes have sold in the past few years for prices in excess of $20.0 million, MLS records show only one residence eclipsing $10.0 million since January 1, 2012.

Bottom Line: Price Matters

There is healthy market activity in Maui’s “million dollar plus” category, but the overwhelming majority of sales (nearly 90 percent) sold for less than $4.0 million.

Questions or comments?  Please leave them in the comment  box below, I would be happy to clarify and/or expand.

Aloha, Chris

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