| WEST MAUI BEST BUYS |
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| Maui Tradewinds #C-304 | 75,000 LH | 2/1 across from Beach/park |
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| Kamoa Views #210 | 240,000 FS | 1/1 Great price for 1st time Buyer- |
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| Pohailani Maui #222 | 305,000 FS | 2/1Tropical setting near beach |
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| Kaanapali Shores #340 | 349,000 FS | Studio- beautiful remodel |
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| Kaanapali Shores #344 | 370,000 FS | Best priced 1/1-This is a shortsale |
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| Papakea #F-302 | 375,000 LH | 1/1 Ocean front Great rental History |
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| Napili Villas #25-7 | 425,000 FS | 2/ 2 shows like New! |
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| Mahina Surf #119 | 524,995 FS | 1/1 Oceanfront -Tastefully furnished |
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| Golf Villas #21T5-6 | 599,999 FS | 1/1 Views ! Good rental program |
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| Lokelani #B-203 | 699,999 FS | 2/ 2 Oceanfront Beautiful remodel |
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| Lokelani #A-204 | 749,000 FS | 2/2 Oceanfront – Best in the Building |
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| Kaanapali Plantation #26 | 775,000 FS | Rare 3 bedroom w/ Ocean views |
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| Masters #4201 | 799,000 FS | 2/ 2 best priced Masters w/ Views ! |
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| Masters #3706 | 799,000 FS | 2/ 2 best priced Masters w/ Views ! |
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| Masters #2301 | 987,000 FS | 2/ 2 9th fairway – Signature hole |
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| Whaler #223 | 1,300,000 FS | 2/ 2 views of Kaanapali Beach! |
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| Kaanapali Alii #1-503 | 1,895,000 FS | 2/2 ocean view Great rental History |
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| 90 Omaikai Place | 649,000 FS | 3/ 2 Open floor plan- Very private |
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| 2 Hoaka Place | 680,000 FS | 3/2.5 gated community – |
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| 6 Iris Pl.-Kahana Ridge | 754,000 FS | 3/ 2 Upgraded,Oceanviews-Price !! |
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| 117 Halelo Street | 850,000 FS | 3/3 overlooks Kaanapali resort |
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| 5 Palm Pl. Kahana Ridge | 895,000 FS | 3/3.5 Brand new custom w/ Views |
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| 20 Puu Huna Street | 1,295,000 FS | 3/3.5 Large Ocean View Home |
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| 207 Wahi’oli Way | 1,495,000 FS | 3/3 Oceanview developer model |
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| 20 N Iwa Place | 1,895,000 FS | 5/5.5 Large Kaanapali Home |
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| 667 Anapuni Loop | 2,375,000 FS | 3/3.5 New custom Lanikeha Home |
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| 292 Wekiu Place | 2,395,000 FS | 4/ 4.5 Has a detached guest house |
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| 249 Amakihi Way | 2,895,000 FS | 4/ 3.5 Upgradesw/ Ocean views! |
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| Kilohana Waena – 20 lots | 374,900 & up | Multiple Building sites to choose ! |
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| 445 Kaukini Loop | 375,000 FS | 2.84 Acres Cliffs @ Kahakuloha |
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| 2800 Kolepa Place | 389,000 FS | 14,440 sq ft Rare Kaanapali lot. |
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| 789 Welau Way Lot A-12 | 690,000 FS | The Summit ocean views w/ Plans |
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| Lot 1, Pua Niu Way | 1,500,000 FS | 25.8 acres Launiupoko Prime land ! |
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| 610 Honokohau Street | 1,700,000 FS | 2 acres- Kapalua Plantation Estates |
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| 201 Keoawa Street lot1 | 2,950,000 FS | 6.9 acres Finest Honolua Ridge Lot |
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| 4970 Kahekili Hwy | 3,495,000 FS | The Mendez Ranch – 42.75 acres |
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Visitor numbers grow, county fares better than rest of state
By HARRY EAGAR, Staff Writer
POSTED: March 31, 2010
Maui County welcomed 174,027 visitors in February, a gain of more than 7 percent compared with the same month last year. Every other county showed an erosion in the already weak traffic count, although small ones.
Maui island did even better with visitors who chose to stop at just one island, with those visits up 12.4 percent. Maui island’s increase in visitors in February comes on the heels of a 2.4 percent increase in January. February marks the second consecutive month of positive growth in visitor numbers since December 2005.
The statistics are published by the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
Although this was a February without a Pro Bowl on Oahu, overall the numbers held almost steady. The statewide count was 531,094, up 0.7 percent. Oahu was down 1 percent to 312,371. Kauai was off 3 percent to 69,896, and the Big Island fell 0.7 percent to 102,635.
”Momentum from the strong fourth quarter in 2009 continued through February 2010 as anticipated,” said Mike McCartney, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority. ”We are especially pleased that despite the Pro Bowl not being in Hawaii this year, total visitor arrivals and spending held stable over last year.”
Maui and the Big Island are showing net gains for the first months of the year, although early 2009 was a very slack time. In normal times, Maui would have closer to 200,000 visitors in February.
Still, state Tourism Liaison Marsha Wienert was encouraged that things are starting to turn around, helped by an increase in flights.
“We continue to be encouraged by the improving performance of our visitor industry. We also appreciate the unwavering commitment the industry has demonstrated in rejuvenating our economy,” she said.
Flights from Canada and Asia were up by notable amounts, and since February even more Mainland routes have been added.
“It is clear that the strengthening of international economies has resulted in increased demand for travel, and Hawaii has certainly benefited from this improvement,” Wienert said.
For two months, Maui has welcomed 321,934 visitors, a gain of 4.8 percent. Visitor-days are up even more, by 5.5 percent, but discounting is keeping overall spending from rising as much.
So far this year, per person per day spending on Maui is unchanged at $178.80. Statewide, however, it is down $4 to $171. February spending on Lanai averaged $261.10, down 27.1 percent; and visitors spend an average of $108.40 per day on Molokai, up 8.3 percent.
Lanai tourism was up 10.5 in February to 5,789. Molokai tourism was down 3 percent to 4,246.
Among the top four visitor markets, losses in arrivals by air from U.S. West (2.6 percent) and U.S. East (8.2 percent) were offset by growth from Japan (2.5 percent) and Canada (16.2 percent), the tourism authority said.
For the first two months of 2010, total spending by air visitors grew $31.4 million to $1.8 billion, a 1.7 percent increase over the same two-month period last year, the authority said. Total visitor days rose 2.5 percent while total arrivals by air and cruise visitors increased 1.4 percent from the same period last year to 1 million visitors, it said.
* The Associated Press contributed to this report. Harry Eagar can be reached at heagar@mauinews.com.
THIS WEEKS SOUTH MAUI CONDO VALUES!
South Maui Condominium
Best Buy List
As of March 25, 2010
Price Condominium Loc Vac Comments
$ 127,900 Southpointe 22-205 NK N 2BR (REO) Price!
$ 134,900 Kihei Villages 28-201 (New) NK N 2BR (REO) Price!
$ 141,740 Haleakala Gardens 19A (New)NK N 3BR (REO) Price!
$ 249,000 Kihei Kai Nani 103 SK Y 1BR Nice & Price!
$ 264.957 Kauhale Makai 329 NK Y 1BR Oceanfront/Oceanviews
$ 322,900 Haleakala Shores B307 SK Y 2BR (REO) Large & Price!
$ 319,000 Maui Banyan H114 SK Y 1BR Location & Price!
$ 325,000 Kihei Akahi C307 SK Y 1BR Loc, Oceanviews, Price
$ 329,900 Kai Ani Village 2-204 SK N 2BR New & Nice!
$ 345,000 Awihi Townhouse 4 SK N 2BR Price Gar Oceanviews!
$ 359,000 Hale Kai O Kihei A217 NK Y 1BR Nice & Oceanfront!
$ 395,000 Hale Kanani 3-106 SK N 2BR Price & Nice!
$ 425,000 Sugar Beach 409 NK Y 1BR Sandy Bch Oceanfront!
$ 489,000 Grand Champions 37 W Y 2BR Large & Price!
$ 449,000 Grand Champions 103 W Y 1BR (short sale) On GC!
$ 535,000 Wailea Fairway Villa P103 W N 2BR On GC & Oceanviews!
$ 569,000 Kihei Beach 503 NK Y 1BR Nice Oceanfront!
$ 574,475 Maui Kamaole C206 (New) SK Y 2BR Nice, Price, Oceanviews
$ 599,000 Palms at Wailea 202 W Y 1BR Nice & Price!
$ 629,000 Nani Kai Hale 509 NK Y 1BR Spectacular Oceanfront!
$ 639,000 Wailea Ekolu 1304 W Y 1BR Great Oceanviews!
$ 659,000 Ke Alii Oc Villa K101 SK N 3BR Large & Great Price!
$ 695,000 Wailea Palms 3708 W N 1BR Nice & Oceanviews!
$ 729,000 Royal Mauian 508 SK Y 1BR Beautiful Oceanfront!
$ 800,000 Hokulani Golf Villa 34 SK N 2BR Res Condo!
$ 849,000 Kai Malu 20B W N 3BR Res Condo Great Price!
$ 999,000 Mana Kai 409 (New) SK Y 2BR Beautiful Oceanfront!
$1,195,000 Royal Mauian 610 SK Y 2BR Beautiful Oceanfront!
$1,795,000 Hoolei T-1 W Y 3BR New, Large, Price!
$1,599,000 Maalaea Surf H5 NK Y 2BR Spectacular Oceanfront!
$2,345,000 Makena Surf B303 Mak Y 2BR Spectacular Oceanfront!
$2,395,000 Polo Beach 207 W Y 2BR Spectacular Oceanfront!
(New)=New Additions to List, Vac=Vacation Rentals allowed in project Y=Yes, N=No Mak=Makena, W= Wailea, SK= South Kihei, NK= North Kihei, M= Maalaea
Direct Sacramento flight adds more seats to Maui
By BRIAN PERRY, City Editor
POSTED: March 27, 2010
KAHULUI – Maui tourism got a bit of a lift Friday when Alaska Airlines began daily service between Kahului and Sacramento, Calif.
More than 150 passengers on the airline’s first flight of its new direct connection between Maui and the West Coast were greeted at Kahului Airport with lei, hula dancers and Hawaiian music.
Sacramento resident Meredith Santos said the five-hour flight was “wonderful.”
She and her husband, Freddy, came to enjoy spring break with their sons, ages 6 and 3-1/2. With the direct service, she said, it would be more likely that her family would vacation on Maui.
Rich Labate, a resident of Sacramento suburb El Dorado Hills, said he was disappointed when Aloha Airlines shut down in the spring of 2008 and stopped doing direct flights to Maui. He said it’s more convenient for his family to fly direct.
“This is great, to bypass Honolulu,” he said after arriving with his wife, Jacqueline, and two teenage daughters.
Sacramento resident Juliette Luong came to Maui for a week during the spring break with her husband, Eric Van Ostrand, a daughter and two sons. Friday marked the seventh consecutive year the couple’s family has vacationed for a week during spring break on the Valley Isle.
The couple also was disappointed to lose the direct service provided by Aloha and needed to fly to Maui via Honolulu last year.
“We were so happy when we learned that Alaska’s flying nonstop,” she said.
Cheryl Marcell, deputy director of marketing and public relations with the Sacramento County Airport System, said there’s a significant amount of demand for Hawaii and, in particular, Maui, travel from residents of the Sacramento area.
Sacramento airport officials approached Alaska Airlines about establishing a direct flight to Maui after Aloha shut down, and they were “very excited” when the air carrier agreed to fly direct to the Valley Isle, she said.
California residents who’ve already visited Oahu tend to favor Maui in order to have a “tropical, lush” vacation, she said.
For Maui residents thinking about flying to Sacramento, the airport there is about a 40-minute drive to Napa Valley wine country; 60 minutes to Reno, Nev.; 90 minutes to Lake Tahoe, Calif.; and two to 2 hours to San Francisco, depending on traffic, Marcell said.
Steve Jarvis, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of marketing, said the airlines’ new direct Maui connection increases the carrier’s offerings between Hawaii and West Coast locations. Aside from Sacramento, those destinations are Oakland and San Jose in California, Portland, Ore., Seattle and Anchorage, he said.
Alaska Airlines already has daily direct Maui connections with Portland and Seattle, four days a week with Oakland (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) and three days a week with San Jose (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays). The airline is scheduled to add a second daily flight to Seattle on June 10.
The new daily Alaska Airlines flight to Kahului leaves Sacramento at 8:15 a.m. and is scheduled to arrive on Maui at 10:50 a.m., although it came in about 20 minutes early Friday. Through April 10, the airline departs Kahului at 11:50 a.m. and arrives in Sacramento around 8 p.m. (Beginning April 11, the airline leaves Maui at 1:50 p.m. and gets in to Sacramento at approximately 10 p.m.)
Each flight accommodates 16 passengers in first class and 141 in the main cabin.
THIS WEEKS BEST CONDO BUYS!!!!!
Price Condominium Loc Vac Comments
BEST WAILEA VALUE FOR NON-VACATION RENTAL JEWEL:
$535,000 Wailea Fairway Villas 2 bd 2 ba. Views, furnished, fabulous!
$ 135,900 Waipuilani 206 (New) NK N 1BR (REO) Loc Price!
$ 169,000 Kalama Terrace P101 SK Y 1BR Location Price!
$ 180,000 Maui Gardens A207 SK N 1BR (short sale)Nice &Price
$ 194,000 Kihei Garden Estate G103 NK Y 1BR (REO) Loc & Price!
$ 199,000 Keonekai Village 18201 SK N 2BR (short sale)Nice &Price
$ 229,900 Kihei Alii Kai B101 SK Y 1BR (REO) Loc/Price!
$ 230,000 Walaka Maui 302 (New) SK N 1BR (short sale) Nice/Price!
$ 250,000 Kamaole Sands 4213 (New) SK Y 1BR (short sale) Loc Price!
$ 289,957 Kauhale Makai 329 (New) NK Y 1BR Price Views Oceanfront
$ 295,000 Hale Kai O Kihei 213(New) NK Y 1BR (short sale) Oceanfront!
$ 325,000 Maui Banyan H114 (New) SK Y 1BR Location & Price!
$ 335,000 Luana Kai A106 (New) NK Y 1BR Price & Oceanfront!
$ 345,000 Awihi Townhouse 4 (New) SK N 2BR Price Gar Oceanviews!
$ 429,000 Kam Beach Royale 605 SK Y 1BR Nice Oceanviews!
$ 449,000 Menehune Shores 225 NK Y 2BR Price & Oceanfront!
$ 498,000 Grand Champions 172 W Y 1BR On GC & Oceanviews!
$ 499,000 Sugar Beach PH18 NK Y 1BR Penthouse Oceanfront!
$ 599,000 Palms at Wailea 202 W Y 1BR Nice & Price!
$ 625,000 Kamaole Sands 10-406 SK Y 2BR Nice Loc/Oceanviews!
$ 670,000 Wailea Ekolu 304 W Y 1BR GC & Oceanviews!
$ 695,000 Wailea Ekolu 1405 W Y 2BR Price, Quiet Oceanviews
$ 729,000 Royal Mauian 508 SK Y 1BR Beautiful Oceanfront!
$ 759,000 Wailea Palms 3302 (New) W N 1BR Price Loc & Views!
$ 849,000 Kai Malu 20B W N 3BR Res Condo & Price!
$ 999,000 Hokulani Golf Villa 4 SK N 2BR Res Golf Course Condo!
$1,150,000 Hale Hui Kai 210 SK Y 2BR Beautiful Oceanfront!
$1,249,000 Royal Mauian 610 SK Y 2BR Beautiful Oceanfront!
$1,590,000 Wailea Elua 2110 W Y 2BR Beautiful Oceanfront!
$1,795,000 Hoolei T-1 W Y 3BR New, Large, Price!
$2,350,000 Wailea Point 2801 W N 2BR Spectacular Oceanfront!
$2,700,000 Makena Surf B206 Mak Y 2BR Spectacular Oceanfront!
$2,950,000 Polo Beach 802 W Y 2BR Spectacular Oceanfront!
(New) = New Additions to List Vac = Vacation Rentals allowed in project
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