The ZERO Effect of COVID on the Maui Real Estate Market
Aloha! And welcome to another weekly Maui Real Estate Market Watch Report from Eric West at Keller Williams in Whalers Village.
Here is what's new and developing for the week of August 24th 2020. To see the entire Google Sheets spreadsheet please click here
The big question people ask me every week…”How’s the market doing on Maui?” Many people are expecting a major downturn in demand and subsequent 20-50% reductions in asking prices.
Not so much.
In a nutshell, the Maui Real Estate Market is holding steady, very steady.
Let’s compare the last 8 months of 2020 with the exact same time period in 2019.
Now keep in mind, in 2019 the market was in FULL swing with a FULL capacity
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Information is power. We all know that. But with all of the “tech tools” and everything available to everyone online, how can anyone get a competitive edge? Not to mention a true understanding of what is really happening in the real estate market in Hawaii in order to make wise and prudent decisions?
(Just because a buyer or a real estate agent uses or shows up on Redfin, Zillow or Trulia on Maui does not make you or them an expert...just sayin')
Especially given the new set of never before seen circumstances of a global pandemic such as COVID!
The answer is threefold.
Follow the numbers. The numbers don’t lie. But most