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April 2018 Statistics

West Hawaii Association Realtor Member, Gretchen Osgood states, “Kona sales are still running strong! Houses and condos switched places for the lead in April, houses closed 46 overall and condos closed 51, land sales held steady at 10. Pending sales are also still holding strong with houses at 112 and condos at 90, very similar to last month so May should also have strong closings."

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Reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

Thursday, August 31, 2017 11:40 AM | Karin Shaw (Administrator)

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The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) needs your help to send

messages to Members of Congress urging them to support a comprehensive

reauthorization of the NFIP.

Reauthorization will make a number of critical improvements to the NFIP including

increased funds for mitigation activities, caps on overall premium increases,

improved claim and mapping processes, as well as removing hurdles for

more private market participation in the flood insurance market.

Reauthorization of the NFIP will help over 5 million homeowners in 22,000

communities around the country, so it is critical Congress acts now.

If Congress fails to take action to reauthorize the NFIP, it will expire by September

30, 2017.

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In November, Hawai‘i will be voting on a proposed amendment to the constitution that will have far-reaching implications:

“Shall the legislature be authorized to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on investment real property to support public education?”

West Hawaii Association of Realtors® (WHAR) supports public school education, and we have been working with area public schools to bring trades back into the curriculum.

But, WHAR strongly opposes this ballot measure for essentially new taxes because:

Everyone’s cost of living will increase, including the cost of housing.
There is no guarantee the money from this tax will reach classrooms and students.
The counties’ constitutionally protected authority to tax real property will be jeopardized.
The entire ballot question is extremely vague; the legislature will define the parameters of the tax.
The tax is not limited to only $1 million or more residential investments by foreign investors, as proponents would have you believe.

Since the counties have the authority to tax property, this amendment will be an additional tax on real property. The burden will ultimately be on the consumer.

WHAR supports public education, but strongly opposes a new tax when there are also existing laws in place to raise revenues for public education—an amendment to the constitution is not unnecessary and almost impossible to reverse.

Vote NO on new taxes because Hawai`i’s cost of living is already too high.

To learn more or to make a contribution to assist in this effort, please visit

www.affordablehawaii.net

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