SOLID JANUARY VISITOR COUNTS
March 7th, 2010After a dismal 2009 in which total visitors coming to Maui declined by 1.4% January saw a rebound. Over 159,000 people came to Maui in January, an increase of 2.4% over January 2009. Visitors from the western US increased 5.5% and for the first time in quite a while Japanese count was also up, though Japanese represented only 3% of all visitors. The Canadian impact continues to be large, up almost 14%.
ACT FAST!
March 7th, 2010The Federal Home Buyer Tax Credits are still available as long as binding sales contracts are signed by April 30, 2010.
MORTGAGE RATES
March 4th, 2010Our friends at Calculatedriskblog.com created this chart which shows how mortgage rates are faring and how they have not yet responded to rising Treasury rates.The question of course is will they when the Feds stop buying mortgages in a few weeks.
