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Mega yachts owned by Paul Allen and Britain’s richest woman docked in Honolulu

February 6, 2014 By idx guys Leave a Comment

Feb 4, 2014, 2:39pm HST UPDATED: Feb 5, 2014, 3:23pm HST
Bill Cresenzo Reporter – Pacific Business News

Paul Allen's yacht, Meduce, is seen in port at Honolulu Harbor.

Paul Allen’s yacht, Meduce, is seen in port at Honolulu Harbor.

A pair of mega-yachts owned by two of the world’s richest people, Microsoft co-founder and Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen and former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli, are in port at Honolulu Harbor.

The Vava II, a 314-foot yacht that cost a reported $60 million to build and was commissioned by billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli for his wife, Kirsty — who’s known as “Britain’s richest woman” — was in port Tuesday, along with the Meduse, which was built for Allen in 1996.

No word on whether Kirsty Bertarelli or Allen, whose Seahawks will be feted at a parade on Wednesday, are also in Hawaii.

The Vava II has a helicopter pad, six decks and a beach club.

The 199-foot Meduse, which is listed for sale with Fraser Yachts for $34 million, can hold 12 overnight guests and has a movie theater, a gym, two staterooms on deck, four guest suites and a nanny cabin.

When reached by phone, Stuart Larson, a Fraser Yacht agent listed as representing the seller of Meduse, said his company “does not make any comments to the press whatsoever” regarding the company’s listings.

About a year ago, another yacht owned by another billionaire, Lanai owner Larry Ellison’s 288-foot Musashi, also spent some time in port in Honolulu.

Also on Tuesday, Microsoft Corp. (NYSE: MSFT) named a new CEO, Satya Nadella, for the company that Allen cofounded with Bill Gates.

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Luxury homes on Oahu priced between $1M and $3M see strong Q3 sales

January 8, 2014 By idx guys Leave a Comment

Luxury homes on Oahu priced between $1M and $3M see strong Q3 sales
Oahu’s luxury home market experienced strong sales of single-family homes priced between $1 million and $3 million.

Sales of homes priced $1 million to $2 million increased nearly 50 percent from July through September, compared to the third quarter of 2012. Year-to-date, 330 homes were sold in this price range through the end of September, which was nearly double the number sold in all of 2012, the report said.

Additionally, the number of homes priced between $2 million and $3 million sold during the quarter rose 33 percent compared to the same time period last year. Year-to-date sales in this price range were about 70 percent of 2012 sales.

Even some higher price ranges performed well, according to the report, which pointed out that the $5 million-and-above range saw sales rise 10 percent above 2012 levels.

Meantime, sales of condominiums in the $800,000 to $1 million range were 78 percent higher in the third quarter than during the same time period last year, and have already exceeded the number of sales in 2012 by 12 percent.

The number of condos sold for more than $1 million was 62 percent higher when comparing year-over-year totals, surpassing overall 2012 sales by 4 percent.

In terms of foreign real estate investment on Oahu so far this year, Japan remained in the top spot for both the $1 million to $2 million segment, and the $2 million-and-above price range with triple the number of homes sold as well as triple the dollar value of sales of other countries on the top four list combined, the report said.

Brazil made the list for the first time in the $1 million to $2 million category. In the $2 million-and-above segment, Hong Kong came in second with two homes sold and China joined the list for the first time since 2010.

“The second-home market on Oahu has returned, as evidenced by increased sales activity, particularly among single-family homes priced between $2 million and $3 million as well as the many new luxury condo units that are sold out,” Kahala Associates Broker-Owner Myra Brandt said in a statement. “We have seen stable demand and a declining inventory for single-family homes and condos, resulting in stiff competition and sometimes multiple offers. This puts pressure on home values, and it has been forecast that the median single-family home price is heading toward the $1 million range.”

But not all luxury market price ranges fared well in the third quarter, the number of sales in the $3 million to $5 million range declined by 10 percent, when comparing year-over-year numbers.

 

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Japanese billionaire Kawamoto may be selling — or has sold — his Hawaii properties

September 3, 2013 By idx guys Leave a Comment

Sep 3, 2013, 7:23am HST

Staff Pacific Business News

Japanese billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto may be preparing to sell — or has already sold — some of his more than two dozen properties in the upscale oceanfront Kahala neighborhood in Honolulu.

Japanese real estate investor Genshiro Kawamoto

Japanese real estate investor Genshiro Kawamoto

Hawaii News Now reports Richard Turbin, a local attorney and Kawamoto neighbor, said he was told a large Japanese corporation based in Tokyo has purchased the Kawamoto properties and plans to put them on the market.

Hawaii News Now reports that preliminary title reports have also been pulled on a majority of Kawamoto’s 27 Kahala properties, which real estate agents say its a first step in a sale.

Kawamoto has been fined thousands of dollars this year for allowing his properties to deteriorate, under a new law that requires homeowners to clean up their properties or pay stiff fines. Earlier this year, Kawamoto was jailed for three weeks in Tokyo after being arrested on tax evasion charges tied to his Japan real estate holdings.

 

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