
Why the Hawaii real estate market is a bubble
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By Nick Shropshire The bubble in the real estate industry in Hawaii is a myth, according to one of the country’s leading real estate agents.
Nick Shroepshire is an associate director at Real Estate Analytics, an online real estate research company based in San Francisco.
He recently sat down with theScore to discuss how he thinks the market in Hawaii will develop in the years ahead.
Hawaii realtors are among the most highly regarded in the country.
Their stock prices have soared in recent years, and in 2017, they sold more than 100 million units.
The market in the Big Island has grown by more than 10% per year since 2013.
Realtors believe they can capture the market that is growing exponentially, Shroppesh said.
But the realtor industry in the United States is dominated by a small subset of brokers.
Shropps said the key to success in the Hawaii market is to create the right environment.
In the past, he said, he was told to focus on the right location and the right people.
In today’s world, it is more important to have the right person, and to have a great team of people to manage that person, he added.
The most challenging part for the realtor in Hawaii, he says, is the lack of competition.
This has forced many to focus solely on their core business, which Shropps describes as being “a broker in Hawaii.”
“It’s like having a private security force, and if you don’t have the people that are going to be there for you, the people who are going the extra mile to get the job done, it can be tough,” Shroppa said.
Real estate is in demand, but it’s a challenge for brokers, who have been scrambling to keep up with the changing market.
Realty analytics is a platform that connects brokers and agents, allowing them to connect their data with real estate data.
Shroppe said brokers are increasingly using a combination of data analytics and real estate-related tools.
For example, a realtor can use data from the brokerage to see what real estate prices are, the type of properties in use, and the types of transactions being made.
Shrepps explained that brokers also use data to monitor changes in the market and make recommendations to agents about which properties are the most likely to go up in value.
Realtor-to-agent communication has been key to Shroppo’s business success.
“I have had the privilege of working with agents for over a decade and have seen firsthand that they are extremely dedicated to their jobs,” Shreppo said.
“It is hard to have someone that you can trust and they are there when you need them most, whether it’s when you’re having an emergency or just when you have a major problem with your mortgage.”
They want to be in the room as much as you want them in the rooms.
They are the one you call when something is going wrong, they are the ones who are doing the talking when things go south, and they need to be doing the right things,” he added, describing agents as “lifelong” customers.
Shreppo is currently working with a real estate brokerage in the state of Hawaii, and said that the company has developed some of the most successful real estate deals of the last few years.
The company recently sold a house on Waianae Street for $1.3 million and is now looking to buy a house near Honolulu.
Shrewppe said the biggest challenge in Hawaii realtorship is that the market is so fragmented, and there is so much competition.”
We have a lot of brokers in the region that have a strong network of brokers and a lot that is really good at selling houses and properties.
You need to have that to really compete in the marketplace.””
They have to be on the team, they have to have their own team, and their own network.
You need to have that to really compete in the marketplace.”
Real estate agents, he explained, have to understand that they need their agents to be their trusted eyes on the ground.
“A lot of agents don’t even understand what the real value is in their properties, because they haven’t looked at them.
They have a different mindset and they don’t know that you need to spend $1 million to buy that property, but you do need to get to know the property before you can purchase it,” Shredpps says.
“And if they don`t understand that, then they aren’t going to buy your properties.”
Realtor-to_agent communication is essential, Shreppe says, because there are not enough realtours in Hawaii to be a force to be reckoned with.
“We need to develop realtourism and we need to create opportunities for people to come and visit the homes, the properties, and be able sit