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Today I want to make sure that you are all ready for the end of the year. Did you purchase a home in Hawaii in 2011 that you are personally living in? If the answer is yes, then you don't want to forget to file your Home Owner's Exemption form. The due date to file is December 31, 2011. Filing this form with Maui County will decrease the amount of taxes you pay! Let me know if you need the form and I'll be happy to get it to you. You only have a few weeks left to file! Did you ever wonder how the rich and famous live on Maui? I had the ultimate pleasure to view a $12 Million Dollar Ocean Front Estate on Maui's North Shore in Paia. I couldn't pass up making a special video for this property!
$12 Million Dollar Estate - VIDEO
$12 Million Dollar Estate - LISTING INFO
There were so many great properties to preview on my lasted videos. Both links below will showcase the most recent Realtor Caravan trips that I took. Each week Realtors are given the chance to open house and showcase their newest properties to all the Realtors on Maui. It is a great way for us to see what new inventory has come up. I enjoy bringing you these videos and allowing you to "window" shop from your computer, wherever in the world you might be.
SOUTH KIHEI REALTOR CARAVAN VIDEO
PAIA REALTOR CARAVAN VIDEO
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Last Week In The News
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted composite index of mortgage applications for the week ending December 2 rose 12.8%. Refinancing applications increased 15.3%. Purchase volume rose 8.3%.
Factory orders fell 0.4% in October to a seasonally adjusted $450.03 billion, following a revised 0.1% decrease in September. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders rose 0.2% in October.
The Institute for Supply Management reported that the monthly composite index of non-manufacturing activity fell slightly to 52 in November from 52.9 in October. A reading above 50 signals expansion. It was the 24th straight month of expansion in the services sector.
Retail sales fell 2.3% for the week ending December 3, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs index. On a year-over-year basis, retailers saw sales increase 3.8%.
Wholesalers increased their inventories 1.6% to $470.2 billion in October. This followed a revised 0.2% rise in September. Sales at the wholesale level rose 0.9% to $406 billion in October. On a year-over-year basis, sales were 13.1% higher since October 2010.
The trade deficit decreased to $43.5 billion in October from an upwardly revised $44.2 billion in September. Exports fell 0.8% to $179.2 billion. Imports decreased 1% to $222.6 billion.
The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for December's preliminary reading rose to 67.7 from 64.1 in November. It was the fourth monthly gain in a row for the index.
Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 to 381,000 for the week ending December 3. Continuing claims for the week ending November 26 fell by 174,000 to 3.583 million, the lowest level since September 2008.
Upcoming on the economic calendar are reports on retail sales on December 13 and consumer inflation on December 16.
Craig Haueisen is a Loan Officer with Prospect Mortgage. Please feel free to email him or call him for any of your Mortgage needs.
Office: 808-298-7549 or Email: craig.haueisen@prospectmtg.comClick here to visit Craig's website and apply online: http://myprospectmortgage.com/CHaueisen
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