Maui Visitor Count is up for October.


Last month September was pretty quiet on Maui. September is usually a slow month but we were still off 25%. I was talking with some people froom the Grand Wailea Hotel and they said there numbers are up for the month and looking stronger for the rest of the year. My daughter in law is the manager for Chico’s womens retail clothing store in The Shops at Wailea. She was saying their number of shoppers is way up from last month so this is a good sign. I have been talking to owners in Wailea that for various reasons are making a lifestyle change and downsizing there homes. So this is all good new with so much bad news these days. Talking with lenders some of oour local banks like First Hawaiian Bank aand Bank of Hawaii are actually really in good shape. They didn’t get into the sub-prime market so they are actually pretty solid. So I do think heading into the new year may not be a record year for real estate sales. It will be business as usuall.

Steven C. NIckens R (S) GRI ABR
The Wailea Group LLC.
3750 Wailea Alanui, suite 5WE
Wailea, Maui, Hawaii 96753
The Shops at Wailea
www.nickensmaui.com
Email: nickens@maui.net