{"id":15494,"date":"2021-06-28T08:18:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T18:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/?p=15494"},"modified":"2021-06-30T08:42:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T18:42:37","slug":"buying-in-hawaiis-white-hot-real-estate-market-a-survival-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/front-page\/buying-in-hawaiis-white-hot-real-estate-market-a-survival-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying in Hawaii&#8217;s white-hot real estate market &#8211; a survival guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Can you actually get your offer accepted to buy a home in Hawaii today?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_12924\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12924\" class=\"lazyload size-large wp-image-12924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-1024x683.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20683%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ftp5\/27787867364_7ea8bb98df_o-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danramarch\/27787867364\/\">Park Lane Ala Moana Condos under construction.<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/21442511@N08\">Daniel Ramirez<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>. Image may have been resized or cropped from original.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s mid-2021 and right now Hawaii&#8217;s real estate market is white hot. Many listings sell for over asking price, there&#8217;s usually multiple offers, and available inventory is at historically low levels.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s a home buyer to do? Should you wait out the market? And if you do decide to buy, what&#8217;s the chance of getting your offer accepted?<\/p>\n<p>Join me with experts from the Big Island and Oahu and our live audience as we explored these questions and more. 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