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Plaza Club, Honolulu, Hawaii ThinkTech and friends are concerned about Hawaii’s economy and how little we understand it. So much of the news we get about our economy is anecdotal. It’s up, it’s down, and we don’t really know what…

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Good Schools, Bad Real Estate By Sarah Max Despite the housing slump, house hunting in good school districts frustrates parents who often have to settle for less house. Read…

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Driven by a hard-hitting, interactive and educational format, PMC speakers address not only what’s at the forefront of everyone’s mind, but what’s just beyond the horizon. View Dr. Sklarz’s presentation: PMC 2010 Presentation 5-12-10…

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Client Uses New Automated Tool to Evaluate over 1 million Loans Honolulu, HI - Collateral Analytics, a residential real estate valuation and analytics firm, announced today the release of an automated valuation model (AVM) that uses both public records and local market data to produce estimates of value and local market conditions analysis. Called the Local Market Evaluator, the new AVM is unique to the industry because it uses local listing and sold data gathered locally in addition to public records deeds data to produce more accurate and timely results. The AVM was developed by Dr. Michael Sklarz, one of the leadingvaluation experts in the country, and is powered by Collateral Analytics.

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Most housing indexes overstate downturn By Lynn Adler NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) – Most closely watched U.S. home price measures lack enough local data to truly reflect house values and are overstating the extent of price…

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