15 Quotes by Harvey Shapiro

When the market was running at 20 and 15 days, people had to get in line to make offers that were at or above the list price. Now people have more time to make a decision.

Leeward is an area that's continuing to grow, even though the overall market on Oahu has slowed down. It's interesting to note how healthy those sales are in comparison to the rest of the island.

I don't know what to make of it. I think it's just a burp.

The days on the market is higher, but you have to realize that in 2004 and 2005 we were setting records with the speed of sales. It's coming back to a more normal market where you have just a couple of people contending for a property.

That's just the continuing trend. We believe the price will continue to be up even in the face of fewer sales.

The weather was a significant negative factor in the April housing market.

It looks pretty clear that sales volume will decline from record level but will still be high while prices will continue to go up.

It's hard to tell where the neutral point is, but it's fair to say that we are shifting from more of a seller's market to a buyer's market.

It's pretty clear that our market has passed its peak -- which was reached in the third quarter of 2005 -- and we've seen declining unit sales. Prices, however, are still increasing and we expect the prices to continue increasing throughout this year before leveling off.