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Maui, Hawaii Real Estate - LinkBlog Published @ 05/16/07 03.31.09.p.m.
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As Maui, Hawaii real estate specialist, we are dedicated to helping you find your piece of paradise. The best way to find your dream home is to get to know the island. Listed below is information about the towns and links to the latest Maui property listings.

North Maui Real Estate
The north coastal area of Maui is world-renowned for surfing at Jaws and wind-surfing at Ho‘okipa Beach. Beyond the town, the north shore presents another entirely different side of our tropical paradise.

In Huelo, a peninsula jutting into the Pacific, romantic privacy envelopes visitors. Similar levels of quiet and solitude are found in the scattered inns of Ha‘iku and along the famous Road to Hana.

The road to Hana really does have over 600 curves and over 50 one lane bridges. Get ready for a trip back in time to the old style, slower paced Hawai'i and the most beautiful tropical rainforests you've ever seen! It's only 53 miles from Kahului Airport to Hana, but it usually takes about 2-4 hours to make the drive and it is so worth it and remember that it is the road to Hana that is the experience!

The natural beauty of the Hana experience will take you back in time and give you an idea of what the rest of Maui was like 30 years ago. Unspoiled, Serene and Mystical: Hana is truly Maui's "Last Hawaiian Place."

South Maui Real Estate
South Maui includes Hawaii's fastest growing urban area, and is the most recently developed part of the island. It can also be said to include the town and harbor of Ma‘alaea, and it undoubtedly includes the upscale communities of Wailea and Makena where luxury residences and resort developments predominate.

Tourism is the primary business of Wailea although there are many condominium developments and private homes as well.

South Maui’s rapidly increasing population lives on the leeward side of the island, so it is dry and warm. Haleakala’s “weather shadow” prevents both rain and trade winds from reaching the area, but a complex array of winds, some of them also caused by the shape of the volcano, sweep through the district usually preventing it from being as hot as Lahaina.

West Maui Real Estate
West Maui, where the visitor industry began in Maui County, is today unequivocally dominated by tourism and world-class resorts, but it is also a good place to live. People who are attracted to West Maui are often those who like having the restaurants and nightclubs of the major resorts nearby or those who have the leisure to enjoy the activities and attractions that have developed as part of the visitor industry.

However, West Maui has both old and new residential areas that have developed independent of the resorts. Lahaina, Lahainaluna and Olowalu, for example, as well as more northerly areas like Honokowai were settled communities long before the 1960s start of tourism. More recently, large tracts of former agricultural land have been developed for full-time and, as often as not, part-time Maui residences.

Sugar cane operations, vital to West Maui for so long, have been gone since the 1990s, but pineapple operations, while diminished, are still in full swing in the northerly areas of West Maui. Other low-impact agriculture is increasing in the twenty-first century. West Maui is separated from South and Central Maui by the majestic West Maui Mountains—actually the eroded remains of a shield volcano—and people who live there often live as though they were actually on a separate island, traveling to the larger, Haleakala-side, areas of Maui. Everything is there from restaurants to shopping, recreation and scenic areas to schools through grade 12 and, of course, endless beaches and bays.

The weather on the west side, protected from the trade winds by the mountains, tends to be drier and warmer than most of Maui. These nearly perpetual sunny days are just what resort guests want for long days on the beach and in the water, and the temperate (but seldom actually cool) evenings make it pleasant to enjoy the many outdoor and open-air dining opportunities.

Shopping options are growing steadily with the development of residences. Already, basic, day-to-day shopping needs are handled by the stores at the Lahaina Cannery Mall where a supermarket and drugstore share space with many shops more appropriate to the visitor population.

West Maui is often developed as estates or gentleman farmer properties, although apartment buildings, condos complexes and less luxurious homes have been built in recent years.
Central Maui Real Estate

Central Maui Real Estate
Central Maui is not big on upscale estates or grand architecture. It is proudly down-scale instead, and comfortably homey. Because this area doesn’t boast famous beaches or resorts, it has a simpler and, despite the nearby commercial activity, a slower lifestyle than some busier parts of Maui.

Upcountry Maui Real Estate
Upcountry Maui includes the rising, roughly north-facing flanks of the dormant volcano, Haleakala, which rises over 10,000 feet above sea level. Here, by choosing which way a property faces and how far up the mountain it is located, you can virtually choose any weather pattern you like from the still-tropical areas of Ha‘iku to the upper Kula and Crater Road where there is definitely a winter, albeit very, very mild by Mainland standards.

The mood of the entire area is country. People who choose to live in Upcountry Maui are often seeking the quiet of lower population density, the deep and natural darkness of the night sky, and the simplicity of communities where everyone knows the neighbors and keeps an eye out for their well-being. While there are some developments that suggest a suburban atmosphere, and properties that can genuinely be called estates, the small town centers - Ha‘iku, Pauwela, Pukalani, Kula, Keokea and particularly Makawao - are rural and largely determined to stay that way.

For families living in Upcountry Maui, all levels of public schools and many kinds of private schools are available in the district.

Parks and open spaces abound throughout the Upcountry area and, despite the country and ranch atmosphere, so do sufficient commercial enterprises to handle day-to-day needs. Occasional trips to Central Maui’s “big box” stores may be called for, but the distance is not great, and local general stores and specialty shops make it possible to postpone trips “to town” indefinitely.

Restaurants of all sorts are nearby in most Upcountry communities but shops catering particularly to tourists are mostly found in a small area of central Makawao.

Upcountry Maui is all about getting away from the rush of Modern Hawaii for some people. For others, it is about the sweeping, stunning views across wide open spaces to the Pacific. From many places in Upcountry, the island looks empty and silent and the sea almost always looks peaceful.