Maui’s market held steady through October. Prices are a little below last year, condo sales picked up, and buyers are taking their time. The bigger story is still the vacation rental phase-out. This fall the fight moved from creating the new hotel zoning to deciding which specific condos get it,…
Lānaʻi isn’t like any other real estate market in Hawaiʻi. About 3,300 people live on the island, and Larry Ellison’s company, Pūlama Lānaʻi, owns about 98% of it, including a large share of the housing, the water company and both resorts. Not many homes come up for sale, and the…
Molokaʻi is a small market. A handful of sales a month is normal, and one big closing can swing the averages hard. So the useful way to read it is over the whole year, plus whatever the county is doing that changes what a property can be used for. This…
The Big Island market looks a lot like it did all year. Prices are holding, buyers are taking their time, and what’s happening in Puna has little to do with what’s happening in Kona. The bigger news this month is coming out of the County Council, where a vacation rental…
Small multi-family is one of the few ways to buy income property on Oahu that isn’t a condo. There isn’t much of it. Most of the island is zoned for single-family homes, and the duplexes, triplexes and walk-up apartment buildings that do exist are concentrated in a handful of older…
Most Hawaii sellers still pay a full commission. A February 2026 survey by Clever Real Estate put the average total commission in Hawaii at 5.52%, about 2.73% to the listing side and 2.78% to the buyer’s side. On an Oahu house at the 2026 year-to-date median of $1,180,000, that’s roughly…
Oahu’s updated FEMA flood maps took effect June 10, 2026. Check any Hawaii address for its flood zone, insurance requirement, and tsunami, lava and sea level rise exposure.
Oahu houses and condos are moving in opposite directions. September 2026 data, condo insurance and lending, rental rules, the 180-day tax line, ADUs, and the 2027 property tax tiers.
Since August 2024, Hawaii buyers sign a written agreement before touring homes. Here are the rules, the Hawaii agency layer, and a sample agreement explained section by section.
A Hawaii condo directory with nearly 500 building guides, the Maui Bill 9 building tracker, new island guides, a military housing guide and an agent directory.