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With Maui phasing out thousands of vacation rental condos, a lot of buyers are asking the obvious next question: if Maui’s closing the door, is Kauai the new place to own a Hawaii vacation rental? The short answer is no, at least not in the way people hope. Kauai shut…

Oahu’s condo market heads into 2027 as the buyer-friendlier half of the island’s real estate. Single-family prices keep setting records, while condo prices have barely moved, inventory is up, and roughly half of what’s for sale is priced under $500,000. That sounds like an easy call, but Oahu condos come…

Yes, Canadians can buy property in Hawaii. There’s no citizenship or residency requirement, no foreign buyer ban, and no special permit. You can own a condo, a house, or land the same way an American can. What’s different is everything around the purchase: how you pay for it, what you…

2027 is the year Maui’s short-term rental rules stop being a debate and start being a deadline. Nothing shuts off in 2027. But it’s the last full year a West Maui owner of a Minatoya-list condo can make a calm decision before the final guest nights in 2028, and it’s…