Hawaii

Median prices for Maui homes sold last month moved modestly, but in opposite directions for single-family houses and condominiums, according to the Realtors Association of Maui.

Nearly all the main components of home sale statistics on Hawaii island and Kauai rose last month, according to a report released last week.

Mortgage rates, which fell to a 50-year low last week, are keeping Oahu's real estate market relatively strong even as uncertainties mount over the economic impacts of coronavirus outbreaks.

The number of new foreclosure lawsuits filed in Hawaii declined in 2019 to mark a sixth consecutive year of fewer cases mostly against homeowners struggling with mortgage debt.

Oahu's housing market started a new year on all major positive notes, according to new data that showed median prices and sale volumes rose in January after some weakness last year.

A development partnership is positioned to start building a low-income housing tower in Pawaa later this year following a recent tentative endorsement by the state of Hawaii to finance the $89 million project.

Hawaii island's housing market turned in mixed results in September but the results were worse on Kauai where sales and prices fell for both single-family homes and condominiums.

More single-family homes on Oahu sold at a lower median price last month compared with September 2018, while fewer condominiums sold at a higher price, according to the Honolulu Board of Realtors.

Hawaii's commercial real estate market is taking a breather from record sales last year, a new report shows.

For the third time this year, the monthly median sale price for single-family homes hit a new high for Maui County.

Oahu home sales were flat year-over-year in August with properties remaining on the market longer.

Two neighbor island housing markets turned in mostly better results for single-family homes, but not condominiums in August.

There is no legal basis to force Bank of America to make good on its commitment to provide $150 million in mortgages to beneficiaries of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the state's Attorney General said.

Oahu's housing market broke two price records in July, including one that had stood for more than a year.

Home prices slipped in some of the costliest U.S. markets in the second quarter, a sign that would-be buyers are sitting out the competition for a scarcity of affordable properties.

Home sale volume and median prices rose together on the Big Island and Kauai in July, according to a new report.

Hawaii island and Kauai housing markets in June exhibited mostly negative yet moderate changes in sales and prices, according to industry data.

The number of single-family homes sold on Oahu dropped 10.4% in June while condo sales fell 13.5% compared to the year before, the Honolulu Board of Realtors reported.

Higher prices but fewer sales led to a roughly $20 million reduction in residential real estate sold on Maui last month, according to the Realtrs Association of Maui.

Median sale prices for Oahu homes dipped last month in what continued a trend this year of light, mostly downward movement for the broad measure of Honolulu housing costs.