Hawaii

The market for vacation homes at Hawaii resorts rebounded last year to its highest level of sales in nearly a decade, according to a recent report.

A record for Maui home prices has stood for 13 years, and last month it came close to being brushed aside.

Oahu's housing market posted modest median price gains in July but fell a little shy of setting any records.

Earlier this year the Legislature appropriated $200 million to help finance new affordable rental housing. Now a state-led panel advises that an additional $1 billion should follow over the next decade to further address Hawaii's shortage of affordable apartments.

Oahu's housing market in June had a hard time standing up to a year-old record, and thus recorded its first median price decrease in more than 12 months.

Two pieces of Maui's housing market moved in opposite directions in June, with declines for single-family houses and gains for condominiums.

The small decrease in Hawaii island single-family home sales was influenced by a major decline in the Puna district where homes in four subdivisions have been destroyed by lava since May.

Oahu housing prices moved up slightly in May but sales continued to lag during the spring homebuying season amid concerns that rising interest rates may be starting to have a dampening effect.

Real estate brokers said it could easily be a year or two before property values in the immediate and surrounding areas of lava breakouts recover after the eruption ceases.

Maui had a small decline in the number of homes sold last month while median prices moved in different directions for single-family homes and condominiums.

Real estate foreclosures declined in Hawaii for a fourth consecutive year in 2017, according to statistics from the state Judiciary.

Home sale volume often plummets on Maui in January or February, but this year it didn't, and the result was what looked like a spike in the number of single-family houses sold last month.

February lived up to its tradition as a slow month for home sales on Oahu, producing a slight decrease in single-family home transactions, but other parts of Hawaii's largest housing market achieved modest gains.

Median prices of homes sold on Hawaii island and Kauai bumped around inconsistently in January.

Oahu's housing market wasted little time this year setting a new price peak after posting three median sale price records in different months last year.

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The Honolulu bank reported strong loan growth in the fourth quarter, but one-time charges related to the new tax law suppressed its profit.

Oahu's 2017 housing market finished strong with gains in both condominium and single-family home sales and median prices, and experts from the real estate industry expect the momentum to continue this year.

Sales of single-family homes in Maui County plunged last month amid dwindling inventory while the median price increased.

The good news for Oahu homeowners is they likely will be able to get more for their houses if they were to sell them. The bad news is they'll likely see their property taxes go up next year.