If you own a second home, a condo you only visit a few weeks a year, or an investment property on Oahu that sits empty most of the time, you can breathe a little easier for now. In late July, the Honolulu Charter Commission voted down a proposal that would …

If you've been waiting on the sidelines for mortgage rates to drop before you buy or sell in Hawaii, here's the update you need: that drop hasn't shown up yet, and it may not arrive this fall the way many hoped. Freddie Mac's weekly survey put the average 30-year fixed …

Hawaii's real estate market just got a reminder of how much international money can move the needle. A handful of massive land sales to Japan-based buyers pushed the state's commercial investment total to nearly $3 billion last year, and industry analysts are forecasting another 20% jump in deal activity this …

This summer, Governor Josh Green signed a bill that quietly reshapes one of Hawaii's more promising ideas for getting local families into homes they can actually afford. Act 121 amends the state's 99-Year Leasehold Program, the framework behind a planned 370-unit condo project in Kaka'ako that had stalled out because …

If you've been waiting for one clean headline about where Hawaii real estate is headed, the latest numbers won't give it to you. Fresh market data released this August shows the four major islands moving in almost opposite directions at the same time, while mortgage rates continue their slow grind …

A new analysis making the rounds this month confirms something a lot of Oahu agents have been noticing on the ground for a while: Kakaako has held onto the title of Hawaii's wealthiest zip code for a second year in a row. Pacific Business News reported the finding in late …

Every county in Hawaii finalized its property tax rates for the fiscal year that began July 1, and the pattern this time is impossible to miss: local governments are using the tax code itself to steer investment property owners toward long-term rentals and away from short-term ones. If you own, …

If you own a condo in Hawaii, or you're thinking about buying one, you've probably felt the sting of the last few years: hurricane insurance premiums that tripled or quadrupled, special assessments landing in mailboxes with little warning, and AOAO boards scrambling just to keep a master policy in place. …

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is on pace to award more leases in 2026 than in any year in its 105-year history, and the ripple effects reach well beyond the beneficiaries receiving keys. Roughly a third of this year's projected 3,000 leases had already gone out by July, including …

If you own a home on Oahu, or you're closing on one this year, there's a property tax change working its way through Honolulu Hale that's worth your attention. The homeowner exemption, which reduces the assessed value your property taxes are based on, is set to grow in 2027, and …