Real Estate Stats for December 2021

The O‘ahu housing market ended 2021 with a slight decline of 10.0% in single-family home sales and a healthy 15.4% increase in condo sales year-over-year. The median sales price for single-family homes tied the previously set record in August 2021 at $1,050,000, while condos saw a median sales price of $485,000, slightly up from December … Read more

Is A Flat Fee Buyer’s Agent Commission Coming Soon?

Have you ever heard of a Flat Fee Buyer’s Agent Commission? Maybe soon you will. There are at least 3 big class-action lawsuits against Realtors claiming the fixed 2.5% buyer’s agent commission should not be paid for by the seller but instead the buyer should pay their own agent. Their argument is this would allow … Read more

Condos Outpace Single-Family Homes in Sales, New Listings

Closed sales activity for single-family homes lags behind the condo market, with single-family properties marking just a 9.8% increase in sales compared to 47.7% jump for condos in November. The median prices for single-family homes and condos tied the previously set record prices at $1,050,000 and $500,000, respectively. Though single-family homes continue to move into … Read more

Local Market Update October 2021

The local market update shows 3 areas having a 50% price increase from last year. Windward Coast takes the top honors with a 70% increase. A few places have dropped in price. For all the details please see our stats page at https://www.oahure.com/OahuRealEstateStatsIntro.php

O‘ahu’s Housing Market Holds Steady Ahead of Holiday Season Lull.

Median prices of single-family homes stand at $1 million, condos at $500K.Closed sales rose year-over-year with single-family homes ticking up modestly 10.4% and condo properties surging higher to 27.3%.The median sales price for a single-family home fell slightly from the August 2021 record of $1,050,000 to $1,000,000, while the median condo price tied the August … Read more

Early Occupancy – Seller’s Point of View

We do not recommend early occupancy. It opens a can of worms and a lot of problems can come up. The closing is not guaranteed until all the money is in escrow, and escrow has reported everything to the City and County. This is normally 2 days prior to the actual closing date. So if … Read more

Oahu Home Pricing Shocks People On Facebook

Our recent post of a $775,000 Tear Down that was just listed went viral with over 14,400 Likes, Comments, and Shares. We received two very strong cash offers on it within 3 days. I think people could not take that a home in horrible condition would sell for that much. It would have been much … Read more