Highlighted News Stories for April 2023. Maui’s Visitor Arrivals Almost Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels in February. Maui’s visitor arrivals in February were just 0.4% less than pre-pandemic levels in February 2019, with 220,741 visitors. Visitor spending also...
Highlighted News Stories for Mid-March 2023. Hawaii’s housing sales drop to levels not seen since the Great Recession as prices remain high. The median sales price for homes and condos in Maui County, Hawaii, remains high. Still, sales have fallen to levels not...
Highlighted News Stories for Early March 2023. Investor Purchases of U.S. Homes Drop at Record Pace as Home Prices Fall Investors purchased fewer homes due to higher mortgage rates and falling home prices. Last quarter, the number of homes purchased by investors fell...
Highlighted News Stories from Mid-February. Home Prices Rise in Some Regions but Fall in Certain Cities. Despite median home prices increasing by 4% to $378,700 in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 11% of individual...
Select News Stories from February 2023. Hawaii Governor Proposes $1 Billion Investment in Affordable Housing and Tax Breaks for Residents. Hawaii Governor Josh Green has proposed a $1bn investment in affordable housing and tax breaks for all income levels to lower the...
Select News Stories from Jan 2023 Hawaii sees recovery in tourist numbers and spending in November 2022 despite the COVID-19 pandemic According to preliminary statistics from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Hawaii saw a 90.9%...
