Housing & Real Estate

Median Sales Price increased 4.6 percent to $740,000 for Single Family homes and 4.7 percent to $514,120 for Condominium homes.

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Applications will be accepted online beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 27, 2020 until 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2020.

The new ceiling loan limit for one-unit properties in 2020 will be $765,600—a nearly $40,000 increase from $726,525 in 2019. As a result of generally rising home values, the increase in the baseline loan limit, and the increase in the ceiling loan limit, the maximum conforming loan limit will be higher in 2020 in all but 43 counties or county equivalents in the US.

Median prices for homes, condo and land all increased vs. 2018 with median home prices at $743,000 (up 4%), condo at $515,000 (up 3%) and land at $500,000 (up 5%).

The county may impose civil fines of $20,000 plus $10,000 per day for each day the unlawful operation persists, unless a higher fine is authorized by State law.

The 89-unit Kaiaulu O Kupuohi project is 100 percent affordable, with monthly rents estimated to range from $443 to $1,333, depending on the size of the units – one, two or three bedrooms.

Over the past five years, oceanfront home sales have consistently seen a volume of around 20 per year, with a low of 13 sales in 2015, and a high of 25 sales in 2017.

“While I realize the tax burden could be shifted within the non-owner occupied classification through the implementation of the proposed tiered rates structure, I would like our taxpayers to have more time to review how these potential changes will affect them,” Mayor Victorino said.

Beginning Dec. 27, illegal short-term vacation rentals will be fined $20,000, plus another $10,000 each day the operation continues.

After 12 years of delays with previous developers and plans, Maui Oceanview LP announced it has received unanimous support from the Land Use Commission to approve amendments for the Pulelehua residential project in West Maui.

Through October 2019, the median sales price for homes, condo and land rose, $745,000 (up 6%), $518,000 (up 4%) and $500,000 (up 5%), respectively.

Kapalua’s Pineapple Hill and Pineapple Hill Estates is a popular neighborhood in the heart of the Kapalua Resort.

A community open house takes place tonight and on Saturday for the public to learn more about the proposed Pulelehua development in West Maui.  The project is proposed for development on the strip of land between the Kapalua Airport and the Honoapiʻilani Highway on both sides of Akahele Street.

The Planning Department has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 at 5 p.m. at the Kalana Pakui conference room in Wailuku regarding amending the Department’s rules relating to fines for unpermitted transient vacation rental operations.

Third quarter real estate statistics are in and median sales prices for homes, condo and land continue to rise. ($745,845, $518,000 and $499,375, respectively).

Maui County and the Maui Chamber of Commerce will host a two-day Maui Nui Attainable Housing Forum, Oct. 15 and 16 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

The first leases awarded through the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act are approaching the 99-year lease limit. 

State officials say the move brings the state a step closer to keeping the Front Street Apartments affordable for some 250 tenants.

Hawai‘i Life Real Estate Brokers and TY Property Development LLC recently celebrated the groundbreaking of Kuaʻāina Mauka, a 32-unit residential community in Pukalani.

Councilmember Michael J. Molina has a new plan that might expand affordable housing opportunities for Maui families.