News & Blog

- The capital gains tax exemption amount for primary home sales was never indexed to inflation, and has never increased in thirty years. Two proposals have been made to increase it. One raises the amount to $1M for seniors, another raises it to $500K for everyone. (8/30/26)

- Nationally, existing home sales were once again mixed in July depending on the time frames compared - and once again, the median sales price increased as well. (8/24/26)

- Happy Statehood Day! (8/21/26)

- Is Oahu's historic homes property tax exemption program being abused? (8/16/26)

- The July sales numbers for the Oahu real estate market have been released by the Honolulu Board of Realtors®. Here is a single-page set of charts showing the last 12 months of data. It was a neutral-to-positive month. Sales volume went up for both property types compared to the previous month and compared to one-year ago. Median sales prices were mixed - down from the previous month, but up from 12-months ago, and the three-month moving average set another record. Inventory inched up a little again. Pending sales volume looks slightly slower. (8/9/26)