Maui Real Estate: 2025 Vacation Rental Ban Update — Full List of Exempt & Non-Exempt Condos, County Report Reveals Winners and Losers

Maui, HI — October 14, 2025. After months of anticipation, Maui County has released the Temporary Investigative Group (TIG) Report — a defining document that outlines how officials plan to phase out short-term rentals (STRs) in Apartment-zoned districts. The report reveals, for the first time, which condominium projects are proposed for exemption and which may lose STR eligibility altogether.

Important: This report is a recommendation, not yet law. The County Council will now deliberate, amend, and eventually vote on the TIG findings before any phase-out becomes official.

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Summary of the TIG Findings

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The Maui Real Estate Market Update – September 2025

Data current through September 2025 from the REALTORS® Association of Maui (RAM). For full charts and monthly PDFs, visit MauiRealEstateStats.com.

The rhythm of the Maui real estate market has shifted from sprint to stride. Inventory is deeper, timelines are longer, and strategy matters again. Year-to-date, closed sales across all property types are down about 19% while the island’s overall median price—just over the one-million-dollar mark—has eased roughly 13% from last year. Listings now average about 140 days on market, and most sellers are closing near 95% of list—proof that negotiations are back, but demand hasn’t disappeared.

Single-Family Homes: Holding Their Line

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Maui’s Vacation Rental Ban Bill 9 Hearing Postponed Again!

Maui’s Vacation Rental Ban Bill 9 Hearing Postponed Again! Update October 2025

By Eric West | Maui Real Estate Update | October 2025

If you’re about to scoop up a Maui vacation rental condo for the best price you’ve seen in the last five years, be sure to send a thankyou email to Mayor Richard Bissen, West Maui Councilmember Tamara Paltin, and of course the cash flush, fine folks at Lahaina Strong because nobody has done more to crash the market than this trio of “housing heroes.”

And oh yeah, in the process, they have not (nor will they ever) create one single affordable home on Maui from this abominaton of an idea.  Just  junk waves of economic destruction....that nobody wants to…

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Maui Real Estate Auction Alert: THREE Oceanfront Homes + Wailea OCEAN VIEW Home

How to Save 50% on Buyer’s Premium

Date: DEADLINE to Qualify for Discount is October 22, 2025 (HST) — for registration, deposit and opening bid

Dreaming of owning oceanfront Maui real estate? Three oceanfront estates and one Wailea ocean-view luxury home are heading to auction on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii. If you register before bidding begins and place a qualified Starting Bid, you can cut the buyer’s premium in half — a potential savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars on these multimillion-dollar properties.

Maui Real Estate Quick Summary

  • What’s coming: Three oceanfront homes (Two on West Maui + North Shore / Paia) and 1 Wailea…

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