Found 27 blog entries tagged as hawaii real estate.

 Maui Bill 9 and Bill 88 Explained: Is Your Condo on the Minatoya Phase-Out Resolution List | Update August 2026

MAUI’S VACATION RENTAL REZONING: THE COMPLETE CONDO REFERENCE, LIST BY LIST

Updated August 13, 2026, by Eric West, Broker, Team West Maui

If you own a Maui vacation rental condo, or you’re thinking about buying one, the last six weeks changed your math.

Roughly 2,554 apartment-zoned units — more than a third of the approximately 7,000 units affected by Bill 9’s short-term rental phase-out — are now on a path toward permanent hotel zoning.

There’s a lot of confusing coverage out there, so this page organizes every affected complex into simple, scannable lists grouped by location.

Find your building, see exactly where it stands,…

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Looking for the Best real estate Agents on Maui? Start with 100+ Five-Star Reviews | Eric & Lisa West

"Why Experience Matters More Than Ever in Maui's 2026 Real Estate Market"

The Maui real estate market has been through a rollercoaster over the past two years, and if you're considering buying or selling property on the Valley Isle, you might be wondering: what really matters when choosing a real estate agent?

Eric West Maui REALTOR

Aloha! My name is Eric West and I've been selling real estate  since 2006— two decades of navigating market ups and downs, policy changes, and everything in between. Together with my wife Lisa and our sons Dylan, Colton and Ryan (all licensed as REALTORS as well!), we've built Team West Maui on a simple foundation:

God

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The honest truth about what to expect over the next couple years

Look, Maui has always been special. It's not just about buying property—it's about buying into a whole different way of life. Whether you're dreaming of retirement, looking for a second home, or finally making the move you've been thinking about for years, you're probably wondering the same thing everyone else is asking right now:

With everything going on—higher rates, new regulations, the market cooling off—is this actually a good time to buy?

Let me give you the straight answer, no sales pitch included.

Why Buying in Maui Still Makes Sense

The long game still works in your favor

Yeah, the market's had its ups and downs lately. But if you zoom out, Maui real estate has…

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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

For those…

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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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Maui’s Quiet Luxury Window: Where Smart Money Is Moving First

By Eric West 

Architecture that dissolves into horizon lines. Breezes that carry the ocean indoors. The rarest properties are still rare—just newly negotiable. For charts behind this story, see MauiRealEstateStats.com.

In every enduring market, quality leads the recoveries. Maui is no different. Across the island, the homes that matter—oceanfront sanctuaries, newly completed architecture, view-rich golf estates—are whispering again. Marketing times are longer than in the post-pandemic rush, yes. But that only means something unusual has returned to Maui Luxury Real Estate: choice.

In a market with options, conviction is the edge.  Because while selection has broadened, the…

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Maui’s Market Just Blinked: August 2025 (YTD) — What Shifted Across Homes, Condos & Land

Data current through August 2025 from the REALTORS® Association of Maui (RAM). For full tables and charts anytime, visit MauiRealEstateStats.com.

The 2025 story for Maui Real Estate is a market that’s normalizing: more selection, longer market times, and smarter negotiations. Year-to-date (YTD) through August, closings are lower versus 2024, medians have eased overall, and buyers are taking their time—especially in the condo segment—while single-family pricing at the median is holding its ground. Below we move from the macro picture to detailed takeaways for homes, condos, land, and the key sub-markets buyers ask us about most. If you want the raw numbers…

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Maui Real Estate, Ocean Lifestyle, And Aloha Spirit

Aloha from Maui! I’m Eric West of HawaiiRealEstate.org, your trusted Maui Real Estate Agent. This is your digital “Maui Fix”—a taste of salt air and sunset light, and a grounded look at why Maui Real Estate is more than property. It’s lifestyle, investment, and a story you can live inside.

The Call Of The Ocean

Maybe you remember pressing a seashell to your ear as a kid, sure you could hear the ocean. On Maui, that sound is everywhere. On this Aloha Friday, I set up on the beach as the sun melted into the horizon. Behind me, the West Maui Mountains glowed. In front, surfers traced lines across swells that traveled thousands of miles to arrive here.

Thousand Peaks: A Local Surfing Gem

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Maui Short Term Vacation Rentals - Condos and Homes

Investment Pitfalls and The Minatoya List

This is a hot topic across the entire vacation rental market worldwide and Maui is no exception. The goal is basically to keep vacationers and other short-term visitors in the hotel districts and out of neighborhoods for various reasons ranging from crowded parking, unruly behavior, affordable housing shortage for locals, and loss of employment opportunities for hotel workers and many more. Threats to reassess properties for tax purposes at sky-high commercial rates can discourage homeowners from investing in short term rental properties.  According to a recent poll over 55% of Maui residents oppose short term rentals in their neighborhoods. But all is not…

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The ZERO Effect of COVID on the Maui Real Estate Market 

Aloha! And welcome to another weekly Maui Real Estate Market Watch Report from Eric West at Keller Williams in Whalers Village.

Maui Real Estate

 Here is what's new and developing for the week of August 24th 2020. To see the entire Google Sheets spreadsheet please click here

The big question people ask me every week…”How’s the market doing on Maui?” Many people are expecting a major downturn in demand and subsequent 20-50% reductions in asking prices.

Not so much.

In a nutshell, the Maui Real Estate Market is holding steady, very steady.

Let’s compare the last 8 months of 2020 with the exact same time period in 2019.

Now keep in mind, in 2019 the market was in FULL swing with a FULL capacity…

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