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Hawaii July 2009 Sales Figures

Last week I heard multiple news reports about the drop in property values in Hawaii since last year. The reports stated that we have the biggest drop in value in the nation of all major markets. According to the reports you would think we were in a freefall compared to the same period last year.

What the numbers show is that the neighbor islands did take a pretty big hit, but Oahu (Honolulu County) which accounts for a majority of the sales activity held is values much better.

Here are the numbers posted by the Hawaii Association of REALTORS® per the MLS systems.

2009 JULY HAWAII REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT:

Single Family Homes

Units Sold

County

2009

2008

% CHANGE

Hawaii

117

100

17

Kauai

27

31

-12.9

Maui

57

97

-41.2

Oahu

265

251

5.6

Totals

466

479

-2.7

Median Sales Price

County

2009

2008

% CHANGE

Hawaii

260,000

299,000

-13

Kauai

450,000

595,000

-21.7

Maui

532,000

610,000

-12.8

Oahu

595,000

620,000

-4

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Condominiums

Units Sold

County

2009

2008

% CHANGE

Hawaii

33

31

6.5

Kauai

15

15

0

Maui

69

63

9.5

Oahu

327

365

-10.4

Totals

444

474

-6.3

Median Sales Price

County

2009

2008

% CHANGE

Hawaii

265,000

344,000

-23.7

Kauai

525,000

435,000

20.7

Maui

350,000

575,000

-39.1

Oahu

312,000

329,000

-5.4

*Information provided by Hawaii Association of REALTORS® and Title Guaranty is deemed to be accurate, but not guaranteed.

Posted Sunday Aug 30