Oahu Housing Sales: Inventory Up, Sales Down in January 2019

 *Median price means half the prices were above and half below the given price.

**Condominiums also includes townhomes.

During January 2019, the median price paid for single-family homes decreased slightly by 0.6 percent from the same month last year to $767,500. The median price paid for condos decreased to $399,000, down 7.2 percent from last January’s high of $430,000. The sales of single-family homes declined by 2.4 percent, while condominiums sales decreased by 12.8 percent from January 2018. New listings of single- family homes increased by 21.8 percent, while condominiums increased by 18.8 percent over last January. According to the Days on Market indicator, the median days for both single-family homes and condominiums was 27 days.

 “We started 2019 with very healthy increases in new listings for both single-family homes and condominiums, adding to the inventory available to potential buyers,” said Jenny L. Brady, 2019 president of the Honolulu Board of REALTORS®. “In recent years, this volume of listing activity would have been more typical during the spring and summer months, so buyers have more options to consider earlier in the year. Conditions point towards a balanced market for both buyers and sellers.”

The information contained in this report is provided to the National Association of REALTORS® and the Hawaii State Department of Economic Development, Business and Tourism for its official reports. This report reflects information about resales of existing properties only and does not include new home sales. All of the MLS information is compiled from sales reported during the cited months; this data is known only after closing of escrow.