The Kahala Hotel & Resort above its beach of loungers and palms

Real estate guide · Hawaiʻi

Where Hawaiʻi lives: a real estate guide

Where people buy in Hawaiʻi, from the condominiums of Waikīkī and Kakaʻako to the houses of Kāhala, the North Shore and the resort communities of the neighbour islands, and what the rules mean for a buyer from abroad. We never publish prices.

Where people live

  1. Where people live

    Waikīkī and Kakaʻako condominiums

    Waikīkī·Neighbourhood

    Towers by the beach and the new town.

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  2. Where people live

    Diamond Head and Kāhala

    Kāhala·Neighbourhood

    Houses by the sea, east of Waikīkī.

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  3. Where people live

    The North Shore and the windward coast

    North Shore·Neighbourhood

    Cottages and country.

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  4. Where people live

    The neighbour islands’ resort communities

    Maui·Neighbourhood

    Wailea, Princeville and the Kohala Coast.

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