After the hottest summer home-buying season on record, the Oahu real estate market is beginning to return to its typical seasonal pattern as we head into the winter months. However, even as sales are dipping slightly from the summer peak, buyer demand remains strong — with record-high bid-ups and record-low days on market. With comparatively fewer homes for sale in the winter months and pent-up demand from buyers, there are several advantages for sellers who list their homes over the holidays.

Oahu single-family home inventory is at its lowest point in more than 40 years and condo inventory is dropping at an accelerating pace. Coupled with decades of pent-up demand, there’s no end in sight to current market conditions—making it an advantageous time for sellers and a critical time for homebuyers, especially first-time buyers.

It's not your imagination; there really are fewer Oahu condos for sale this spring--30 percent fewer, in fact. Of course, demand always been strong for housing on Oahu — both from locals, and from Mainland and international buyers.

Oahu single-family home inventory is at its lowest point in more than 40 years and condo inventory is dropping at an accelerating pace. Coupled with decades of pent-up demand, there’s no end in sight to current market conditions—making it an advantageous time for sellers and a critical time for homebuyers, especially first-time buyers.