The Kauai condominium market entered 2025 with just about everything working against it. And honestly, this segment of our real estate market has my heart, because despite all the negative headlines and the constant noise, the numbers ended up stronger than most people might have thought, including me.
Kauai condominiums started the year with a new administration and a lot of negative news, rising insurance costs, assessments, higher association dues, and tariffs. Not exactly ideal conditions.
How’d the Numbers Hold Up?
The numbers are not showing a “booming” condo market but you’ll be genuinely surprised by how well the numbers held. And that tells us something important: there’s a demand for Kauai condominiums, and our limited inventory is keeping this market strong.
Summing it up; calm, steady, and a lot more resilient than the headlines would have you believe. My monthly market videos are all about being calm and steady, this is done by focusing on data. If you’d like to follow along to see how 2026 rolls out like this video and subscribe to whatever channel you are watching this on. Now, let’s get to the number of Kauai condominium sales.
Kauai Condo Sales
Island wide we were down only -4.83% at 276 sales compared to 290 last year.
The South Shore was down -10% going from 90 last year to 81 this year.
The North Shore knocked it out of the park with a 25.42% uptick in sales from 59 last year to 74 this year.
Lihue was down -6.10% at 77 sales compared to 82 last year.
Median Price on Kauai
The South Shore had the biggest dip in the number of sales but they lead the way in Median Price.
We’ll start by looking at the entire Island which was up 5.09% at $815,000 compared to $775,500 last year.
The South Shore is up 18.38% at $1,050,000 compared to $887,000 last year, but, the number of leasehold sales is also down going from 33 last year to 21 this year showing us buyers gravitated to fee simple properties in Poipu for the most part.
Bargain hunters hit the North Shore, remember their sales were way up and their median price did well as it’s down only -3.67% at $1,050,000 compared to $1,090,000 last year.
Lihue was down -6.28% and this is not surprising given their huge uptick in home sales. Lihue condos went from $549,500 last year to $515,000 this year.
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Happy New Year to you, and I’ll see you next month when we review January 2026.
Aloha!
Lynda Gill RS Lic. 63088
Hawai’i Life Real Estate Brokers 808.346.0056
LyndaGill@HawaiiLife.com
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