Kauai Real Estate Update May 2025 | Home Sales Up, Median Prices Shift, Market Headwinds Ahead

Stock market drops, tariffs impacting the global economy and a whole lot of negative news on TV and social media platforms.

These are the headwinds impacting buyers and sellers and yet, despite this, the Kauai home sales year to date, when comparing to this same time last year, continue to do well.

We are in unprecedented times, real estate is not for the faint of heart at the moment for buyers, sellers and real estate agents.

I stay out of the hype and focus on the numbers, so far I like what I’m seeing in our Kauai market.  Let’s start by looking at the number of sales and we’ll compare this to last year.

Island wide there were 135 home sales compared to 124 the year before – an 8.87% increase.

The South Shore continues their upward sale trajectory with 51 sales year to date compared to 33 the year before a 54.55% increase.

North Shore had a -40% drop in sale from 35 last year to 21.

Lihue also had a drop going from 13 to 8 homes sold a -38.46% decrease.

Looking at just the month of April, that data will show the activity which happened in February and March and the negative news was in full swing at that time.

When comparing April of 2024 to April of 2025 we see that the number of homes decreased from 37 to 33, homes sold faster with the days on market dropping to 63 from 96 and the sold price, compared to the original list price remained pretty much the same at 93% compared to 93.14% in April of 2024.

So, we see that home sales are holding but in looking at the news we’re still going to be having some fun times ahead. I’m here for the ride with you.

How are median prices holding up?

Surprisingly well, with the exception of the South Shore—and there’s a specific reason for that, so let’s dig in.

The South Shore’s drop pulled down the island-wide median price, which fell from $1,425,000 to $1,150,000—a 19.10% decrease.

On the South Shore alone, the median dropped from $1,615,000 to $1,295,000, a 19.81% decrease, largely due to three affordable homes in Kalaheo that each sold for $553,000.

This is exactly the kind of housing we need right now, but lower sales like these will skew our median prices.

The North Shore saw a 13.10% increase in median price, rising from $2,100,000 last year to $2,375,000 this year.

Lihue also experienced fewer transactions but still posted a 5.56% increase, with the median rising from $1,080,000 to $1,140,000.

Call me to find out how these numbers relate to your particular area of interest.

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Aloha! 

Lynda Gill RS Lic 63088
Hawaii Life
808.346.0056