The Hawaii housing market, by the numbers.
Median sale price, days on market, and what a traditional sale really costs a Hawaii seller — every figure on this page comes from the source cited next to it.
- Median sale price: $741,000
- Median days on market: 86
- Typical selling costs: ~6.71% of the price
- Foreclosure timeline: 6 to 12 months
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The headline numbers.
Each figure comes from the source cited under it. Medians describe the middle of the Hawaii market, not any specific house.
| Hawaii metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price | $741,000 | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Median days on market | 86 days | Redfin state market tracker, May 2026 |
| Average agent commission | 5.51% (≈ $40,829) | Clever Feb 2026 survey (state avg) |
| Seller closing costs | 1% (≈ $7,410) | Redfin national 1-3% excl. commission, low end (transfer tax shown separately), May 2026 |
| Seller transfer tax | 0.2% (≈ $1,482) | HomeLight, Jan 2025 (conveyance tax tier for $600K-$1M homes, seller pays) |
Data updated: September 2026
Selling the traditional way in Hawaii: the math.
The same arithmetic an agent would run at your kitchen table, worked on the Hawaii median sale price.
How to read this: on the $741,000 median sale, the traditional route leaves roughly $691,279 before loan payoff, repairs, and the holding costs (effective property tax ~0.28%/yr per the Tax Foundation, plus insurance and utilities) that stack up while you wait about 86 days on market. These are estimates worked on the Hawaii median; your actual costs vary by county, property, and buyer.
The cost of waiting: Hawaii's effective property-tax rate runs about 0.28% a year (Tax Foundation). Worked on the $741,000 median home, that's roughly $2,075 a year in property tax — call it $489 accrued across the 86-day (about 12-week) median wait for a traditional sale, before insurance and utilities, and on top of the selling costs above. The longer a Hawaii listing sits past the median, the bigger that carrying cost grows.
The Hawaii foreclosure clock.
Hawaii uses a judicial or non-judicial foreclosure process, and a typical case runs 6 to 12 months — that window is how much real time an owner has to catch up, refinance, or sell.
How long it really takes: Practitioner estimate (not statute): Hawaii residential foreclosures are effectively all judicial (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac directed Hawaii foreclosures to the judicial track after Act 48 in 2011, and lenders use courts to avoid the MFDR program). Uncontested cases run roughly 6-14 months from complaint to confirmation; contested or backlogged cases commonly take 1-3 years.
Primary statute: HRS §667-1.5 et seq.. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the specifics with a local attorney.
If you need to sell fast.
The numbers above describe the traditional route in Hawaii: roughly 6.71% of the price in selling costs and about 86 days of waiting before a financed buyer even closes. When time is the real problem — a foreclosure date, back taxes, a move that can't wait — some owners trade part of the headline price for speed and certainty by selling as-is to a cash buyer.
Your cash option: You can request offers on Hawaii houses sold as-is — no repairs, no commissions, no fees to you. Requesting offers is free, and you decide what happens next.
See what the Hawaii numbers mean for your house.
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