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Urban Honolulu - HI housing market

The Urban Honolulu metro has a typical home value of $856,305, up 2.3% from a year ago. Homes sell in 31 days on average, a balanced market. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$856,305
+2.3% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$756,413
+7.2% YoY
Median list price
$646,667
Sale-to-list ratio
98.6%
Selling below ask
Days on market
31d
Listings w/ price cut
19.4%
New listings / mo
888
+4.0% YoY
Homes for sale
4,029
-4.2% YoY
Typical rent
$3,020/mo
+4.6% YoY
Income needed to buy
$249,100
October 2026 report · Zillow data through August 2026

Urban Honolulu housing market, October 2026

The typical Urban Honolulu home is worth $856,305 as of August 2026, up 0.5% from the prior month, up 0.7% over three months, and up 2.3% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $837,129 to $856,305.

Homes are going pending in about 31 days, the same as the 31 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 4,029 homes for sale, 4% fewer than a year ago. 19.4% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 16.9% three months ago).

Typical rent is $3,020 a month, up 4.6% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 23.6.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($171,261), the typical Urban Honolulu home costs about $5,813 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $249,100 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$856k$837kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Days to pending, 24 months
44d25dSep 24Sep 25Aug 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
4.3k3.5kSep 24Sep 25Aug 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($856,305) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Urban Honolulu - HI metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 2.3% over the past year. In Urban Honolulu - HI, that means a home worth $837,053 last year is now worth roughly $856,305.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $756,413. Homes are selling at 98.6% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Urban Honolulu - HI sit on the market for roughly 31 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 19.4% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 888 new listings hit the market each month in Urban Honolulu - HI. There are currently 4,029 homes for sale, down 4.2% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Urban Honolulu - HI is $3,020, up 4.6% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 23.6x, renting territory (#22 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $4,743 a month in principal and interest, $1,723 more than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 3.35% rate.

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This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

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