The story of this market
The typical home in Maui County, Hawaii sells for about $972,257, or $783 per square foot.
Prices are down 2% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 115 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 226% since 2000. Last year 28 of 35 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $2,656 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $2,656 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
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2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2005 (+26.1%). Worst: 2009 (-14.9%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+4.3%
HI · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$3,351
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 35 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
76
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $132,163,448.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
74.2%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6931 | 3894 | 74.2% | 11.3% | $635,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Maui County, Hawaii
Maui County's residential real estate market is adjusting to elevated financing costs, shifting regulatory policies targeting short-term rentals, and prolonged recovery efforts from the 2023 wildfires. Median prices have flattened to slight declines year-over-year while days on market have extended noticeably past 110 days. Buyer activity remains cautious as higher insurance premiums and affordability constraints temper transactional velocity across both single-family and condominium segments.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 3.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 60 days on market with 0.2 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0.22% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.4% · poverty 9.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
Deterministic aggregate of 16 researched ZIP reports of 19 — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Maui County, Hawaii — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 6.5%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Sep 16, 2026.
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| 96708 | Haiku | $1,032,800 | $650 | +2.1% | 85 | 96.5% | 12% | 6.2 | 42 | $3,200 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96713 | Hana | $1,840,000 | $850 | +5% | 183 | 98% | — | 2.9 | 38 | $1,321 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96728 | Honomu | $650,000 | $485 | +3.2% | 72 | 97.5% | 12% | 7 | 14 | $2,400 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96729 | Hoolehua | $450,000 | $350 | +2.5% | 120 | 98% | 15% | 6 | 12 | $1,800 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96732 | Kahului | $1,249,000 | $650 | +2.5% | 35 | 98.5% | 15% | 4.2 | 26 | $3,200 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96742 | Kalaupapa | $2,000,000 | $503 | +159.6% | 257 | 90.1% | — | 5 | 5 | $2,326 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96748 | Kaunakakai | $525,000 | $338 | +4.2% | 112 | 96% | 12% | 13 | 52 | $1,850 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96753 | Kihei | $829,000 | $820 | — | 33 | — | — | 26.3 | 158 | $2,656 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96757 | Kualapuu | $495,000 | $385 | +2.1% | 112 | 96.5% | 18% | 9.4 | 148 | $2,150 | researched Sep 29 |
| 96761 | Lahaina | $979,350 | $1,403 | -8.1% | 145 | — | — | — | 493 | $3,600 | researched Sep 29 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Maui County experiences violent crime rates moderately lower than national benchmarks, though property offenses, including vehicle theft and larcenies in resort corridors, trend near the state median. Post-disaster recovery in West Maui has caused localized shifts in patrol allocations and reported incident distributions.
Public education operates under the statewide Hawaii Department of Education Maui District, featuring top-ranked neighborhood schools such as Maunaloa, Kula, and Kamalii Elementary alongside prominent private alternatives like Seabury Hall and Kamehameha Schools Maui.
The county faces significant wildfire exposure underscored by the catastrophic 2023 Lahaina wildfire, as well as coastal erosion, tropical cyclones, and flash flooding risks. Severe insurance-market hardening has driven steep premium inflation and underwriting restrictions across multi-family and single-family structures.
The economic base remains heavily anchored by hospitality, government services, healthcare, and post-wildfire rebuilding efforts. Reconstruction across West Maui and public-private infrastructure rebuild projects represent the largest pipeline capital commitments.
Maui County levies real property taxes on a tiered classified rate model where owner-occupied residential properties receive substantial home exemptions and preferential millage rates starting around $1.90 to $2.00 per $1,000 of assessed value, whereas non-owner-occupied and transient vacation rentals face sharply escalated tier structures. Assessments are calculated annually at 100 percent of estimated market value by the Maui Real Property Assessment Division.
The economy centers on leisure and hospitality, healthcare, agriculture, and construction-led rebuilding activities. Major regional anchors include Maui Health System, the County of Maui, Grand Wailea, and Hyatt Regency Maui.
Surface transit depends primarily on primary highway corridors including Honoapiilani Highway (Route 30), Kuihelani Highway (Route 380), and Hana Highway (Route 36), supported by the Maui Bus county-wide transit network and inter-island access via Kahului Airport (OGG).
Municipal planning is guided by the Maui Island Plan, with active administrative focus directed toward zoning reforms restricting short-term vacation rentals and expediting affordable workforce housing rebuilds.
The Maui County Department of Finance Real Property Assessment Division operates annual market-value valuations across real estate tiers, with statutory reassessment deadlines occurring each December and values reflecting market conditions as of January 1.
Parcels are subject to county ad valorem property taxation without independent school or municipal overlay districts; special improvement districts apply primarily to specific infrastructure or resort maintenance zones.
Property insurance is experiencing strict underwriting scrutiny and steep premium inflation following the 2023 disaster, forcing many owners toward surplus lines carriers and the Hawaii Property Insurance Association (HPIA).
- Maui Golf & Sports Park4.411.6 mi
- Maui Trampoline Park4.611.7 mi
- Epic Maui Hikes4.98.6 mi
- Maui Escape Rooms4.724.9 mi
- The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Ka'anapali4.324.9 mi
- OUTRIGGER Kāʻanapali Beach Resort4.424.9 mi
- Nalu's South Shore Grill4.78.8 mi
- Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman - Kaanapali, Maui4.425 mi
- Maui Tropical Plantation4.611.8 mi
- Haleakalā National Park4.912.6 mi
- Twin Falls Maui4.49.7 mi
- ʻĪao Valley State Monument4.614.9 mi
- Maui Ocean Center, The Aquarium of Hawaii4.511.6 mi
- Haleakalā Summit4.98 mi
- OUTRIGGER Kāʻanapali Beach Resort4.424.9 mi
- Banyan Tree4.722.9 mi
- Maui Arts & Cultural Center4.711.7 mi
- NorthShore Zipline4.86.2 mi
- Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum4.39.3 mi
- Haleakalā National Park4.912.6 mi
- Twin Falls Maui4.49.7 mi
- ʻĪao Valley State Monument4.614.9 mi
- Ho'okipa Beach Park4.89.5 mi
- Waihee Ridge Trail4.816.7 mi
- Mala Boat Ramp4.523.7 mi
- 🏵️zpot Lahaina Harbor4.622.9 mi
- Waiehu Municipal Golf Course4.514.3 mi
- Maui Nui Golf Club4.48.1 mi
- The Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course4.310.3 mi
- Wailea Golf Club - Gold & Emerald Courses4.611.4 mi
- Emerald Golf Course4.811.3 mi
- Safeway4.28.2 mi
- The Shops at Wailea4.510.4 mi
- Safeway4.39.2 mi
- Maui Swap Meet4.611.4 mi
- Queen Ka'ahumanu Center4.211.1 mi
- Kahului Airport49.5 mi
- Blue Hawaiian Helicopters4.99 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
World-renowned dormant volcano summit offering high-altitude hiking, sunrise observation, and endemic wildlife habitats.
Premier West Maui coastal strip with three miles of white sand, championship golf, and boardwalk commercial districts.
Championship South Maui 54-hole golf complex serving the master-planned resort community.
Historic Central Maui rainforest valley and needle peak featuring cultural landmarks and interpretive trails.
Retrieved via Census Bureau ACS 5-year county profile tables B01003, B19013, B25077, B25064, B03002, B08013, and B25002 for Maui County, HI.
Tax is calculated by applying county-specific tax rates to the assessed value of the property. The formula is (Assessed Value - Exemptions) * Tax Rate. Exemptions include homestead exemptions for owner-occupants, which vary by county.
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 246 (2025)
applies when — Applies to parcels registered under a condominium property regime
Each unit and its appurtenant common interest is deemed a separate parcel for taxation and assessment purposes. Units must be separately taxed; common elements are not subject to separate assessment.
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 514B; Part I General Provisions (2003)
Sellers must provide a written disclosure statement to the buyer within ten calendar days of contract acceptance. Buyers have fifteen calendar days to examine the statement and may rescind the contract without loss of deposits if they provide written notice within that period.
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 508D (2025)
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.