Kauai Real Estate Update- What Sold, was Just Listed and what went Under Contract last week on the island of Kauai? To find out click here; Kauai Real Estate Update November 2 to 8, 2026
I enjoyed finding this for my buyer because I just love the Poipu Kapili and I loved this price we negotiated for them. This front-row, corner condominium in Poipu Kai has huge ocean views from both levels, three exterior walls, no neighbors above or below, and an extra side lanai and louvers that make this unit feel even larger than it’s 1,837 square feet.
Great floor plan too, a full bath on the first level and the second floor has two bedrooms and two baths. To see the unit click here: Poipu Kapili #6
For all the fee simple activity in Poipu since the beginning of this year click here; Poipu Beach Current Market Analysis
For the Kiahuna Plantation click here; Kiahuna Plantation Current Market Analysis
Kauai Election Results
Kauai Mayor candidates were County Council Chairperson Mel Rapozo and Bernard Carvalho who had been Mayor himself from 2008 to 2018. Rapozo won with 56.5% of the votes, Carvalho received 37.4%. Kauai has 49,337 registered voters and 49.9% of those people voted with 23,150 with mail in votes and 1,485 in person voting.
Derek Kawakami is our outgoing Mayor and he was also on the ticket as Lt. Governor elect with (D) Governor Josh Green who was seeking a second term which he easily won with 72.65% of the vote.
Fourteen candidates were vying for seven seats on the Kaua‘i County Council and the top 7 were Fern Anuenue Holland, Todd Ozaki, Arryl Kaneshiro, Michelle Kaleiohi Correa, Addison Bulosan, Dane Smith and Paul Applegate.
Other election results are:
(D) Jill Tokuda U.S. Representative, Dist. 2
(D) Luke Evslin State Representative, Dist. 16,
(D) Dee Morikawa State House of Representative, Dist. 17
Update On Beach House Kauai
I took this video of the Beach House on the morning of September 8th, 2027 after Hurricane Lowell. Because most of the damage was done by ocean surge it was surreal driving from areas away from the ocean that had no impact to this.
The Beach House was purchased in 2016 by “Handcrafted Restaurants” for $11 Million, the company currently has a total of 6 restaurants which are located in Oahu, Maui and Kauai.
On November 1 the company “temporarily furloughed” 117 employees. On their website they state that they don’t anticipate opening until later in 2027.
Over 800 Leases Given to Hawaii Homelands
The state has been working to accelerate awarding lands to native Hawaiians, the wait time historically is really (really) long, 40 to 50 plus years.
The Hawaiian Homestead Act came about in 1920 and it attempts to restore land back to native Hawaiians who lost their land after the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893. At that time 1.8 million acres of land were taken with no compensation.
To qualify you must be at least 50% Native Hawaiian and 18 years of age. What’s been tricky is if you register at 18, and wait 50 years to get land, you’ll be 68 years old building a home. To pass that home on to a relative they must be 25% Hawaiian. As you can see, it gets tricky, and this is the reason for the attempt to speed this up and the biggest obstacle has been the funds for infastructure.
The 832 leases for land in Lihue that were awarded last week was an emotional event. The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) plans to award 6,000 project leases in the state of Hawaii in the next two years.
Meanwhile, the agency aims to award more than 6,000 project leases in the next two years.
South Shore Brown Water Advisory Cancellations
On November 5, 2026 the brown water advisory was lifted for Poipu Beach, Prince Kuhio Park which is the water right on the other side of the Road from Prince Kuhio Park and Lawa’i Beach which is right in front of the Beach House.
Kauai Real Estate Year-To-Date 2026 vs 2025
October was a month of residents and visitors adjusting to Kauai’s new normal which is: the majority of the island being open and ready for business and a handful of areas that will take a longer time to recover. Stores are pretty much back to their normal business hours, visitor numbers for Kauai are rising and the clean-up work continues at a rapid pace.
Looking at just the month of October 2026, properties sold for an average of 90.84% of their original asking price. In October 2025, when there was no hurricane to contend with, that figure was 91.05%. Hardly a significant difference.
Below are the sales for the first 10 months of this year compared to the same time last year.
