Kauai Real Estate Update- For a list of everything that Sold, went Under Contract and what was Just Listed last week on the island of Kauai click here; Kauai Real Estate Update October 27 to November 2, 2025
Poipu Beach Real Estate Update- Just Listed | Wainani At Poipu | $3.497 Million
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For a complete list of the Fee Simple Poipu Beach Real Estate activity since the beginning of this year click here; Poipu Beach Current Market Analysis
For the Kiahuna Plantation click here; Kiahuna Plantation Current Market Analysis
“Fed Dropping Rates” May Not Mean What You Think
There can be a misconception that mortgage rates automatically improve when the Fed cuts rates. I certainly used to think that. However last week showed that the opposite can happen — average lenders saw one of the sharpest rate increases since the day after the last Fed meeting.
Why does this happen?
It’s not the rate cut itself that causes the move. In this case the volatility came from what’s said afterward — specifically during Fed Chair Powell’s press conference. This time, Powell noted that another rate cut in December isn’t a sure thing. That statement clashed with market expectations, triggering a rapid repricing.
Remember, today’s mortgage rates are driven by expectations for future rates — that’s why Fed cuts usually have little direct impact on them. Even so, while rates are higher today, they’re still lower than they’ve been for much of the past year, roughly matching levels seen around October 14th–15th. But that’s of this writing!
Southwest Airlines First Ever Airport Lounge
Honolulu will be the first place that Southwest Airlines will have an airport lounge.
A five-year lease was signed with the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. This will be a two-story lounge with the first story having 9,577 sq. ft. and the second 2,664 sq. ft. The lease is for five years at $1.91 Million a year.
The next Southwest lounge to come could be at Dallas Love Field where the airline has a dominate presence.
Ahukini Business Park Selling Out Quickly
Last week I blogged about Amazon building a warehouse in the new Ahukini Business Park which is quickly selling out.
There will be 44 industrial lots and 85% of those have been pre-sold mostly to locals, all of this has been done by word of mouth. A broker associated with the project stated; “We haven't even issued a press release. All of this has been just through the efforts of word of mouth and a little bit of online marketing. This project is the most centrally located industrial park I've seen in my entire career. It starts in the urban core, around the airport, and then moves out."
In addition to the industrial lots there will be 1,750 homes, retail spaces and a hotel. Construction is supposed to be finished by November of 2026. If you are heading North on Kaumuali’i Hwy you can see the construction just north of the airport.
Kauai Real Estate November 2025 Year-To-Date
The first 10 months of data are in, below is a graph comparing 2024 to the same time this year.
Buying activity picked up in the month of October and that data will start showing up in next month’s report. Contributing factors are the interest rate reduction in September, buyers purchasing for end-of-the-year tax purposes, and when other buyers start seeing properties they’ve been watching disappear from the market, it gets them moving quicker.
The uptick in activity really shows when we look just at the month of October and compare it to October of 2024. This year, 47 homes sold in that month alone compared to 24 last year. Both this year and last, buyers were getting good prices — the sold price compared to the original list price was at 91.05%; last year it was 91%. The average days on market was at 81 this year compared to 55 last October.
For the south shore home numbers; the number of sales are up but the Median Price is skewed because of 5 Leasehold Home Sales in Eleele. You don’t own the land on these homes which sold between $469,500 and $528,700. Five sales like that drag down the Median Price for both the South Shore and the Island overall. But this is exactly the kind of housing that we need, no complaints.
