Original market research · Updated
Geography: Hawaii County, all residential listings in Realtor.com data
Evidence period: Matched August snapshots, 2021-2026; latest data August 2026
Realtor.com's Hawaii County series shows 1,387 active listings in August 2026, up 22.6% from August 2025 and 218.1% from August 2021. The pending ratio fell from 1.428 in August 2021 to 0.198 in August 2026.
The countywide listing environment now offers substantially more visible supply relative to pending activity than it did five years ago. That broad result does not identify conditions in Kailua-Kona, a resort, a neighborhood, a price band or a property type.
1,387
Active listings
August 2026, up 22.6% year over year.
0.198
Pending ratio
Pending listings divided by active listings.
86 days
Median days on market
August 2026, down from 92 a year earlier.
17.72%
Price-reduced share
Up 9.89 percentage points from August 2021.
Five years of matched August listing conditions
Realtor.com defines active listing count as the number of for-sale properties active during the month, excluding pending listings where pending status is available. The pending ratio is pending listings divided by active listings. Median listing price is an asking-price measure, not a closed-sale measure.
| August | Median list price | Active | Median DOM | Pending ratio | Price-reduced share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $550,000 | 436 | 45 | 1.428 | 7.83% |
| 2022 | $642,000 | 703 | 58 | 0.543 | 18.10% |
| 2023 | $583,250 | 677 | 76 | 0.539 | 14.20% |
| 2024 | $650,000 | 1,046 | 83 | 0.310 | 15.20% |
| 2025 | $630,000 | 1,131 | 92 | 0.264 | 18.31% |
| 2026 | $599,925 | 1,387 | 86 | 0.198 | 17.72% |
Supply expanded while pending activity lost ground
Active listings increased from 436 in August 2021 to 1,387 in August 2026. Pending listings moved from 623 to 275. Because the pending ratio combines those two counts, it fell by 86.1% across the five-year comparison.
Median days on market rose from 45 to 86 over the same span. The price-reduced share increased from 7.83% to 17.72%. Those measures support a broad conclusion that listings faced a longer and more adjustment-prone environment than in August 2021. They do not prove why the market changed or whether an individual seller must reduce a price.
The latest year is more nuanced than the five-year shift
From August 2025 to August 2026, active listings rose 22.6%, but median days on market declined from 92 to 86 and the price-reduced share eased from 18.31% to 17.72%. The broad supply picture loosened further, while those two listing-performance measures improved modestly.
Method and limits
KE Team Hawaii filtered Realtor.com's historical county file to FIPS 15001 and selected August observations from 2021 through 2026. All six selected rows carried a quality flag of zero. The full 122-month county series includes 10 quality-flagged months that are not used in the displayed comparison. Realtor.com can revise prior periods, and small or partial-coverage markets can be volatile. This report covers all residential listings countywide, not a city, district, resort, luxury segment or individual property.
Sources and data
- Realtor.com Residential Real Estate Data Library County historical inventory file and metric definitions. File retrieved September 29, 2026.
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