Kailua, HI Real Estate Market
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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
- Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
- Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
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Kailua, HI Housing Market Trends
With 40,514 people, 13,262 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,715,261, Kailua house prices are not only among the most expensive in Hawaii, Kailua real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Kailua, accounting for 73.51% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Kailua include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.81%), row houses and other attached homes ( 9.28%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.30%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Kailua. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 73.60% of Kailua's homes, and 67.88% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Kailua's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 58.41% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Kailua include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 31.45%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 8.20%). There's also some housing in Kailua built before 1939 ( 1.94%).
Kailua Home Appreciation Rates
Real estate appreciation rates in Kailua's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.09% during the period.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Kailua that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Kailua real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Kailua appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 16.58%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 98.36% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Kailua. Kailua appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at -0.11%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -0.45%.
Notably, Kailua's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Hawaii, our data show that Kailua's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Hawaii.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Kailua differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Kailua - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Kailua real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
Median Home Value
$1,715,261
Very High
for Hawaii
Very High
for nation
Number of Homes And Apartments:
13,262
HI
America
2024 Q1 - 2024 Q2
2023 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2022 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2019 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2014 Q2 - 2024 Q2
2000 Q1 - 2024 Q2
Average Market Rent:
$4,164 / per month