Maui, Kauai, Big Island Home Prices Back up in October

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - Housing prices on Maui rose again last month after dipping slightly in September.

The Realtors Association of Maui reports that the median price of a single family home on the Valley Isle in October was 695-thousand dollars.
That's a 20 percent increase over the same month last year when the median price was 580-thousand dollars.
It's also up slightly from September's price of a little over 692-thousand dollars.
The median price of a Maui condominium last month was 445-thousand dollars, a 21 percent boost over October 2004 when it was 367-thousand-500-dollars.
September's median price was more than 428-thousand dollars. Meanwhile, prices on Kauai and the Big Island also rose last month.
The median price of a single family home on Kauai rose 15 percent over the previous year to more than 652-thousand dollars, while the median price of a condo on the Garden Isle rose nine percent to 455-thousand dollars.
On the Big Island, the median price of a single family home rose nine percent over October 2004 to more than 363-thousand dollars.
Big Island condo prices rose more than 47 percent to more than 474-thousand dollars.
Maui set a record back in May, when the median price of a single family house was 780-thousand dollars.