At LUVA Real Estate, we spend a lot of time talking with homeowners, buyers, and agents about what is actually happening in Hawaiʻi real estate. Those conversations often go well beyond prices and sales numbers. They include interest rates, tax policy, housing supply, and the everyday decisions people are trying to make.
That is what inspired Talking Hawaiʻi Real Estate with Lance Owens, a monthly LUVA podcast created to make these conversations more useful and accessible to our community.
A New Monthly Podcast from LUVA Real Estate
The podcast is hosted by top-producing REALTOR® and LUVA agent Lance Owens. Each episode takes a closer look at the issues affecting homeowners, buyers, sellers, and investors throughout Hawaiʻi.
Lance brings local experience to topics that can otherwise feel complicated or removed from daily life. The goal is not to overwhelm viewers with data. It is to explain what that information may mean here at home.
What Is Talking Hawaiʻi Real Estate?
Talking Hawaiʻi Real Estate is a long-form podcast about the local housing market and the larger forces influencing it. The series focuses on how national policies and economic changes connect with our uniquely local market in Kailua-Kona and across the islands.
We created the show to help:
- Homeowners better understand how market changes may affect their property
- Buyers make sense of interest rates and affordability
- Residents understand legislation and tax policy in plain language
- Viewers follow Big Island and statewide housing trends
- Anyone making a real estate decision get useful local context
The Topics We Plan to Cover
The show will continue to evolve as the market changes. Some of the topics we are exploring include:
- Hawaiʻi housing market trends
- Buyer and seller activity
- Condo and single-family home pricing
- Mortgage interest rates
- Capital gains and other real estate tax policies
- Legislation affecting housing supply
- Vacation rental and investment property trends
- Local updates from Kailua-Kona and beyond
Why These Conversations Matter in Hawaiʻi
Real estate decisions can have long-term financial consequences, especially in a market like Kona. Many longtime homeowners purchased their properties decades ago, when values were very different from what they are today. Selling, downsizing, or reinvesting may involve questions they have never had to consider before.
Capital gains taxes are one example. For some homeowners, the possible tax impact can become a reason to stay put. That decision affects more than one household. When fewer longtime owners sell, inventory remains limited for the next generation of buyers.
These are not always simple issues, but they are worth discussing openly. We hope the podcast helps bring more clarity to the choices Hawaiʻi residents are facing.
“Our goal is to take complicated housing topics and turn them into information Hawaiʻi residents can actually use.”
Where You Can Watch
Full episodes of Talking Hawaiʻi Real Estate are available on LUVA’s YouTube channel.
We will also share shorter clips on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts. These quick videos highlight one useful point from the conversation and make it easy to catch up when you do not have time for a full episode.
A Local Resource as the Market Changes
Hawaiʻi real estate is influenced by everything from interest rates and inventory to state legislation and national tax policy. It can be difficult to see how all of those pieces fit together.
Whether you are considering your first home, thinking about selling a property you have owned for years, or simply keeping up with the market, we hope this series becomes a helpful resource.
Episode 2 topic breakdown
Watch the Latest Episode
Should You Sell Your Home in North Kona? Capital Gains Taxes & 2026 Hawaiʻi Market Update | Episode 2
We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you find it helpful, please like the video and subscribe to the channel. Mahalo!
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