Home sales on Oahu surge 30%

The median price for previously owned single-family properties is driven down by the increased volume

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 08, 2013

~~<p>Oahu's housing market received a sales jolt in January as low interest rates, attractive prices and demand from many first-time buyers helped push the number of single-family home purchases up 30 percent.</p>
<p>A Honolulu Board of Realtors report released Thursday showed sales of previously owned single-family homes on the island jumped to 227 last month from 175 a year earlier.</p>
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Oahu's housing market received a sales jolt in January as low interest rates, attractive prices and demand from many first-time buyers helped push the number of single-family home purchases up 30 percent.

A Honolulu Board of Realtors report released Thursday showed sales of previously owned single-family homes on the island jumped to 227 last month from 175 a year earlier. Login for more...