Historically low interest rates recently have sparked a mortgage refinance boom in Hawai’i that is helping homeowners and lenders during difficult economic times.

Isle developer Castle & Cooke Inc. formally completed construction of the largest single-site solar farm in the state yesterday, although it has been operational since mid-December. Some facts, from Castle & …

Isle developer Castle & Cooke Inc. formally completed construction of the largest single-site solar farm in the state yesterday, although it has been operational since mid-December. Some facts, from Castle & …

Isle developer Castle & Cooke Inc. formally completed construction of the largest single-site solar farm in the state yesterday, although it has been operational since mid-December. Some facts, from Castle & …

Residential real estate sales ended with a sputter in December, with a 19.2 percent drop in home sales compared with last year, although there was a slightly higher median price of $626,500. Condo sales fared …

Sales and median prices of previously owned homes on the Big Island and Kaua’i were mostly lower last month, capping what was a year of modest price declines and big drops in sales volume.

O’ahu’s housing market ended 2008 on a surprise up note – albeit an anomalous one – with a rise in the median sale price for previously owned single-family homes.

A granddaddy of a fixer-upper home on O’ahu is for sale. The owners of what was once mostly the East Honolulu estate of industrial magnate Henry J. Kaiser are asking $80 million for the 5.5 acres of waterfront …

Wanted: real estate buyer. Reward: $100,000. In a grim real estate market where homebuilders and sellers across the nation are offering incentives from Harley-Davidson motorcycles to wide-screen TVs, a Hawaii …

Hawaii’s average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline fell 58 cents from last month and $1.06 from a year ago to $2.40 yesterday, according to AAA .