A 1968 house on a Diamond Head cul-de-sac in Honolulu sold for $3.42 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Urban Honolulu, Hawaii metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $15.20 million in Oahu real estate.
The week’s sales span Diamond Head, Hawaii Loa Ridge, Triangle, Waikiki and Waimanalo, with Honolulu addresses carrying four of the closings and the fifth recorded in Waimanalo. Build years run from 1964 to 2002, and the group takes in a ridge-top house in a gated community, a Waikiki tower residence above the beach, an East Oahu home with a pool and a country property with a working citrus orchard.
No. 1 — $3,415,500 · 3942 Kaualio Pl, Honolulu, Hawaii
Diamond Head produced the week’s highest reported sale. A 1968 residence at 3942 Kaualio Pl in Honolulu closed on August 7, 2026 for $3,415,500, ranking No. 1 among the leading transactions reported across the metro that week. The house holds three bedrooms and three full bathrooms across a reported 2,619 square feet, with a further room fitted as an office.
The residence has been upgraded throughout and is laid out on an open-concept plan that draws natural light through the main rooms, where the finishes and craftsmanship are contemporary. The living room opens directly onto the yard, where lush gardens surround the house and give the grounds a high degree of privacy and quiet.
The property occupies a quiet cul-de-sac in one of Honolulu’s established residential neighborhoods, within minutes of beaches, shopping, dining and schools, and it was move-in ready at the time of sale. It previously changed hands for $2,150,000 in 2017.
Joannie Hsieh of Central Pacific Properties Inc was the listing agent. The $3,415,500 closing put Hsieh at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Urban Honolulu metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $3,350,000 · 559 Moaniala St, Honolulu, Hawaii
The metro’s No. 2 reported sale came from The Pointe, a gated enclave inside the Hawaii Loa Ridge community in East Honolulu. The house at 559 Moaniala St traded for $3,350,000 in a transaction recorded on August 3, 2026. Built in 2001 and partially renovated in 2024, it offers five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a three-car garage and a reported 3,912 square feet.
Listing materials identify Jim Schmitz as the architect. High ceilings run through a flexible floor plan, and separate living quarters on the lower level suit multigenerational households. A new pool deck with a jacuzzi looks out to the water, and ocean, coastline and mountain views reach from Diamond Head to Koko Head from nearly every corner of the property. The address sits minutes from Kahala, Hawaii Kai, beaches, shopping and dining. It previously changed hands for $2,900,000 in 2021.
Ben Fieman of Compass was the listing agent. Kimberly Xiang of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer. The house went under contract 20 days after the current listing date, and the $3,350,000 result ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Urban Honolulu Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 3 — $3,100,000 · 84 Lawai St, Honolulu, Hawaii
A reported 2,580 square feet is laid out on a single level at 84 Lawai St, in Honolulu’s Triangle neighborhood, where the 1964 house sold on August 7, 2026 for $3,100,000. The four-bedroom home steps down only once, into the living room, and occupies a 13,162-square-foot lot in East Oahu.
Freshly painted inside and out, the house carries engineered hardwood flooring through a bright, open layout. The living room opens onto a deck above the tropical grounds, where mature foliage frames a lawn and an in-ground pool, and 27 owned photovoltaic panels serve the property. Costco, Koko Marina Shopping Center, beaches, parks and hiking trails are a short drive away. The home previously changed hands for $2,405,000 in 2021.
Myron N Kiriu of Remax Hawaii was the listing agent. Myra Brandt of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 6 days after the current listing date and closed $212,000 above its final asking price of $2,888,000, ranking No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Urban Honolulu Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 4 — $2,830,000 · 2470 Kalakaua Ave Apt 3102, Honolulu, Hawaii
Waikiki accounted for the metro’s No. 4 reported sale. Unit 3102 at Waikiki Beach Tower, on Kalakaua Avenue along the Waikiki shoreline, changed hands fully furnished for $2,830,000 in a closing dated August 4, 2026. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom residence dates from 1983 and carries a reported 1,025 square feet.
The home occupies the building’s β02β stack and looks out directly over the Pacific, Waikiki Beach, the coastline and the city skyline. A private lanai extends the interior toward those views, and the living, dining and kitchen areas run together in an open plan.
Jackie Chiaki Hasegawa and Akari Daimon of Coldwell Banker Realty were the listing agents. Yuta Yokoyama of Captain Cook Real Estate represented the buyer. The residence went under contract 8 days after the current listing date and closed $180,000 above its final asking price of $2,650,000, the No. 4 transaction in RealtyWire’s Urban Honolulu Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 5 — $2,500,000 · 41-964 Kakaina St, Waimanalo, Hawaii
The week’s fifth-ranked sale was recorded in Waimanalo, where a 2002 house at 41-964 Kakaina St closed August 4, 2026 for $2,500,000. Turnkey at the time of sale, the main house holds three bedrooms and two full bathrooms across a reported 1,413 square feet, with a kitchen fitted in stone countertops and stainless steel appliances.
The primary bedroom is en suite with a walk-in closet, a second bedroom carries built-in shelving and a Murphy bed that lifts into the wall, and a third opens into a double-height screen room. Mount Olomana is visible on one side of the property and the cliffs of the Koolau on the other. A working Meyer lemon and lime orchard and a fully permitted ADU studio with a full bath sit on the grounds, and an owned photovoltaic system with Tesla Powerwall batteries and an EV charger serves the house. It previously changed hands for $752,000 in 2010.
Cynthia R Rubinstein and Keahi Honon Palaualelo of Cynthia Rubinstein R.E., Inc. were the listing agents. Leon Mosher of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 12 days after the current listing date and closed $250,000 above its final asking price of $2,250,000, the fifth-ranked reported sale in RealtyWire’s Urban Honolulu Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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