Cost of Living

... the average delay for permits or approvals in Hawaii is more than three times as high as the national mean ....

... This is an improvement over the earlier forecast that projected bills would increase 7% or about $15 after the coal plant ends operations, which is scheduled for today ....

... “There’s a correlation between high regulation and high prices in housing,” Akina said. “That’s the real problem we’re facing in Hawaii." ....

... No state has a higher percentage of student-loan balances past due or in default ....

... It is tempting to look for scapegoats when we talk about Hawaii’s housing crisis ....

... Exceeded only by Housing--but on the Big Island, Taxes are the largest household expense item ....

... taxes on the purchases of those expenditures disproportionately hurt low income households ....

... A pathbreaking analysis of nationwide data dispels the popular belief that out-of-state home buyers are the cause of the state's housing woes ....

... In Hawaii, foreclosures rose by 94.1%, from 202 in the first six months of 2021 to 392 in the first half of 2022 .....

... The three Democratic candidates for governor all support it ....

... 7% bill increase forecasted ....

... housing market appears to be coming back to earth ....

... The housing situation on Maui is the worst in the state ....

... more regulation and delays ....

... Think your Hawaii rent is high? It probably is ....

... the average mortgage payment is 78.3% of the state's median income ....

... On average, HOA monthly fees in Hawaii are about $762 a month ....

... Hawaii’s zoning, land-use and other homebuilding restrictions have led to Hawaii having “one of the worst housing markets in the country, and even internationally.” ....

... First-of-its kind report quantifies housing shortage by metropolitan and county levels, finds underproduction in state reached more than 7,600 homes in 2019, up from 3,900 in 2012 ....

... there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch ....

... The most recent example of this comes from Maui, where just this week the County Council killed a housing project that would have created 28 affordable units in Kihei ....

... There is no clearer example of left-wing policies turning paradise into a nightmare ....

... The maximum monthly rent for this household is $2,940 for a two-bedroom unit, according to DPP calculations, up from last year’s maximum rent of $2,720 ....

... The assumption is that they would simply have to take that additional loss ....

... Maui Council Bill 107 could cause homebuilders to stop building affordable homes ....

" ... Hawaiian Electric is seeking approval to recover the cost of the project from customers ...."

... Hawaii rate of increase second only to Massachusetts ....

... $54,862 to mine one bitcoin in Hawaii ....

... With inflation rates soaring and the cost of living spiraling, more and more people are moving away ....

... total outstanding credit card debt stood at $222.6 million in the first quarter of 2022, or an average of $15,709 per household ....

... The typical Hawaii household spends an average of $2,911 per month--42% of income--on bills ....

... no-holds-barred ....

... The former chairman of the University of Hawaii’s civil engineering department says aloha ....

... how Hawaii compares on the ten most common household bills ....

... Demographia United States Housing Affordability – 2022 Edition Released ....

... In the Urban Honolulu metro area the median monthly rent price is $1,779 - 62.3% higher than the national average ....

... Average Closing Costs for Purchase Mortgages Increased 13.4% in 2021--CoreLogic ....

... The Cost of Dying: Average cost of funerals, cremations, and medical care ....

... the high cost of living makes Hawaii nurses the lowest-salaried nurses in the nation ....

... it’s technically easier to build a house for Oprah than it is to build houses for average families ....

... six major layers of housing regulation: the state Land Use Commission, county plans, community plans, county zoning, special management area permitting and the historic districts ....

... The Honolulu City Council approved Ordinance 21-7, hiking fares ....

... The U.S. Census Bureau overestimated Hawaii’s 2020 population by 6.79%, or 98,812 people, according to an internal review released this month of the 2020 census. ...

... there are a lot of different taxes that go into the price at the pump ....

... A popular 2010 study claiming minimum-wage hikes do not cause ‘economic shocks’ has just been reanalyzed and overturned ....

... We ranked 200 cities based on 16 key indicators of renovation pricy-ness ....

... Adjusted for cost of living, first place Tacoma, WA has starting salaries three times higher than Honolulu and Pearl City ....

... Inflation in the Islands hit 7.5% in March ....