Foreign investors were responsible for just 4 percent of home sales statewide since 2008.

Emails show city officials held private meetings with Haseko Development to strategize a controversial zone change and even helped prepare testimony to the Planning Commission.

But there’s hope around planned rail stations where the city administration wants to concentrate growth.

Kirk Caldwell faces a tough crowd at a Building Industry Association conference. The opposition is delaying the rollout of his inclusionary zoning proposal.

Real estate analysts and experts contend we could make great strides toward producing the housing we need by losing some of our regulations.

Honolulu officials shouldn’t have exempted Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts from a coastal height setback requirement, justices decide.

An amendment to make the city denser and more walkable around planned rail stations might also increase the number of sidewalk cafes.

The project is already getting pushback from neighbors, KITV reports.

UPDATED: The City Council chair has issued a statement saying the move is procedural and that ultimately Malaekahana will not be in the urban area, but supporters of more housing are still encouraged.

Justices hear oral arguments on a challenge to plans for a massive housing development that would displace prime agricultural land in southwest Oahu.