Oahu’s housing market has kicked off the new year with strong sales and rising prices. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You According to the Honolulu Board of Realtors,

In what the city describes as bold and unprecedented, Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration this week publicly announced its plan to expand construction of more housing across Oahu. Coinciding with the mayor’s second four-year term,

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