Hawaiʻi Island
Plantation-era homes, in-town lots, and newer subdivisions around Hilo town — priced well below the island's west side.
A meaningful share of Hilo-area homes still run on cesspools. Hawaiʻi's Act 125 requires conversion to septic or sewer by 2050, and conversion incentive programs come and go. We record the wastewater system exactly as it is so your broker can address it correctly.
Hilo town is on county water, but some upland and outlying parcels in the district use rainwater catchment. Whichever your home has, intake records it and the listing states it — buyers' lenders ask, and the answer should already be written down.