Koa Ridge
Castle and Cooke's master planned community in Central Oʻahu, with its own Buyer's Agent registration policy worth reading closely before you visit.
Read the Koa Ridge guide
Active New Construction
Tina Marie Gamble
450+ Families Served · Since 2016
New Construction on Oʻahu, One Honest Starting Point
Three communities are actively releasing new homes across the island right now. Each is built by a different builder, at a different stage, with its own rules for how a Buyer's Agent has to be involved. Here's the honest version of each, and the one step worth taking before you ever visit a sales office.
Tina Marie Gamble450+ Families Served · Since 2016
Before You Look at Floor Plans
The one thing that's true of all three
Every active builder on Oʻahu publishes some version of the same rule: if you're working with a real estate agent, that agent generally has to accompany and register you on your first visit to the sales office. Walk in alone first, and that window usually doesn't reopen. The people at the sales office are good at their jobs, and they work for the builder — which means nobody in that room is representing you unless you've arranged it in advance. It costs nothing extra, since the builder pays the referral fee either way. One call or text before you go is the whole ask.
Now Selling
The three active communities
Each guide covers what's actually built versus still planned, current collections and starting prices, VA financing notes, and commute reality.
Kaʻulu by Gentry
Gentry's West Oʻahu community near the coast, smaller in scale than Hoʻopili, with its own release pace and registration rules.
Read the Kaʻulu guideHoʻopili
D.R. Horton's community on the ʻEwa Plain, still under construction, with a Skyline rail station built inside it.
Read the Hoʻopili guide
An Honest Read
Is new construction right for you?
Worth knowing before you get attached
New construction means a builder's warranty, modern systems, and floor plans nobody has lived in yet — but it also means phased releases with no fixed calendar, a community that may still be under construction around you for years, and financing rules that get more complicated on condominium and multifamily products. If your timeline is tight, a completed home or resale is often the faster path. If you have some room to wait, the entry price points on new construction can be hard to match elsewhere on the island.
None of that makes one choice better than the other. It just means the right call depends on your specific timeline, budget, and what you're willing to trade for brand new. Each community guide walks through that tradeoff in detail for its own location.
Not Sure Yet
A couple more places to look
If a resale in an established neighborhood might fit just as well, or you just want to know who you'd be working with, these two pages round things out.
Asked and Answered
New construction questions I get a lot
If yours isn't here, ask directly.
Three communities are actively releasing homes: Hoʻopili by D.R. Horton on the ʻEwa Plain between ʻEwa Beach and Kapolei, Koa Ridge by Castle and Cooke in Central Oʻahu, and Kaʻulu by Gentry in Kalaeloa. Each is at a different stage of build-out, with its own mix of collections, price points, and release pace.
Because most builders will not let you add representation after your first visit. The sales staff at any builder's office represent the builder, not you, which is exactly what they're supposed to do. Having your own agent there from the first visit means someone is reviewing the contract, timing the phase and lot selection, and walking the final inspection on your side. It costs you nothing extra, since the builder pays the referral fee out of the same budget either way.
Often, but it depends on the specific project and phase, and it should never be assumed. A lot of what's selling right now across these three communities is legally condominium or multifamily property, and the VA approves those projects one at a time. A unit is only eligible if its specific project appears on the VA's approved list, and that status can change between phases. The right sequence is to confirm the project's status and involve a lender experienced with VA loans on Hawaiʻi new construction before writing an offer, not after.
It depends entirely on whether you're buying a home that's already built or one that's still being released. Builders on Oʻahu generally list quick move-in homes alongside homes that haven't started construction, and those two timelines aren't comparable. None of these builders publish a fixed release calendar, so the honest answer is to check what stage a specific home is at before assuming a timeline. If your move date is fixed, a completed home or a resale is usually the safer bet.
Not at all. PCS and military relocation is an area of deep expertise, but Tina works with every kind of Oʻahu buyer and seller, on new construction or resale, whatever brought them to the island.
Thinking about building new?
Tell me which community you're drawn to and what your timeline looks like. I'll tell you honestly what's actually available, and I'll be in the room with you from the first visit.
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Homes are shown and sold to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability, in accordance with the federal Fair Housing Act and Hawaiʻi state law. Community details, pricing, floor plans, and availability change without notice and should be verified directly with each builder before any purchase decision. Epic Hawaii Homes is not affiliated with D.R. Horton, Castle and Cooke, or Gentry Homes. Visit each community guide for current details, since those figures are kept current on their own pages.
