When you’re standing in the check out line with a cart full of groceries, you understand you’re going to pay the price that gets rung up on the cash register. The same is true when you’re at the gas pump. Unfortunately, there is a tremendous misconception in the real Continue Reading
Archives for June 2012
How Land Use Regulations Affect Property Values
Most of you have heard by now that we are soon to have a new Title 21, the ordinance dealing with the municipality’s land use regulations. All of the chapters except Chapter 14 which deals with definitions have been provisionally adopted by the Anchorage Assembly. Just Continue Reading
Looking for the Average Priced Home?
Then, you’re probably going to be frustrated and disappointed in your search. There are 103 homes currently available for sale in Anchorage and Eagle River between $300,000 and $350,000. Of those 103 homes, 24 were built during or before the 1970’s or approximately Continue Reading
From the Slave Kitchen to the Great Room
Last week I had the opportunity to visit Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello. Jefferson, who is considered one of the primary architects of our Declaration of Independence, also had a love for residential architecture and, as a result, his home at Monticello was always Continue Reading
The Demise of the Dining Room
In 2000, Sarah Susanka, author of the best-selling The Not So Big House, wrote a new book entitled, Creating the Not So Big House. The new book took 25 homes that applied the principles described in her first book. Those principles of home design valued quality over Continue Reading
Why photos and Virtual Tours Can’t Sell Houses
I’ll admit I’m an old-fashioned realtor. I like meeting buyers at open houses where I can get to know them a little bit and them me. I like to watch the interaction between couples as they mentally try to fit their lifestyle into a new home and go exploring down a Continue Reading
Connie Yoshimura is the Owner and Broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alaska Realty. With over 40 years of residential real estate experience, she continues to be a leader in Alaska’s housing market. Most recently, she sold the highest-priced home ever recorded in the Alaska MLS.