Did you know seniors are more willing to accept smaller lots? Younger buyers want more square footage? And all buyers want a full-sized laundry room! All this and more is what you can read about in the National Association of Home Builders 2019 housing Continue Reading
Archives for August 2019
New Mortgage Opportunities for Alaskans
First time home buyers account for 31% of all home sales, according to Lawrence Yum, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. This percentage is down from around 40% of the market from years past. One reason for this downturn is because student Continue Reading
How Important is Technology in the Home?
Maybe not as important as we are lead to believe with all the gadgets now available from video doorbells to remotely controlled smart refrigerators. A 2018 survey by the National Association of Home Builders ranked security cameras as the most desirable of all technology Continue Reading
Anchorage Lacks Multi-Family Housing
National home ownership rates fell in the second quarter of this year, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal. The rate is currently 64.2%, down from 64.3% a year ago. Here in Alaska, the most recent statistic shows home ownership rate Continue Reading
Connie Yoshimura, Owner/Broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alaska Realty, has over 30 years of residential real estate experience. She was the number one individual realtor, according to Multiple Listing Service, in 2015,2016, 2017.