A longtime friend, client and real estate investor wrote me this week expressing his concern about the future of the south central residential real estate market. His take is there has been a slight slowdown in the market (true) and the emerging combination of Continue Reading
Archives for October 2020
A Guide to Understanding Your Appraisal
Yesterday, Paige Hodson, a local appraiser with over 38 years of experience, was the guest speaker at our sales meeting. So if you are wondering how your home is valued when it comes time for a sale, here are some helpful hints. Not all appraisers are part of the Continue Reading
A Divided Housing Market
It’s hard to remember what real estate sales and the market was like before Covid-19. Booties, masks, gloves and health questionnaires are now standard protocol for open houses. Yesterday, we had a buyer meeting for a potential new home in Sandhill Reserve with the buyer’s Continue Reading
Test Your Knowledge on Alaska’s Taxes
In Alaska, there are 15 boroughs and municipalities which have been given the right to tax properties by Alaska’s Constitution. And every year the Municipality of Anchorage publishes an Appraisal Valuation Report to inform its residents how properties are taxed in the MOA. Continue Reading
Connie Yoshimura, Owner/Broker of Dwell 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.