Published in the Anchorage Daily News 9.27.23 A barn? A condo? A single family home? Or all of the above? It’s called a Barndominium. I’ve had a hard time spelling it and even saying it. But it is the latest new trend in housing and growing in popularity around Continue Reading
Anchorage Versus Alaska
Published in Anchorage Daily News - 9.06.2023 There is one thing about the residential real estate market that you can always count on. And that is it’s NEVER boring! Every buyer, every seller, every home is unique. Every situation whether it is related to marriage, Continue Reading
Zoning Is Not a Factor in Affordability
That may come as a surprise to some of you, but zoning is not nearly as important as mortgage interest rates, the highest they currently are at 7.8% since the year 2000. And the natural disasters that flood our online and print news will surely create Continue Reading
Weighing In on Proposed Zoning Changes
Article Published in ADN on August 9th, 2023 I applaud assembly members, Kevin Cross and Meg Zaletel, for their out of the box attempt to bring more housing of all types and configurations to the MOA. Without question, Anchorage has a Continue Reading
WELCOME TO CEDAR PARK IN HISTORIC PALMER,ALASKA
Published in ADN July 26,2023 It is with a touch of excitement and sadness that I introduce you to my latest new home community just six minutes from the Palmer Fred Meyer store. I have searched the Municipality of Anchorage for another Huffman Timbers or Sandhill Continue Reading
Property Tax Relief For First Time Home Buyers
Published in the ADN July 12, 2023 Yesterday, there were 23 single family homes for sale in Anchorage priced between $350,000 and $399,999. These homes were on the market an average of 23 days. Many received multiple offers or escalation Continue Reading
A Mid-Year Market Review
There are not many mid-year surprises in the Anchorage residential market place. All thirteen MLS districts from downtown Anchorage to Girdwood-Turnagain Arm have had a decline in sold units, amounting to a 35% decline in all sales. The average single-family Continue Reading
Thank you, Alaska.
Today, June 16, 2023, will mark the third anniversary of my affiliation with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services (BHHS) . I’ve owned other brokerages over my 40 plus years of real estate, but these past three years have been the most rewarding of my Continue Reading
Are Anchorage Home Values Stalled?
And the answer is no due to a continuing depletion of available homes for sale. Whether that stall floats along for the remainder of the year or dips downward depends not so much on mortgage interest rates but available inventory. So, unless Continue Reading
A Love Affair Gone North
I love Anchorage (although I instruct our realtors never to use that verb when describing a home) ‘love’ is the appropriate word for my feelings about my adopted hometown. I arrived in Anchorage in 1979; took Cal Winey’s real estate class and the rest is Continue Reading
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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.