On March 30, 1867 William Seward purchased the territory of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. It sold for 2 cents per acre and added 586,412 square miles to the United States. Without a doubt, the best real estate deal ever! On January 3, 1959 Alaska Continue Reading
Preparing Your Home for Sale – Refresh or Remodel?
The dilemma every seller faces is what to do to prepare their home for sale. The answer to that question may lie, in part, on the age of your home. Year to date 69% of the 1538 homes reported sold in MLS were built before 1992. The reason that year is Continue Reading
What Home Buyers Really Want
Every year, the National Association of Home Builders publishes a 300+ page book on the above headlined topic. It includes such topics as choosing a community; trade-offs buyers are willing to make; kitchens and baths; home type, price and size and the most wanted—and Continue Reading
How to Make the Right Lot Selection
New home buyers are faced with a multitude of decisions from the kitchen stove with four, five or six burners to the ‘Bad Ass’ fan for the living room. (And, yes, there actually is a brand called that and their fans are as unique as their name.) But always the most important Continue Reading
A Mid-Year Recap and Outlook for 2025
When I first came to Alaska in the l970’s, my boyfriend and I drove up the Alcan and I cried all the way; ate oatmeal cookies, Chinese food and just wanted to know if big planes flew to Alaska cause I wanted to go back to California where I had emigrated to from the Continue Reading
We’re All Together Now in South Central Alaska
The Mat-Su Borough and the Municipality of Anchorage includes 26,314 square miles of land with a population of 401,636 which is 54.2% of Alaska’s population. With all that land and small population, there should be more than enough room for a home, large or small, for every Continue Reading
The Journey for Home Ownership
In 1935, the U.S. was mostly a nation of renters. Only one in ten households owned their home and the down payment for a home was 50%. That’s when the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) initiated a mortgage program to encourage home ownership by lowering the down payment Continue Reading
In Defense of HOAs
I began my residential land development career almost forty years ago. And there is one memorable moment that has guided my vision for new home communities ever since. Many of you may remember Larry Carr and his partner at the time, Barney Gottstein, who together developed Continue Reading
Anchorage’s Housing Market in a Capsule?
On April 7, 2025 there were only 133 single family homes for sale in Anchorage. Twenty-three of the homes had an asking price over $1,000,000 and 52 were below the average sold first quarter value of $512,970. Approximately 4.5 homes sold per day which was only a modest Continue Reading
A South Central Round Up on Housing
Published by Anchorage Daily News 3.26.25 By Connie Yoshimura Sometimes, I forget that by definition the Municipality of Anchorage includes Girdwood/Turnagain Arm, Chugiak/Peters Creek and Eagle River. Today, there are 169 residential properties for sale in the MOA of Continue Reading
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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.