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Mortgage Lenders React to Market Shifts with New Loan Programs

July 20, 2022 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Mortgage lenders and their back-end investors are reacting with aggressive new and revised loan programs to help potential buyers disappointed with higher interest rates while they struggle to find an affordable home. Despite the  increased 5.75%  for today’s Continue Reading

Still a Sunny Market

September 1, 2021 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

All Anchorage MLS districts have had a 25% jump in sales volume year to date  with downtown Anchorage leading all districts with a 220.32 per cent increase. Except, I should clarify for District 101, Girdwood-Turnagain Arm, which has had a 39.13 per cent decline due a Continue Reading

How to Make Your Best Offer Better

April 20, 2021 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

In my forty years of assisting buyers and sellers navigate the purchase or sale of their home, which is for most their largest investment, I’ve never seen a market quite like the one Alaska is currently experiencing. An almost decade long lack of new housing Continue Reading

Low Mortgage Rates Entice the Small Investor

January 27, 2021 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Historic low mortgage rates are not just for the single family/condo home buyer.  Mortgage rates are also  a major factor in profitability for the small investor who chooses to begin with an owner-occupied property. According to Madona Rhine-Stack at  Alaska Continue Reading

Alaska’s Ever Changing Real Estate Market

January 13, 2021 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

More people are leaving Alaska than moving in. According to the Department of Labor, Alaska has lost more movers than it’s gained every year since 2013.  As of July 2020, the population had fallen to 728,903 from 740,637 in 2016. Like many economic factors, the Continue Reading

VA Financing Helps Promote Home Ownership

November 11, 2020 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

At ten percent, Alaska has the highest per capita share of veterans than any other state.  And according to the 2016  Housing Assistance Council, Alaskan  veterans have a home ownership rate of 69.5%  which is higher than the  homeownership rate for Continue Reading

How Real Estate Is Changing

April 8, 2020 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Driving down C street on my way to work, I can’t help but reflect  how in just a few short weeks the real estate industry has changed. I now carry in my tote a face mask and rubber gloves. My iPhone has the zoom app and virtual tours are taking the place of most open Continue Reading

How to File an Appeal on Your Property Assessment

February 11, 2020 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Today is the deadline to file an appeal on your real property assessment. Approximately 100,000 ‘green cards’ were simultaneously sent out on January 12 which started the clock ticking on the 30 day right to appeal your tax assessed valuation. Go to www.muni.org/pa to Continue Reading

2019 Real Estate Market Report & 2020 Predictions

January 15, 2020 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

There’s been little change in the Anchorage real estate market over the past five years. The average price of a single family home has remained stable, varying up and down by only a few thousand dollars from $364,919 to $375,000. Residential inventory has had a slow decline Continue Reading

Supporting Veterans in Alaska

November 14, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

I’d like to take a moment to thank Alaska’s veterans for their contribution to our country and state. Alaska has 68,145 veterans and they play an important role in our state’s housing market. According to the Housing Assistance Council, approximately 39,915 or 16.0 Continue Reading

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Connie Yoshimura, Owner/Broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alaska Realty.
She has over 40 years of residential real estate experience. She was the number one individual realtor, according to Multiple Listing Service, in 2015, 2016, 2017.
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