As many of you know, I began my real estate career with the goal of making enough money so that I could quit work and write poetry. Poets are inevitably poor and I grew up in a midwestern factory town which manufactured Maytag parts and where my Caucasian grandfather Continue Reading
A Surprising Spring Market
When I read that statewide unemployment benefit payments in March increased by 1,024% compared to a year ago and that the price of oil went negative, I worried about our local housing market. When I walked downtown this past Sunday afternoon and saw all the shuttered Continue Reading
How Real Estate Is Changing
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
Home Sweet Home
Now more than ever, your home is a safe haven. Whether it’s an apartment, a trailer, a single family home or your first condo, we are grateful to have a place in which to ‘hunker down’. A special thank you to Robin Ward, head of Real Estate Services for the MOA, who Continue Reading
How Alaska’s Changing Demographics May Affect our Housing Trends
Alaska’s population fell in 2019 to 731,007 which is 8,600 below the peak of 739,649 people in 2016, according to the Alaska Economic Trends February 2020 report. The major factors affecting this decline is the number of people moving out of Alaska and fewer Continue Reading
Why I Work the Street
That’s what I call doing open houses on weekends. That’s about the only time buyers have to look at homes. The rest of the week they’re busy working one, two, maybe even three jobs so that they can qualify to purchase a new home. I work the street Continue Reading
2019 Real Estate Market Report & 2020 Predictions
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
How to Protect Your Home from Sub Zero Temperatures
It’s been a decade since Anchorage has experienced such a long stretch of subzero weather. It’s a good reminder that we live in the Arctic and need to plan and take good care of our homes. Frozen and burst water pipes are one of the most common problems and can Continue Reading
What is Your Luxury?
Perhaps luxury can best defined as something that is not essential but is expensive, desirable or valuable and provides comfort and enjoyment. At least that’s the definition that first pops up when you google the word. I’ve taken the liberty to add ‘enjoyment’. There Continue Reading
Evolution of the Thanksgiving Kitchen
The kitchen will always be the heart of the home, especially during the holidays, but its design and function continues to evolve. Over the decades, we’ve had the galley kitchen, the L shaped kitchen, the peninsula, the island, then the larger island with a sink/dishwasher Continue Reading
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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.