By Connie Yoshimura Anchorage has a long road ahead of them to reach an annual goal of 1,000 new housing units in the coming years. Over the last seven years, Anchorage has averaged only 376 permits, including single family, duplex or multi-family. Continue Reading
Future of Anchorage Housing Hangs on Urgent Need for Affordability Solutions
By Connie Yoshimura Anchorage housing continues its first-class trajectory resulting in more and more buyers shut out of the market. According to MLS statistics, the first five months of 2024 showed an 11.95% increase in closed volume but only a 4.01% Continue Reading
What Home Buyers Really Want
Published in the Anchorage Daily News on 4.25.2024 By Connie Yoshimura The National Association of Home Builders has published a 2024 study on what buyers are looking for in their homes and communities including what amenities are trending and the Continue Reading
The Search for the Missing Middle
Of the 20 homes entered in the Anchorage Spring Preview of Homes 8 averaged over $1 million. Hundreds of visitors flocked to see the latest in their WOW factors from the panoramic vistas on Potter Valley Road to the hidden gems nestled in upper hillside cul-de sacs. But Continue Reading
The Return of the Ranch
Much of Anchorage’s original housing stock consisted of ranch homes in Nunaka Valley, Old Turnagain and the ‘pilot’ housing along the original airstrip that we now call the ‘Park Strip’. The Nunaka Valley homes were small square footage, many with just two bedrooms and Continue Reading
Driving to the Mat-Su
According to the Department of Transportation approximately 60,000 vehicles cross under the Muldoon overpass heading north out of Anchorage each day. Some travelers exit at JBER, Eagle River, Chugiak, Peters Creek or somewhere in between but 29,000 head to the Mat-Su Continue Reading
Spring Buying Season Arrives Early
Despite our record breaking snow fall, the spring home buying season has already arrived! There’s always been the annual influx of military, medical and oil related relocation buyers in the spring but this year they started arriving early as if they knew Continue Reading
What Is the Benefit of a Lot Reservation?
From the time a land developer purchases a tract of land until he/she is able to sell lots in a fully approved and platted subdivision, there are multiple steps and obstacles to overcome. That approval and construction process may take anywhere from six months (if you are Continue Reading
Why HOAs Are So Important
Aside from being the Broker/Owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, I am also a residential land developer. I began my development career almost forty years ago and specialize in single family new home communities, including Kempton Park, Turnagain View Estates, more Continue Reading
Have Interest Rates Had a Negative Impact on the Residential Real Estate Market
Sometimes I forget that the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) is more than the Anchorage Bowl. Its 1,947 square miles stretching all the way to Portage and north to Eklutna. We all tend to be a bit myopic and get comfortable with our favorite Costco or coffee Continue Reading
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