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Are Anchorage Home Values Stalled?

June 1, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

  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

May 17, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

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

A Stable Residential Market for the Rest of 2023

May 3, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

According to Rob Kreiger in the Alaska’s Economic Trends’ May issue, “the market may cool off but a price collapse is unlikely.” Published by the Department of Labor and WorkForce Development, the research and analysis of Alaska’s housing market provides insight Continue Reading

The Search for the Missing Middle

April 19, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

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

April 4, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

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

Are You a Member of an HOA?

March 22, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

If your answer is yes, then prepare yourself for an increase in your 2023 monthly dues. Record snowfall didn’t just break the MOA budget but your HOA budget as well. According to Natalie Smyre, HOA manager at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alaska Realty, budget season for Continue Reading

Driving to the Mat-Su

March 8, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

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

March 3, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

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

Reporting from the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas

February 15, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

      I felt like I was dog paddling in the middle of the Pacific Ocean at the NAHB Home Show. There were over 180,000 attendees checking out the latest in lighting, wall colors and walking through the simulated rain forest at the Kohler Bathroom Continue Reading

What is the True Value of Your Home in Today’s Market?

January 20, 2023 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

The easy answer is put a for sale sign in your snow berm; post it on Instagram and face book and wait for someone to send you a text. But be ready to quote an asking price. Buyers, sellers and curiosity seekers all start with Zillow. Zillow is an algorithm based upon the 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.
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