Published in Anchorage Daily News on 5.15.2024 By Connie Yoshimura Housing affordability has buckled under the weight of a 30% increase in home prices, according to a National Association of Home Builders 2024 study. Here in Continue Reading
An April Fool’s Joke
Published in the Anchorage Daily News on 4.4.24 By Connie Yoshimura On April 1, 2024 there were 133 residential properties for sale (excluding condos and mobile homes) and that number is not a joke and no one is laughing, least of all the spring buyers looking for a Continue Reading
Continued Stability in Anchorage Housing Market
While the housing market in the lower 48 is booming with new home communities and an active resale market with 6% to 18% appreciation, the Anchorage housing market remains stable, despite the state’s economic woes. Thanks, in part, to a continued lack of new home Continue Reading
How’s the Housing Market, Really? Take This Quiz.
1. Are the number of single family home sales down for the first eight months of this year compared to 2015? If your answer is yes, by what percentage? 2. What is the 2016 average sales price of a single family home in the MOA? A. $320,000 B. $350,000 C. Continue Reading
Open the Door to a New Home
Visit the Parade of Homes Sept. 10-11 and open the door to thirty-one new homes. This year’s crop of new homes range from a Hultquist Home townhouse style condo in IronTree at $242,000 to a luxury hillside home perched on a ridge in Potter Highlands with an unobstructed Continue Reading
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.