Archives for 2015

Although the final permit numbers for new housing units are not in, there is very little new construction activity in December, and so a downward trend in housing starts has definitely emerged for 2015. With that caveat in mind, this past year brought an 11.23% decline in Continue Reading

The implementation of the new Title 21 scheduled for January 1, 2016, couldn’t come at a worse time for builders and developers. Originally conceived during the housing boom of the mid 2000’s, it was meant to create a more aesthetically pleasing new age community. Ten years Continue Reading

  After the ten years of blood, sweat and tears over the new Title 21, have you ever wondered where the people who made these new rules live? If they have been afforded the opportunity for home ownership, do they live in what they are advocating? So, we decided to do a Continue Reading

  After ten years, endless meetings and committees, and a financial cost too great to calculate, the new Title 21 land use regulations go into effect on January 1, 2016. The new land use regulations were to streamline the process and make it easier for developers, Continue Reading

  There are five major reasons why people buy and sell homes. Those reasons are marriage, birth, death, divorce, and job change. Add (in parenthesis) the investor to that list and you have the universal buy/sell equation and Anchorage is no different. The real question Continue Reading

  Selection New Hultquist communities are popping up all over Anchorage, including southwest, southeast, the hillside and east Anchorage. Hultquist Homes offers a variety of floor plans and homesite options, making it easy for you to find the home and neighborhood of Continue Reading

  Not all condos are created the same and therefore not all HOA budgets will be alike. A townhouse style condo generally sits on a single tract of land. But it can also sit on a platted duplex or four plex lot. The road in front of the unit can be a private driveway or Continue Reading

Not all subdivisions are created equally, even though they make look alike and be just down the street from one another. Most, but not all, are regulated by a set of covenants, codes, and restrictions which are enforced by a homeowners’ association. Whether buying into an Continue Reading

  October usually brings some surprises in the financial markets but this past week’s quarter percent drop in 30 year fixed rate mortgages to 3.75% came as an unexpected announcement. Not that it’s not welcome news for Alaskans in addition to a record breaking $2,072 Continue Reading

                    That answer to that question is ‘yes’, at least according to the American Institute of Architects’ housing survey just published by the National Association of Homebuilders.  According to the survey, homeowners are attempting to remodel or build homes to Continue Reading