Bill Popp probably said it best in his three year economic forecast for the Anchorage economy. He said our current situation is a ‘pinch’ not a punch like we experienced in the late 1980’s. I agree with him. Last year was the best real estate year for sales and higher prices Continue Reading
Archives for 2016
How Much Does Pretty Matter?
Buyers zip through online websites looking for the home of their dreams. They discard homes based on the exterior photo and move on to a dozen or sometimes a hundred different properties. At open houses, probably fifty percent of those who thought they were interested in the Continue Reading
When Is a Contract Not a Contract?
The forms committee of the statewide Multiple Listing Service has done an outstanding job in creating purchase and sale agreements which are used for the vast majority of residential real estate transactions in the state of Alaska. The contract is virtually a fill in the Continue Reading
How ‘Fire Wise’ Are We Really?
First, let me commend the hundreds of firefighters and support teams from all over the state and lower forty-eight who are working to contain the McHugh Creek Fire. With foresight, several years ago, the Anchorage Fire Department implemented a Fire Wise program, educating Continue Reading
Sometimes It’s the Little Things that Make a Company Great
Dwell Realty is not the largest real estate brokerage in Alaska; nor are our offices the fanciest but Dwell realtors are the best in the industry with the highest average sales prices of any of the top ten Alaska brokerages and with thirty realtors, ranks #5 in the market Continue Reading
Summer Real Estate Sales Activity
I hope everyone had a pleasant 4th of July weekend which is always a nice mid-summer break before real estate sales pick up for the next four months. Whether or not we have the usual bump in real estate sales activity will be a good indicator of our local economy. In real Continue Reading
Looking for a New Home in Today’s Market
According to the MLS, residential active listing inventory in the Municipality of Anchorage bumped up to over 900 units for sale in April and May, similar to the available inventory in 2010, turning the Anchorage market into more of a buyer’s market than a seller’s. Just a Continue Reading
How Home Design Has Changed Over the Years
Remember the formal living room? It’s gone. The formal dining room. Almost gone. Eight foot ceilings? Now, they are nine and ten tall with at least two-story entries. How about that two-story arch over the front door? Gone. Now, it’s all about the amount and type of glass in Continue Reading
Busy Summer for New Home Communities
Finally, after two years from acquisition, the Huffman Timbers new home community is finally open this week with paving installed on Wednesday. Acquired in the summer of 2014, the eight acre plus site went through a rezone from R6 to R1 (single family lots with public water Continue Reading
Anchorage Housing Market Separation: Price Point and Location
What’s happening in the Anchorage housing market depends on where you’re looking and what price point. For despite the increase in available homes (current inventory last week after pending sales was 722 compared to 454 for the same week in 2016 according to MLS), some Continue Reading
Connie Yoshimura, Owner/Broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alaska Realty.