Published in Anchorage Daily News on 11.29.2023 I have often wondered why first-time home buyers don’t consider purchasing a duplex as their first home. You can live in one unit and 75% of the gross rental income from the other unit can be used for qualifying Continue Reading
How Old Is Too OLD?
Published in Anchorage Daily News on 11.15.2023 On November 13, 2023, there were only 83 single-family homes for sale in Anchorage between $400,000-$600,000 which is considered the ‘missing middle’ in our local housing market. That number in itself is shocking for a Continue Reading
Reflections on the 2020 Real Estate Market
There is always a back story of how, where and when buyers and sellers enter the market. Nowhere or no time has this been more true than in 2020. Historic low mortgage rates brought a trove of first time buyers into the home buying market as well as move-up Continue Reading
Connie Yoshimura, Owner/Broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alaska Realty.