It’s 17 degrees below zero at my house right now, and I’m in Palmer, the banana belt of Alaska. I just checked weather underground and the forecast for Fairbanks is a low of -40 tomorrow. This is coming off about 2 weeks of snow every day. I think Anchorage currently is ahead of their record snowfall. At least the sky is clear and the mountains are pretty At this temperature you don’t need… read more →
Neal Fried was in Wasilla today giving a great presentation regarding the Mat-Su economy to the Valley Board of Realtors. Neal is an economist for the State of Alaska. He has a talent for making statistics seem interesting. He is excited about research. I was excited about his statistics. All the charts are courtesy of Neal Fried, click on them to enlarge. Here are some of the highlights: The population in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough… read more →
You have made the decision to purchase a house in the Mat-Su Valley. You recognize that you can get more house on more land by looking at Wasilla Real Estate and the surrounding area than you can in Anchorage. This is a good move, but now what? Pre-qualify. The first thing you need to do is go to a lender to determine which loan you will use and how much… read more →