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 →
In a previous article we looked at Five Common Methods To Determine Price. In this post I will discuss how to come up with a price that will actually result in a sale. After all it?s your price, your condition, and your location that determines whether your house will sell at all. You have no control over your location since you are already living there. Condition is important and we… read more →
In a market with ten months or more of inventory it is extremely important to correctly price your home. If it is even slightly overpriced it will most likely prevent it from selling. Remember, ten months worth of inventory doesn’t mean that your home will sell in ten months. It’s not like we will run out of inventory in ten months so that your home will sell because it is the… read more →