Alaska real estate News

Alaska real estate News

November 9, 2008

Anchorage AK Homes for Sale

Bill Babylon: http://www.getrealalaska.com/

Can't Sell Your Home? Why Not Rent it?
It may not always make sense to sell your home. If that's the case, renting it could be a good option. But understanding the rental process and using expert help will alleviate extra stress. FULL STORY ->

Weaker Job Market Leads to Lower Mortgage Rates
Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.20 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending November 6, 2008, down from last week when it averaged 6.46 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.24 percent. FULL STORY ->

Investor Report: Home Investors Booming
The economy may be flat, but it's boom time for investors who know how to buy houses at fire-sale prices, fix them up and sell or rent them out. FULL STORY ->

All Marketing, All the Time: What's New in Smart Design
Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the transcendentalist movement in the early 19th Century once said, "build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door." How can a property owner differentiate visually from the competition through creative marketing strategies enhanced by smart design? FULL STORY ->

U.K. Building Company Looks to Lime for Sustainable Building Materials
The Linford Group, a Birmingham, United Kingdom-based building company, is looking back at natural products and techniques that have actually been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, as its vision for the next generation of 'better-than-zero carbon' sustainable building materials. The company is working with Abingdon-based specialists Lime Technology to explore ways of cutting the industry's carbon footprint by using hemp and lime in place of concrete and cement. FULL STORY ->

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