...though, policymakers feel the urge to intervene. Another costly plan to bail out underwater mortgages or prop up real-estate prices would only delay the inevitable outcome. That's not conjecture. That's what we're learning from experience...
...and timeshares. EscapeHomes.com put Ketchikan on its top 10 list, based on user requests, buyer interest and real estate prices, administrator Robert Barnum said. "We try to help people realize that there are smaller markets that don't...
...has compounded depletion of halibut (caused in part by a moratorium on short-term rentals); helped drive up real estate prices beyond the reach of middle class residents; and created tensions that manifest in ways from bumper stickers to bar...
...golden egg? What impact would it have on the Alaska economy, both short- and long-term? What would it do to real estate prices? Voters already said they didn't want to use the earnings from the permanent fund to help balance the budget...
...Even though some of that likely was related to Y2K worries, it is an unsustainable level. Rising stock prices and real estate prices have added to Americans' sense of how wealthy they are. Together these gains have accounted for about 25 percent...
...marine highway employees probably own homes in Juneau, and how the dumping of these homes on the market will change real estate prices. Think, too, of the precedent it sets if Ketchikan succeeds in taking away the ferry system offices. Other towns...
...unfair. Without the subsidy, the true cost of buying a home will be unmasked, exerting more downward pressure on real-estate prices. So we need to act cautiously, over an extended period. Yet act we must. This giveaway saps an estimated $100...
...golden egg? What impact would it have on the Alaska economy, both short- and long-term? What would it do to real estate prices? Voters already said they didn't want to use the earnings from the permanent fund to help balance the budget...
...Even though some of that likely was related to Y2K worries, it is an unsustainable level. Rising stock prices and real estate prices have added to Americans' sense of how wealthy they are. Together these gains have accounted for about 25 percent...
...population fell by 25,000. Alaska-hire initiatives by oil companies may erase fears of an out-state migration. Yet real estate prices are often as much perception as reality. Real estate agents say they have not seen an ebb in buying interest. But...
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