Alaska housing market

What the numbers say

Alaska real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Alaska listed for $435,000, down 2.2% from a year earlier.

Homes spent a median of 59 days on the market, faster than 62 days a year ago.

Homeowners in Alaska pay a median of $3,901 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $352,900, an effective rate of about 1.11%.

Renters pay a median of $1,419 a month, and $1,434 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 26 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $435,000 home here comes to about $2,954 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $127,000 a year (the median household here earns $92,788).