Can I Afford It

Can I afford a house in Alaska?

Down payment
%

≈ $83,968 down

Interest rate6.70%
Loan term30 yrs

Ongoing housing costs

Estimated total

$2,167/mo

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High risk100%
When is this due?
A two-story traditional craftsman-style house with a brick lower level and shake-style gable siding, a covered front porch with stone-based columns, and a fresh green lawn.

Alaska's overall cost of living lands close to the national average - a Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price index of 102.4 against 100 nationally - which is what the starting home price below is adjusted for, instead of a flat national default.

Alaska has no state income tax.

That makes it the 14th most expensive state in the country by this measure, out of 51 - worth knowing before assuming a national-average mortgage payment applies here.

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