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Residences in Adak, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska in 2014. Housing in Alaska takes a variety of forms, from single-family homes to apartment complexes. Alaska had a homeownership rate of 66.5% in 2017. [1] Issues related to housing in Alaska include homeownership, affordable housing, housing insecurity, zoning, and homelessness.
The price tag of a starter home is now over $1 million in more than 100 cities and towns across the country, according to new data from Zillow, another sign of the ongoing affordability challenges ...
The average home value, meanwhile, climbed to $359,099 in October, up by 2.6% annually, Zillow said. And per Freddie Mac, the rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage edged up to 6.84% last week.
But when it went on the market, the home listed for $950,000 — a whopping 42% above Zillow’s ballpark estimate. This was due largely to the renovated home interior and waterfront location.
Just below this settlement at 78.12° N is Svalbard's primary city, Longyearbyen, which has a population of over 2,000. When occupied for a few weeks some years, the northernmost temporary settlement in the world is Camp Barneo , a Russian tourist attraction located near 88°11'00" N.
Residents of Spitsbergen do not need visas for Schengen but are prohibited from reaching Svalbard from mainland Norway without them. People without a means of income can be rejected as residents by the governor. [39] Citizens of any treaty signatory country may visit the island without a visa. [40] Russia retains a consulate in Barentsburg. [41]
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Svalbard fisheries have witnessed an unforeseen consequence of global warming: Atlantic cod, mackerel, and snow crabs, fleeing warmer waters to the south, are heading north to Svalbard, swelling the local catch. In the decade of the 2020s, Norway values its Svalbard fishing trade at about US$94 million annually. [20]