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Alaska mortgage costs
What a typical Alaska (AK) purchase actually costs each month once property tax, insurance and PMI are included — and how to model your own numbers.
| Median home price | $365,000 |
|---|---|
| 10% down payment | $36,500 |
| Loan amount | $328,500 |
| Principal & interest (30yr @ 6.75%) | $2,131/mo |
| Property tax (1.04%) | $316/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $100/mo |
| PMI (until 20% equity) | $137/mo |
| Estimated total monthly | $2,684/mo |
Illustrative only, at a 6.75% sample rate with 10% down. Your rate, tax assessment and insurance premium will differ.
What makes Alaska different
No state income or sales tax, but heating and maintenance costs belong in the carrying-cost line alongside escrow.
Insurance is comparatively mild: $1,200 a year is the 3rd lowest in the country, or $100 a month against $316 of property tax.
Alaska levies no state income tax, so a mortgage interest deduction is worth only your federal marginal rate. With $3,796 of property tax a year, many buyers here never clear the standard deduction and itemise nothing at all.
At $365,000 to buy against $1,600 a month to rent, the price-to-rent ratio is 19.0 — the 16th highest in the country, close enough to the middle that the answer turns on your holding period and what a down payment would earn invested instead.
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