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Anchorage mortgage calculator
A median-priced Anchorage, AK home at 6.75% over 30 years, with Alaska property tax of 1.04% and $1,200 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$2,827 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $2,237; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $460,459 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $63,916 ($312,925 in today’s dollars).
Within Alaska, Anchorage is 2nd of the 4 Alaska markets covered here, between Juneau at the top and Fairbanks at the bottom of a 1.29x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Rents here are high relative to prices — a rent index of 1.10 against a price index of 1.05. That combination favours buying sooner, because the payment you avoid is larger relative to the price you pay.
A price-to-rent ratio of 18.1 puts Anchorage in the middle of the range, where the rent-vs-buy answer is decided by how long you stay and what the deposit would otherwise earn.
Monthly cost in Anchorage vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $383,250 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $38,325 |
| Loan amount | $344,925 |
| Principal & interest | $2,237/mo |
| Property tax (1.04%) | $332/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $100/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $158/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $2,827/mo |
| Comparable rent | $1,760/mo |
What a rate move does to the Anchorage payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $1,958/mo |
| 6% | $2,068/mo |
| 6.5% | $2,180/mo |
| 7% | $2,295/mo |
| 7.5% | $2,412/mo |
| 8% | $2,531/mo |
Rent or buy in Anchorage?
Against $1,760 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $58,178 better off — $48,943 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the Alaska rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
Alaska medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Anchorage figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.