Interest by residents and Alaskans is helping prop up a housing market that saw a steep drop in home sales last year, Haines real estate agents said in recent interviews.
Real estate broker Jim Studley said in an April 29 letter to the Haines Borough that the local housing market dropped as much as 50 percent in total gross volume of sales in 2009 when compared to 2006-2008.
“We have advised our clients to anticipate…
