Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Anchorage Municipality index 1975–2025
Anchorage Municipality (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Anchorage Municipality's FHFA index, with the national index rebased to the same start.
Census Bureau notes: building permit figures cover new privately owned housing units authorised by permit-issuing places; permits do not mean the units were started or completed, and places that report less often than monthly are imputed in monthly totals. FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.
In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, covered 287 housing units (−1.0% year on year); the place lies in Anchorage Municipality.
144 of those units were single-family houses (50%), 61 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 82 in buildings of five or more units. That is 1.0 units per 1,000 residents, close to the county's 1.0 and close to the state's 1.1.
Since 1995 the place has authorised 31,599 units, with the busiest year 2003 (2,387 units). Anchorage Municipality's FHFA house price index rose +41.7% over the ten years to 2025.
287units permitted, 12 months to August 2026−1.0% on the previous 12 months
144single-family units50% of the total
82units in 5+ unit buildings29% of the total
1.0units per 1,000 residentsAnchorage Municipality 1.0 · Alaska 1.1
Permits by month and structure type
Housing units authorised in Municipality of Anchorage by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings
Units, 12 months to August 2026
Municipality of Anchorage
Anchorage Municipality
Alaska
United States
All housing units
287
287
814
1,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)
144 (50%)
144 (50%)
453 (56%)
888,241 (63%)
2 units
40
40
88
34,814
3–4 units
21
21
75
17,298
5 or more units
82 (29%)
82 (29%)
198 (24%)
477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents
1.0
1.0
1.1
4.1
Change on previous 12 months
−1.0%
−1.0%
−14.8%
−0.1%
Permits by year since 1995
Housing units authorised in Municipality of Anchorage by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings
31,599 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2003. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.
Home prices in Anchorage Municipality
FHFA's index for Anchorage Municipality rose +41.7% over the ten years to 2025 (+3.5% a year) and +4.0% in the latest year, against +52.4% and +4.1% for Alaska. Full county page: decade table, peak-to-low declines, every ZIP code and every permit-issuing place in the county.
Questions and answers
How many homes are being built in Municipality of Anchorage, AK?
287 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 290 in the previous 12 months.
What kind of housing is being permitted in Municipality of Anchorage?
144 single-family units, 40 in two-unit buildings, 21 in three- and four-unit buildings and 82 in buildings of five or more units.
How does Municipality of Anchorage compare with its county and state?
1.0 units per 1,000 residents in Municipality of Anchorage, 1.0 in Anchorage Municipality and 1.1 in Alaska.
How have home prices moved in Anchorage Municipality?
FHFA's index for Anchorage Municipality rose +41.7% over the ten years to 2025 and +4.0% in the latest year; the county page has the full series.
What does a permit count?
A housing unit authorised by a building permit for new privately owned residential construction, as reported to the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey by the permit-issuing office. Permits are not completions; some permitted units are never built, and places that report only annually are imputed in monthly figures.
Provenance
Permits: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place-level monthly and annual files through August 2026 (permit office 041000); county and state comparisons from the county and state files. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates for incorporated places, matched on FIPS place code where the permit office is one. House price index: Federal Housing Finance Agency. Public domain. Corrections · Building Permits Survey.