Welcome to North Pole Alaska

As one of Alaska's most unique towns and home to famous Santa Claus house, North Pole is still about 1,700 miles south of the Earth's geographic North Pole.

North Pole has events and activities year round including summertime attractions for tourists and residents in town and from nearby Fairbanks. About two miles south of North Pole is the Corps of Engineers Chena River Flood Control Project, which offers tours in the summer. The nearby Chena Lakes recreation area is popular for skiing in the winter and swimming and boating in the summer. North Pole also provides a bus service from Fairbanks on the Green Line.

Probably North Pole's biggest attraction is a gift shop named Santa Claus House, the modern-day incarnation of a trading post established in the town's early days. The Santa Claus House is known for the world's largest fiberglass statue of Santa Claus outside. Prior to Christmas each year, the USPS post office in North Pole receives hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa Claus, and thousands more from people wanting the town's postmark on their Christmas greeting cards to their families. It advertises the ZIP code 99705 as the ZIP code of Santa. A local mechant named Con Miller moved his store to North Pole and began a tradition that is still going on today. Miller had already developed a reputation for playing Santa Claus to the Native children in the Alaskan Villages, and so he named his new trading post Santa Claus House.

North Pole is always in the Christmas spirit with Santa Claus Lane, St. Nicholas Drive, Snowman Lane, and Kris Kringle Drive. Street lights in the city are decorated in a candy cane motif, and many local businesses have similar decorations. The city's firetrucks and ambulances are all red, while the police cars are green and white.

About 12 miles south of Fairbanks, North Pole encourages it's vendors and business owners to carry out the Christmas theme year round. Since it is about midway between Ft. Wainwright and Eielson A.F.B. on the Richardson Highway, it is a bedroom community for military families who prefer to live off base.

North Pole has a large residential population hidden away. Their first 71 room hotel (North Pole Hotel) was due to open in 2009. There is also Beaver Lake Resort and Jolly Acres Motel as well as darling little bed & breakfasts.

Weather and the Environment

Alaska is known as "Land of the Midnight Sun" because the sun is up 24 hours per day in parts of Northern Alaska where there is no night sky for many weeks. In the Summer the gardens and flowers flurish in the 24 hours of daylight.

North Pole's shortest day of the year is just under 4 hours of daylight on December 21st, while the longest day of the year, June 21st, is almost 22 hours of daylight. Temperatures can dip as low as -78 degrees in the winter, to a high of 95 degrees during our summers and we are prepared for it all.

When you're ready to make the move to North Pole Alaska or anywhere in the Fairbanks real estate area, please contact Cameron Harter. Born and Raised in Fairbanks, Cameron knows the area well including all homes in and around North Pole.
Phone: 907-456-4653
Cell: 907-590-3612
Fax: 907-456-4652
Email: cameronharter@alaska.com

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Contact:

Wesley Madden, CEO

Madden Real Estate, LLC

(907) 452-3000, Wes@WesMadden.com

Fairbanks Alaska Real Estate

Wes Madden of Madden real estate, llc Named One of America’s

Top 1,000 Real Estate professional Teams BY
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and Real Trends

Madden of Fairbanks, Had an Impressive $101,202,502 sales volume and 463 transactions on His Way to Becoming One of Fairbanks’ Top Professionals, ranked 37^th and 16^th in the United States

(Fairbanks, AK, September 13, 2011) Wesley Madden of Madden Real Estate, LLC was named one of America’s top real estate professional teams by The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends. He is now a member of the “The ThousandTop Real Estate Professionals,” a prestigious national awards ranking sponsored annually by the two respected publications. Madden is now ranked in the top one half of 1 percent of the more than 1 million REALTORS® nationwide.

The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals was announced on September 6, 2011 with four separate categories honoring the top 250 residential agents and agent teams for excellence in:

• Individual Sales Professionals – Sales volume
• Individual Sales Professionals – Transaction sides (in each real estate transaction, there are two sides that can be represented by a real estate agent: a buyer’s and a seller’s.)

• Team Professionals – Sales Volume
• Team Professionals – Transaction sides

The Thousand Press Release

According to The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals, Madden had sales volume and transaction sides totaling $101,202,502 and 463 transaction sides, ranking 37^th and 16^th, in the nation.

“The best individual agents and teams – including Madden’s award-winning efforts – were nothing short of phenomenal considering the challenging real estate market,” said Steve Murray, founder of Denver-based publishing and communications company REAL Trends, which compiled the list. “Ironically, if you look at the top 250 in each category you will find that collectively, their sales volume and transaction sides held up quite nicely compared with the market as a whole.”

“Becoming a member of such an elite group as the The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals is an incredible accomplishment in any market, but what Madden did during these challenging times is impressive on so many levels,” said Marti Gallardo, vice president of classified advertising for The Wall Street Journal. “His efforts topped 99.99 percent of the more than 1 million REALTORS nationwide.”

“I am absolutely thrilled to be named to The Thousand,” said Madden, who serves clients primarily in the Fairbanks and North Pole markets. “Even with the market’s challenges, it’s incredibly gratifying to help clients find their dream homes as well as help them sell their properties quickly and for the highest price possible.”

The four lists of the The Thousand can be found at:

http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/individual-sides

http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/individual-volume

http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/team-sides

http://realtrends.com/products/top-1000-sales-professionals/team-volume

About The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals

The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals awards program was developed jointly by The Wall Street Journal’s Business Development Group and REAL Trends, a leading source of analysis and information for the residential real estate brokerage industry. The Real Estate Top 1,000 honors America’s elite real estate agents and their companies and is compiled and analyzed by REAL Trends.

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There is a decent means to get a house shown & a wrong way to show. Lots of sellers leave behind money, or turn off prospective buyers since they simply don't see how a house should be shown. The folowing is a database of rules to monitor that'll assist you to sell your house for top figure profit:

• Keep those receipts. If you concluded some substantial work on your house, keep your receipts but only bare them if anyone questions the value of work performed (in the negotiation process). Several times additional work will improve value to your property at little price. So just use the receipts if you need to validate the work.

• Keep those utility bills. Buyers frequently have questions about utility costs of owning a home. If you still have utility bills, you'll truly increase your credibility & help deliver specified answers to fundamental questions. Be sure to keep electric, gas, water, oil, sewage & waste bills.

• Getaway during organised tours. Three is a crowd when your home is shown. The lone exception to this policy is if you've got special knowledge of your property that your Realtor can not satisfy. But in most cases, don't delay. Buyers don't feel comfortable to thoroughly take in everything, if they think that the seller is "watching their every action. "

• Turn all lights on in the course of showings. Lighting is a good sign. Even in the middle of a sunny afternoon.
• Open all drapes & bring in as much natural light as imaginable. Buyers dislike dark homes. All you can do to brighten up your home helps.
• Turn off the radio & television. Turn off the football game. Inform the children that loud music will need a postponement while the home is displayed. Sometimes very delicate, background music can better a showing. But normally, no music whatsoever is your top option.
• Prepare a pleasant scent. Cinnamon sticks or vanilla boiled in a pot of water on the range produce lovely aromas & make a home smell attractive. Apple & cherry wood smouldering a fireplace do the same. & who can in actuality resist the scent of apple pie or fresh bread baking in the kitchen. Often, these pleasant smells can overrule old odours your home can have. Keeping animals out of the home is a precondition. It's best to keep them away from home for an entire calendar day before an open house. On the way "pet smell" has time to weaken.

• Finally, ensure you don't multi-color material with a lot of varied colours. A buyer should walk in & set eyes on at first sight only three & not more than four colours before they feel "full" anything over that and they wont don't feel comfortable.

If you do all of these tips then the value of your Fairbanks real estate will be enhanced greatly. Always remember with real estate that the devil is in the details.

~ Ray Brasier

If you want to purchase Fairbanks real estate but fear that poor credit will prevent you from getting financing, don't be afraid. First understand this.

So the deck of cards is already stacked against you. 130 cards that can destroy your credit and only 5 cards that can strengthen your credit. Sounds like a game you don't even want to play does it?

First things first. Obtain a copy of your credit report. How to do this? Just go into your local lender and initiate a credit application for a home mortgage. They will pull credit for you and in most cases address the issues on your credit and give guidance as to how to improve the score based on your current financial situation. Then contact any creditors with outstanding balances and explain your current financial situation. Explain that you are willing to work with them if they can settle on a lesser amount rather than the full outstanding bill. Creditors if convinced they will not get anymore than what you are offering right now oftentimes will take 30 to 40 percent of the total balance due.

Once that is settled and you have made your final payment, have them issue a signed letter stating that the debt has been satisfied. This is crucial. You need proof to send to the credit bureaus to get them to update your credit record. In the eyes of a lender, this is a better method of rectifying your credit than setting up a payment plan though a consumer counseling service.

By resolving your own credit problems using the partial payment approach, it demonstrates to lenders your ability to be a responsible credit user. In addition to avoiding the consumer counseling services, you should also avoid filing bankruptcy if at all possible. This act will stay on your credit for a period of 5 to 10 years depending on your state.

One effective method to redeem your credit status is to go get a secured credit card. Simply just put a deposit down with the bank that you are applying to for the card and the amount that you have in the account is the limit that is on your card. There is no risk to the bank and you get to build credit again. We always encourage that you let your Realtor refer you to a local lender. They know the local banks that have the ability to get borrowers financed even without "perfect" credit.

So now that you have began the process of fixing your credit. Make sure to make every payment in a timely fashion. In other words...DON'T BE LATE. Banks who have given another chance to someone with a history of late payments have no patience with someone who doesn't show they are willing to make an honest, hard change. So when you have demonstrated a pristine record with no payments being late for a year or two. Then you might be able to refinance at rate better than the one you have now. It normally will depend on how much your credit score has improved.

To read more information on how to effectively sell or buy Fairbanks real estate then go to Ray Brasier's website to learn how a professional buys and sells Fairbanks real estate

Did you catch that the other day? Fairbanks Alaska was at 81 degrees while folks in Phoenix enjoyed a mere 79? Ha.. May seem trivial but we're talking about a 3,500 mile difference from one direction toward the equator to the other - hello, just 20 minutes from the North Pole! (ok, North Pole Alaska - but still!)

Maybe there is something to this global warming phenomenon or maybe that's just how it is in the summer in beautiful Fairbanks Alaska.

It's true that Fairbanks can drop a chilling negative double digits in the winter but can also soar to record temps over 90 in the summer. This makes Fairbanks a wonderful place to call home if you want that truly dramatic seasonal shift every year.

Wes Madden and his team put together an amazing website full of Fairbanks market reports and trends and just about anything you would want to know about the Fairbanks and North Pole Alaska area.

As a former Black Hawk Pilot in the Army himself Wes Madden decided on real estate as his career of choice after retirement and now helps dozens of folks from the Fort Wainwright and Eilison AFB find homes or sell them when the time comes to relocate.

If you are in need of real estate in Fairbanks or anything in the North Pole region of Alaska contact Wes Madden and his team. All of the team members are licensed Realtors and they conduct an exhaustive training program as well as compiling a host of real estate designations equivalent of several graduate degrees.

Their Buyer representation may pose many challenges but they continue to handle them on a daily basis: from knowing up to the minute financing information and guidelines, being an expert in writing contracts and negotiating purchases and repairs.

The Customer Experience Staff ranges from our 'Director of First Impressions', to our 'Director of Operations' all the way to our famous 'Closing Coordinator'. Their sole function is to offer a consistent level of service to the customer throughout the real estate transaction process that ultimately results in an experience that creates a lifelong client with the Wes Madden Team.

Contact them today for all Fairbanks and North Pole Real Estate:

Wes@WesMadden.com

907-452-3000

 

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