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County data last updated 2026-08-20. FIPS 02020. Full source list on /methodology.
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Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's mortgage-revenue-bond first mortgage, offering a reduced interest rate to first-time homebuyers (no ownership of a primary residence in the prior 3 years, waived for veterans and buyers in HUD-designated targeted areas) who meet AHFC's income and acquisition-cost limits, which vary by borough. Because it uses tax-exempt bond financing, borrowers may owe a federal mortgage-interest 'recapture tax' if the home is sold within 9 years and certain income/gain thresholds are met; AHFC advises consulting a tax professional.
AHFC's companion first-mortgage program for first-time buyers whose income exceeds the Tax-Exempt (First Home Limited/TEP) program's income limit, or who are purchasing a home above that program's acquisition-cost limit. Offers a reduced interest rate versus a standard market loan, with no income or purchase-price cap, and none of the tax-exempt program's recapture-tax exposure.
Down payment and closing-cost assistance for low-income Alaska homebuyers, structured as a zero-interest loan (commonly reported by secondary sources as up to $10,000, with an initial portion conditionally forgivable over a 5-year period), delivered through nonprofit intermediaries in Alaska's major urban areas rather than directly by AHFC.