Rental prices in Anchorage soared over the past year, increasing by 14.2% in line with a national trend, according to a report released this month by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce.

Alaska residential rental costs used to be the highest in the nation. Now the typical rent in Alaska is about the same as the national median for the first time on record, and 19 states have higher ...

Alaskans used to pay the highest rent in the nation, but new state data show that cost has stabilized. Rent was about 50% higher than the national average in 1980 in Alaska and average household ...