The reason State economists aren't seeing a drop in house prices is because houses aren't selling. No sales = no sales data. If the economists lived in Anchorage, they might notice the 8 house for sale signs on every corner.  And the realize this fact.  But that would involve common sense, which does not run deep in our state economists.  With a $2.5 billion annually deficit Alaska should not be funding economists.  We can easily live without them.