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Q1 Tri-Cities Home Sales Shift Toward Affordable, Move-Up Markets

By Don Fenley / April 7, 2026

Home sales across the Tri-Cities region rose 9.3% in the first quarter of 2026, with growth concentrated in the affordable and move-up price segments while entry-level and luxury tiers lost…

Tri-Cities Home Sales Post Modest March Gain as Move-Up Market Surges; Luxury Segment Shows Deepening Seller Concessions

By Don Fenley / April 5, 2026

Home sales in the Tri-Cities region rose 6.2% in March, driven by a sharp 25.0% jump in the move-up market. At the same time, luxury market sales continued to decline,…

Tri-Cities Pending Home Sales Up 36%

By Don Fenley / February 23, 2026

January Tri-Cities pending sales increased from both the previous month and January last year, according to the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR). There were 683 homes under contract last…

NAR Legal Action Program Helps Secure Victory in Appeals Court to Protect Use of Floorplans to Market Homes and Inform Consumers

By NETAR / January 15, 2025

CHICAGO (January 15, 2025) – The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) today announced the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision finding that the defendant brokerages and agents…

Housing market perks up – Sullivan prices drop

By Don Fenley / March 7, 2024

February’s housing market perked up with wide price and sales swings as buyers and sellers jockeyed for position in the early prime buying and selling season. Regional single-family existing home…

Jan. City-Community Home Sales Analytics

By Don Fenley / February 6, 2024

January home sales retreat, prices up 8.6%  

By Don Fenley / February 6, 2024

GRAY – January’s housing market saw some rollercoaster price swings while sales continued retreating to pre-pandemic levels. Most price swings resulted from skews driven by luxury home sales as hopes…

Local home prices post 4th double-digit annual increase

By Don Fenley / January 10, 2024

GRAY – Tri-Cities area home price stayed in the double-digit growth range last year while sales retreated to a pre-pandemic level. There were 548 closing in the counties monitored by…

Home sales decline settles, prices down

By Don Fenley / December 7, 2023

The downward arch of area home sales eased in November while prices declined for the second straight month. There were 600 closing in the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR)…

Nov. 2023 Housing Market Analytics

By Don Fenley / December 7, 2023