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Existing Home Market Tougher Than Last Year

By Don Fenley / February 17, 2025

January’s housing market is catching a lot of negative media. Sales are down from December. And prices were pretty weak compared to what locals are used to. In many ways…

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Tri-Cities new home market off to a strong start

By Don Fenley / February 9, 2025

New home sales got off to a robust start in January. The average Tri-Cities area home sold was a tad bit larger than it was this time last year while…

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Inventory tracking shows Greene Co. advantage

By Don Fenley / February 3, 2025

End-of-January inventory data from news and research company ResiClub Pro points to some market advantage developing in Greene Co. It’s keyed to an analysis of active listings and months of…

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Housing Market More Buyer-Friendly, Here’s Why

By Don Fenley / January 26, 2025

Tucked away in many of the current crop of media housing stories is a line that says the market is getting a little more buyer friendly. Most of the time,…

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Tri-Cities Area New Home Sales Up 23%, Prices Down 18%

By Don Fenley / January 20, 2025

New homes sold last year in the Tri-Cities area were smaller than the year before and both the median and average sales prices declined. There were 741 new home sales…

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$1-million plus sales down, Dec. top sale at the Ridges

By Don Fenley / January 12, 2025

Top of the housing market closed the year with less than half of the sales of the previous year. There were 70 $1-million plus sales, down from 123 during 2023.…

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Will inventory spur an early start to the Spring home buying, selling season?

By Don Fenley / January 5, 2025

There is a chance that the Spring prime home buying and selling season will get an early start this year after the doldrums that consumed the last half of 2024.…

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New home market moves toward 2025 with affordability focus

By Don Fenley / December 29, 2024

New home sales were down in Nov. and so were prices. Lower prices have been the norm since builders reduced the square footage of their products to increase affordability and…

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Mobile Home Sales Stagnant, Prices Up

By Don Fenley / December 22, 2024

Mobile home sales were stagnant last month, but the effects of a slower market were as clear as they were with stick-built homes. There were 43 sales, down one from…

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MARKET PULSE – Nov. top sale was Mountain City home and farm

By Don Fenley / December 15, 2024

Million dollar plus sales dropped to their lowest level this year in November. There were three sales, down from eight during November last year. The top sale was in Mountain…

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