Local home prices continued their upward trajectory in June and reached the highest level since 1979.   The 12-month Home Price Index for the Johnson City metro area was 18.9%. It was 17.6%…

Barring unexpected complications expect home construction to begin expanding inventory for the next two years.  Kingsport is just one example of how construction is being ramped up. The city has 1,500 lots for single-family and condos in some stage of…

How can Realtors boost the morale of buyers in a market where reports of bidding wars, offers above the listing price, and steep price increases dominate the conversation?   One way is to remind them that while…

  The local condo and townhome market doesn’t get as much public attention as the existing and new home markets. That doesn’t mean it’s not sharing in the real estate market’s Midas touch.   …

Multiple indicators point to slight housing demand easing and an improvement in the inventory crunch. The market is expected to remain robust with more choices for buyers.  The days a home spends on the market before…

 During the last 12 months 4,162 local residents took out loans to either refinance or buy a home. That’s a 54% increase from the first quarter of last year. Record-low…

There were 201 vacant land sales in May. That’s 28 fewer than in April. So far this year 967 sales have closed. During the first five months of last year, there were 509 closings.  …

May’s median existing-home sales price was 18.8% higher than it was in May 2020. That double-digit year-over-year trend has been consistent for 10 of the past 11 months. And while it’s less…

Inventory made the second monthly ever-so-slight increase in May. At month’s end, there were 1,048 active listings, up from 995 in April. That’s still a little less than half of the active…

May will be the final month for the inflated home sale comps this year. They’re inflated because it compares today’s strong market to one where the growth rate bottomed out while the pandemic was trashing the economy.   May 2020 local sales were…