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How to find the best home sales comparisons

By Don Fenley / May 30, 2021

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…

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Tracking market demand with NETAR’s reports

By Don Fenley / May 23, 2021

May 24 Market Pulse  There was a time when “what kind of foreclosures are out there” was the most common question a Realtor® heard. And then it was, “how’s the market doing?” Nowadays, it’s…

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Commercial real estate shaking off slump

By Don Fenley / May 16, 2021

Market Pulse – May 17  The last two monthly NETAR Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Reports point to a sector shaking off pandemic effects and gearing up for getting back to business as usual. So far this year, the transactions trend is up 44% from…

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Market Pulse – May 10

By Don Fenley / May 9, 2021

April’s home sales were up 33.7% from April last year, but is that a realistic market indicator?  It’s an accurate number but not totally representative of today’s market conditions.   April last year was the first full month of economic reaction to the pandemic.…

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Market Pulse – May 3

By Don Fenley / May 3, 2021

Vacant land inventory is showing signs of last year’s sales surge. During the first three months of this year, active inventory was down almost 19%, while sales were up 74%. There were 541 sales…

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Market Pulse – April 19

By Don Fenley / April 19, 2021

Three key housing market data points were in sync at the end of March.    There were 991 homes in active inventory. At the same time, there were 983 pending sales…

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Commercial Real Estate spikes

By Don Fenley / April 17, 2021

WETS’ Business Matters cited NETAR’s March and Q1 Northeast Tennessee Commercial Real Estate Report. Momentum has been building since the fourth quarter of last year. It released in March. Office…

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Market Pulse – April 12

By Don Fenley / April 12, 2021

Tri-Cities area home prices made another double-digit increase in March. The average residential resale price of $229,499 was 23.2% higher than last year. That’s good news for sellers and not-so-good…

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Market Pulse – April 5

By Don Fenley / April 5, 2021

Buyers are flooding the housing market early in the year. With plenty of buyers and not as many sellers, homes are selling fast at higher prices. So far this year,…

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Market Pulse – March 29

By Don Fenley / March 29, 2021

Land sales in the NETAR region continued an upswing last month. Here’s what the February numbers look like: –         151 sales – one more than in January and 45 more than…

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