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Veterans and VA loans a big part of the housing market

By Don Fenley / April 30, 2023

GRAY – Home owners like fast, uncomplicated closings. Frequently they back away from VA loans because they believe deals are risker and a pain in the process. According to mortgage…

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Most cash sales are $100K or less deals 

By Don Fenley / April 23, 2023

Anecdotes about cash-flush, out-of-town buyers snapping up local homes are so common some think they are the norm and one of the reasons local home prices have increased so much.  …

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March townhome prices set new benchmark

By Don Fenley / April 16, 2023

March’s condo-townhome sales burst onto the spring market with a 36 percent price increase and sales that doubled from the previous month.   Last month’s $204,750 median price was the housing…

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New home market gets competitive with existing home sellers 

By Don Fenley / April 9, 2023

Inventory is making snail’s pace increases in NE Tenn. and it’s giving the new home market an advantage to be more competitive with the existing sales market.  The local market…

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Flip sales lessened inventory shortage pain

By Don Fenley / April 2, 2023

GRAY, Tenn. – Investors who flip homes have shouldered an increasing role in the NE Tenn. market since 2018 when demand for existing homes pushed inventory below balanced conditions. That…

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All-cash home sales are down so far this year 

By Don Fenley / March 26, 2023

Buyers have backed off cash sales so far this year. In January, they accounted for 28.9 percent of all sales. They picked up to 31.6 percent in February which is…

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Top earners turning to renting instead of buying

By Don Fenley / March 19, 2023

GRAY, TENN. – NE Tennessee’s multi-family housing sector has equaled and, in some cases, exceeded demand in the single-family market. Some research by the Wall Street Journal adds some context…

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Discounting shows today’s housing market is kinder to buyers

By Don Fenley / March 12, 2023

While the Northeast Tennessee region has seen a slight improvement in active housing inventory, the months of inventory metric is stubbornly stuck in the 1.6 to 1.7 months range. It’s…

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FED homeownership monitor rates Tri-Cities ‘unaffordable’ 

By Don Fenley / March 5, 2023

The Tri-Cities in tip-toeing into what’s beginning to look like a softer prime home buying and selling season without its status as an affordable housing market.  According to the Atlanta…

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Spring inventory arriving at a snail’s pace 

By Don Fenley / February 26, 2023

GRAY, TN – Have you ever heard the saying, “you can’t sell out of an empty wagon?” It’s a reality local real estate professionals have struggled with for a little…

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