June is Homeownership Month, and this year’s observance is very different from last year. Last year we were in the fury of the hottest housing market in recent history. This…

Fifty-one years ago, Memorial Day became an official national holiday. But it had been around much longer. Originally known as Decoration Day, its origins were in the wake of the…

Last week’s National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Commercial Real Estate Market Conditions Index affirmed local reports and added some high-level context about our market. The first bit of news wasn’t…

For five years, local home prices have been increasing faster than our historical average. It has been and still is a great time to be a homeowner, even though there’s…

Competition for the right house, at the right price, at the best possible mortgage rate too often pushes planning for what happens at closing to the background. And it typically…

The first week of May is the only time when one of the most important pieces of the U.S. and local economies is formally recognized. Small Business Week’s goal is…

Mortgage rates increased to an 11-year high last month. Inflation was at a 40-year high. And the typical existing home sales price topped out at an all-time high. March’s median…

Just when you thought the housing market couldn’t get any crazier, it did. March’s Home Sales Report is a marsh up of more contradictions than local real estate professionals have…

It’s a foregone conclusion that higher mortgage rates will eventually tap the brakes on the overheated housing market. But it hasn’t shown up on the short-term local market yet. March…

Last year the Northeast Tennessee Association of REALTORS® (NETAR) devoted this space to warning consumers about rental scams. Since then, demand for apartments has continued increasing. Landlords continue jacking up…