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Local housing markets gets major marketing boost

By Michelle Davis / February 17, 2024

Two major third-party housing reports were a marketing boosts for the local housing market in January.   The first was from the Wall Street Journal-Realtor.com Emerging Markets Index. The Johnson City metro…

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Add house hardening to ways to boost older home marketing  

By Michelle Davis / February 10, 2024

Regardless of how much faith – or lack of it – you have in Punxsutawney Phil’s powers of predicting weather extremes are exerting a new effect on housing. At the…

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Tri-Cities metro areas in US top 10 price report

By NETAR / February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (February 8, 2024) – More than 85% of metro markets (189 out of 221) registered home price increases in the fourth quarter of 2023 as the 30-year fixed mortgage…

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Market Pulse – Improved housing market eyed to help boost local economy

By Don Fenley / February 4, 2024

One area of the housing market that doesn’t get a lot of public attention is its role in the economy. Local governments generate significant tax revenue from real estate transactions,…

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Flip sales, upgrades boost older homes’ value and appeal for careful consumers 

By Michelle Davis / February 3, 2024

Remodels, upgrades, and flipped homes have been getting renewed attention since 2024 home price outlooks are being adjusted upward. And if mortgage rates behave like the National Association of Realtors®…

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Competitive market puts pressure on home pricing strategy 

By Michelle Davis / January 27, 2024

There are myriad considerations about putting a property on the market this year. But one stands out. It’s the role strategic pricing plays during the first days after a listing…

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Region’s existing home for sale inventory continues slow walk

By Don Fenley / January 24, 2024

GRAY – Although it’s not the end-all to the region’s housing woes, the number of homes on the market is a critical factor. Since 2019, the region has slipped into…

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2024 housing market keywords – inventory, inventory, inventory

By Michelle Davis / January 20, 2024

If you want to get an edge on what this year’s housing market will look like as we head into the prime season – and beyond – the metric that…

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Most local markets had a good year, some had a very good year

By Michelle Davis / January 13, 2024

Last year was proof that even the best housing market outlooks from the most-trusted analysts are more guidance than gospel. It also reaffirmed that real estate is hyper local even…

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Dec. 2023, Year-End Housing Analytics

By Don Fenley / January 7, 2024
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