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2025 Annual Home Sales, Prices Tilted Upward, What That Says for 2026

By Don Fenley / January 6, 2026

Last year was a structural shift year for the Tri-Cities housing market. With 7,970 homes sold and a 5.66% median price increase, it proved resilient. But its internal makeup changed.…

Tri-Cities Home Sales Long-Run Perspective

By Don Fenley / January 6, 2026

Here’s a concise, forward-looking read on Tri-Cities annual home sales based on 1999–2025 annual sales: The market has transitioned from cyclical volatility to a larger, more mature market with a…

Local, Regional and U.S. Oct. Home Sales, Prices 

By Don Fenley / November 27, 2025

The Tri-Cities and Gatlinburg Area housing markets were the only East Tennessee housing markets posting a year-over-year median price increase last month. Gatlinburg had the largest regional increase. NETAR, Knoxville,…

Pending Home Sales Signal  Stronger 2025 Finish

By Don Fenley / November 24, 2025

The Tri-Cities market is signaling strength. The clearest signal of where the housing market is headed isn’t found in closed sales – it’s in pending contracts. That number just climbed…

High-end buyers propping up housing market 

By Don Fenley / November 6, 2023

GRAY, TN – High-end buyers are propping up the Tri-Cities area housing market as higher mortgage rates have pushed an increasing number of borrowers to the sidelines. Sales in the $500K…

Housing market robust even as April sales decline  

By Don Fenley / May 7, 2022

Northeast Tennessee’s housing market remained robust in April, but with new signs a shift is underway.   Mortgage rates have spiked to their highest level in 13 years, and significant questions…