AI SUMMARY Tri-Cities sellers cut asking prices more often in June than in any month of the past year. Four in ten listings dropped their price before an offer arrived. The national story calls this a buyer’s discount. The truth… Read More ›
AI SUMMARY The Tri-Cities job market is flat so far this year. Payrolls in both metro areas are within a few hundred jobs of a year ago. Kingsport-Bristol has a better year-to-date market. Its job count is up slightly, while… Read More ›
AI Summary The Tri-Cities townhome market cooled down in May 2026. Closed sales fell 7.9% from a year earlier, inventory rose 10.4%, and homes took a weighted 89 days to sell. Prices held steady, with the weighted median was up… Read More ›
Localized stories based on national studies is one of my favorite things. It often sheds an entirely different picture on the national analysis with some local context. The most recent is a Realtor.com analysis that said many homeowners have watched… Read More ›
AI Summary Kingsport-Bristol’s home-flipping market cooled in early 2026, with Q1 flips falling from the previous quarter, but the deals that closed still produced strong gross profits. Flips accounted for 8.9% of local home sales, slightly above the national 8%… Read More ›
The top end of the Tri-Cities housing market has cooled. Homes priced at $1 million or more still sell for about what they did a year ago. But they’re on the market longer, and sellers are cutting their asking prices… Read More ›
AI SUMMARY Tri-Cities job market performance has narrowed. The region added almost no jobs over the past year. Health care and education did nearly all the lifting, adding 700 jobs, while construction, finance, and information lost ground. The same… Read More ›
Thanks for the comment Debbie. It's a snapshot of today's conditions, stay tuned
Always of interest to get confirmation of what I see as the year moves on.
[…] The Tri-Cities employment is in its best shape since the year began, but the gains are concentrated. At the…
Thanks for the question Jeff. Kingsport was not listed because there were no closing of $1 million plus properties during…
Great report Don Why was kingsport not listed ? Jeff Begley Founder & Principal Begley Development LLC