By DON FENLEY At a time when housing markets across the country are recalibrating, one thing continues to stand out in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Equity remains deeply embedded in the local housing stock. According to ATTOM’s Q4 U.S…. Read More ›
By DON FENLEY Tri-Cities seriously underwater mortgages jumped 29% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2025. The increase, as reported in ATTOM’s Q4 U.S. Home Equity and Underwater Report, marks one of the clearest signals yet that equity… Read More ›
At the center of January’s housing market was Kingsport, which posted the strongest sales performance in the region. Closings jumped more than 40% year over year, making Kingsport the clear volume leader for the month. But that surge came with… Read More ›
By DON FENLEY January’s Tri-Cities home sales were up 7.9% from last year, and the median sales price of $270,000 is down 3.54% from last year. The sales momentum was driven almost entirely by stronger activity in homes priced below… Read More ›
By DON FENLEY There were 49 new home sales in January, down from 70 a year earlier, according to the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR). Despite fewer closings, the median new home price rose nearly 10% year over last… Read More ›
By DON FENLEY The Tri-Cities housing finance market ended 2025 on firmer footing than a year earlier, even as fourth-quarter activity softened seasonally and long-standing differences between Johnson City and Kingsport–Bristol came into sharper focus. That contrasts with ATTOM’s Residential… Read More ›
BY DON FENLEY The latest ATTOM U.S. Foreclosure Market Report opens 2026 with a familiar theme: foreclosure activity is climbing nationwide, but from historically low levels. ATTOM reported 40,534 U.S. properties with a foreclosure filing in January, down 10% from… Read More ›
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