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Month: March 2019

Wet weather, trade war, labor shortage combine to hold back Tri-Cities new home construction

(Parts of this report were updated with the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised reports for the Johnson City MSA nonfarm jobs totals) The Tri-Cities new home construction sector slogged through some of the wettest weather on record during the fourth… Read More ›

Most Tri-Cities area residents are native Tennesseans, but the balance is shifting

“You’re not from around here, are you?” The answer to that question is most local residents are still native Tennesseans, but their share of the total population is slipping and in a couple places the “outsiders” outnumber the natives. And… Read More ›

Tri-Cities home for sale listings get a lot of looks, inventory moving slower

The Johnson City metro area’s housing market is cooling down while it’s beginning to heat up in the Kingsport-Bristol area. What both Tri-Cities area markets have in common is homes for sales listing are getting more views than the national… Read More ›

Renting cheaper in all but one Tri-Cities area county

February’s Rent vs. Buy Report comes down on the rent side in Tri-Cities area counties with one exception. Hawkins County was neutral for the month, down from a 1% cheaper to rent position in January. The report calculates median buying… Read More ›

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