Kingsport by the numbers
March’s existing home sales report from the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors is strong. Residential sales were 11.8% higher than last year, the average single-family resale price is up 4.6%. At the same time, it must be noted that the… Read More ›
The local housing market is on the cusp of the prime buying and selling season and markets in the Tri-Cities two metro areas are not in step. Realtor.com’s housing market hotness index shows the Kingsport-Bristol metro area getting cooler while… Read More ›
March was another soft month for sales tax collections in the Johnson City metro area and the third straight month of negative year-over-year performance in the Kingsport-Bristol area. Seasonally adjusted year-over-year totals from the MTSU’ s Department of Economics and… Read More ›
Tri-Cities employers added 500 nonfarm jobs in March and the unemployment rate ticked up by 0.1%. Employment was 878 better than February’s total and the labor force increased by 1,218 people. March’s labor market picture was an extension of what… Read More ›