Washington County TN’s 2016 inflation-adjusted economic output was a full point better than the six other Tri-Cities counties. Combined with solid growth in Carter and Unicoi counties, the Johnson City metro area moved ahead of Kingsport-Bristol in the National Association… Read More ›
CORE DATA
Kingsport by the numbers
Tri-Cities commercial construction sees flat growth, new permit value up
New Tri-Cities commercial real estate construction closed the year with one permit less than 2015, but unlike most of the 18 markets monitored by The Market Edge total, local permit value increased. The Tri-Cities was also the only MSA in… Read More ›
Johnson City leads region in growth of lower-income households
Johnson City led the other major Tri-Cities cities in the increase of lower-income households during the 2008-2015 recovery from the Great Recession. In many ways that recovery is still underway. This lower-income households trend follows the pattern in the changes… Read More ›
Washington Co. VA moves into top 2016 Tri-Cities spot for high-end home permits
Washington County VA topped the high-end home market in 2016, but it was a crowded field. A high-end home in the Market Edge’s Residential Building Permit Trend Report is one with over 4,000 sq. ft or a permit value of… Read More ›
Small counties drive 2016 Tri-Cities new home permit growth; Sullivan, Washington see little-to-no growth
New home construction in the Tri-Cities region continued a conservative, slow-growth pattern that was up 7% last year. The increase was driven by activity in the region’s smaller counties as the two major markets struggled to sustain 2015’s growth level…. Read More ›
Tri-Cities sees growth in high-income households; Johnson City scores the largest number of them
Johnson City dominates in the number of high-income households in the Tri-Cities. It also outnumbers the region’s other major cities in all but one of the three Census Bureau high-income households range. That outlier is Kingsport. It has 810 households… Read More ›
Equity analysis shows strength of NE Tenn. housing markets
The number of local homeowners with mortgages who moved into the equity-rich class increased in 2016. And in Johnson and Sullivan counties more than a third of all mortgaged homes are now equity rich. According to Attom Data Solutions’ Year-End… Read More ›
Excellent and well written !!
I like the “BOOMER BABIES” lol
Donâ¦. Would you be so kind as to add Bristol, Tennessee Vice Mayor Lea Powers to your mailing list? Thank…
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.