The smaller counties in the Tri-Cities’ housing market flexed their growth muscles during the first three months of this year and drove new residential permits in the seven-county region to its best first quarter since 2008. Data compiled by The… Read More ›
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Equity rich, underwater mortgaged properties analysis points to less housing economic stress in NE Tenn.
Northeast Tennessee got a first quarter green economic stress light from two key housing market indicators. Attom Data Solutions Q1 Home Equity and Underwater Report shows the ranks of equity-rich properties hit a four-year high during the first three months… Read More ›
All the talk about how retail jobs have sucked the life out of the local jobs economy is more myth that fact
It’s common knowledge that the Great Recession hollowed out much of the Tri-Cities’ middle class – that good paying jobs like those in manufacturing were replaced with low-paying in the retail sector. There’s just one problem with that common knowledge…. Read More ›
Tri-Cities job creation bouncing back from slowdown
Preliminary, non-adjusted job creation numbers show a slight slowdown in Kingsport-Bristol pumped the brakes on regional growth in March. But the trend outlook – boosted by stronger Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) growth points to a continued reversal of… Read More ›
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