The number of Sullivan and Washington investor-owned single-family and townhome properties has declined for the third straight year, and the vacancy rate has increased. That gauge of the local rental market was gleaned from Attom Data Solutions most recent Vacant… Read More ›
Tri-Cities area properties with foreclosure filings dropped to a three-year low during the first half of 2019. Attom Data Solution’s Midyear U.S. Foreclosure Market Report shows 370 properties with filing in the area’s two metro regions. Kingsport-Bristol saw the most… Read More ›
The folks at Attom Data Solutions have added a new twist to “how what you home is near affects its value.” Think specialty food stores. And in a rapidly aging population like the Tri-Cities, it can elbow its way into… Read More ›
By DON FENLEY Updated with D.R. Horton’s Q2 sales. The firm is on track to increase closing by 57,000 this year with lower-priced homes. The firm isn’t building in Kingsport, but its Sullivan County venture is a big part of… Read More ›
Pending home sales indices for the Tri-Cities region and the nation are back to close proximity. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Index was 108.3% in June up 1.6% from June last year. It brought the index back above to… Read More ›
Cash home buyers maintained a strong position during the second quarter, but institutional investors have all but retreated from the seven-county area Tri-Cities area. At the same time, there was a big drop in distressed sales. According to Attom Data… Read More ›
Median-price homes were not affordable for average wage earners in 74% of the U.S. housing markets during the second quarter of this year. Fortunately, that’s wasn’t the case in Sullivan and Washington counties. But that doesn’t mean the housing affordability… Read More ›
