TRENDS

Johnson City, Kingsport-Bristol top U.S. emerging markets, again

The Tri-Cities’ relocation and population growth efforts got another bite at the apple this week. The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Markets Index has the two metro areas ranked among the best places in the U.S. as a good place to… Read More ›

Home sales slowing, household incomes growing, eco-tourism a hot topic

Existing home sales continued their snail’s pace retreat in July, with one exception. At the same time, the inventory of homes for sales is increasing at an equally slow pace. Greeneville is the slowing sales exception. Its 12-month growth rate… Read More ›

Where are Tri-Cities home prices headed?

The first half of 2022 has been a mixed bag for housing. Much of it had more to do with consumer confusion and lack of confidence fed by pundits harping on bubbles and crash theories that what was happening. There… Read More ›

Tri-Cities area vacant land sales taking a breather

Vacant land sales are showing signs of slowing, according to the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR) Sales listed on NETAR’s Commercial Multiple Listing Service (CMLS) were barely equal to those during the first five months of last year, and… Read More ›

Johnson City leads Tri-Cities jobs, employment, labor force growth

May was the best job creation month this year, ditto for city-level employment and labor force gains. Employment was up by 415 people from last year in the twin cities of Bristol, Va., and Bristol, Tenn. It was up by… Read More ›

Greeneville home sales trend increases; better newcomer data needed

One advantage of looking at 12 months of home sales data ending every month is a better trend picture. Here are a couple of examples from June’s analysis: Greeneville is the only Tri-Cities regional housing market with an increasing average… Read More ›

Tri-Cities still getting new residents, investors attention

Existing home sales continue their slow decline in May. So far this year, they have declined by an average of 0.4% per month even as more new residents continue moving here. That’s a trend calculated on sales for the 12-month… Read More ›

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