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2025 Tri-Cities Foreclosures – Normalization

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By DON FENLEY The national foreclosure conversation shifted in 2025. After years of historically low activity, filings moved higher across the country. They moved high enough to grab attention, but not enough to signal a true breakdown in housing stability…. Read More ›

Tri-Cities Home Prices Continue Climbing

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By DON FENLEY The long-term trajectory of Tri-Cities home prices shows a market defined by extended stability followed by a sharp structural re-pricing in the post-pandemic era. From 1999 through 2007, median prices rose steadily from $91,000 to $130,000, reflecting… Read More ›

Tri-Cities New Normal: Market Share Defines Housing Market Success

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By DON FENLEY  For years, the Tri-Cities housing conversation centered on one question: How many homes sold? That metric still matters, but it no longer tells the full story. Today’s market is better understood by asking where are buyers actually… Read More ›

Tri-Cities Housing Market Evolves to Its New Norm

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By DON FENLEY Here’s a concise, forward-looking read on Tri-Cities annual home sales based on 1999–2025 annual sales: The market has transitioned from cyclical volatility to a larger, more mature market with a higher long-term sales floor. While the 2021… Read More ›

Perfect Storm Batters Tri-Cities Farms

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By DON FENLEY Flood damage from Hurricane Helene, development pressures from growing metro areas, a brutal farm economy and an aging demographic have created a perfect storm that’s battering Tri-Cities farms. Some have sold. More are headed in that direction…. Read More ›

Tri-Cities Commercial Construction Finds Footing

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By DON FENLEY After two years of contraction, the Tri-Cities commercial construction sector is showing its first meaningful signs of stabilization. Commercial building permits have stopped sliding and, in several counties, are beginning to turn upward again. These permits are… Read More ›

Tri-Cities New Home Market: The ‘Great Decoupling’

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By DON FENLEY If you look at the Tri-Cities new home permits through the third quarter of this year, it looks like a slowdown. Permits are down 7.1% from last year. But that headline is misleading An analysis of permits… Read More ›

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