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• Mid-Month Count Shows Strong April Housing Market for Tri-Cities

  By donfenley.com on May 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  By DON FENLEY The Tri-Cities region had a strong April. Buyers and sellers closed 757 deals, and the median sale price reached $288,000. That combination of rising volume and rising prices says the market has begun the prime home buying… Read More ›

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• Analysis Finds Tri-Cities Home Equity Erodes

  By donfenley.com on May 12, 2026

  

  By DON FENLEY The nine-county Tri-Cities region entered 2026 with more mortgaged homes than a year ago,  and with a measurably weaker equity picture across virtually every county. According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ first quarter 2026 U.S. Home Equity &… Read More ›

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• Tri-Cities’ Commercial Real Estate Transactions Flat

  By donfenley.com on May 11, 2026

  

  By DON FENLEY The Tri-Cities commercial real estate market posted 142 transactions in April 2026. The volume was essentially unchanged from 141 in April 2025. The headline story is industrial sector’s disappearing act. April 2026 produced zero industrial transactions after… Read More ›

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• Commercial Real Estate – The Big Picture in Plain English

  By donfenley.com on May 11, 2026

  

  By DON FENLEY The Tri-Cities and Knoxville commercial market is in better shape than most of the country. The two things to keep an eye on: Kingsport-Bristol’s retail sector, where something significant appears to have closed and nobody has moved… Read More ›

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• Inside Northeast Tennessee’s Twin-Track Gasoline Economy

  By donfenley.com on May 11, 2026

  

  By DON FENLEY To understand what is happening to the economy of Northeast Tennessee, stand at a retail fuel pump along the Interstate 81 corridor in Sullivan County. The dollar and cents meter is spinning with dizzying speed. But the… Read More ›

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• Industrial Sector Leads NE. Tenn. Commercial Real Estate Snapshot

  By donfenley.com on May 10, 2026

  

  By DON FENLEY ON THE RADAR Kingsport-Bristol retail: A 351,855 SF absorption loss paired with only 4.0% vacancies to large-block closures. The backfill timeline will determine whether the vacancy drifts materially higher. Knoxville multifamily: Only market with negative rent growth… Read More ›

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• Seller Concessions A Constant; Price Cuts Variable

  By donfenley.com on May 9, 2026

  

  By DON FENLEY Seller flexibility has become a structural feature of the Tri-Cities housing market. That’s the signal in 13 months of concession and price reduction data tracking April 2025 through April 2026 home sales. Buyers are getting concessions in… Read More ›

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