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Job creation slows, many positions still open
Job creation slowed in the Tri-Cities during April. Employers added 200 jobs. So far this year, the monthly new jobs average is 275. Employment was up by 1,900 persons, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2%, according to non-adjusted Bureau… Read More ›
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Apartment supply, demand situation just as crazy as home sales market
Three-minute read Everyone knows we’re in – some think at the tipping point – of the hottest local real estate markets on record. But if you think it just applies to existing and new home sales, think again. Judging from… Read More ›
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Lower birth rate, higher death rate takes shine off Tri-Cities 2020 population gain
Conventional wisdom holds the Tri-Cities got a population boost compliments of all those one-way U-Hauls that ended up here. There’s no doubt the region gained new residents. But an annual Census study on components of population change shows the local… Read More ›
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Local equity rich properties increase, up-side down mortgages decline
2 minutes, 58 seconds read The hot housing market is making it a great time to be a homeowner in the Tri-Cities. The number of equity-rich mortgaged properties is up, and the number of upside-down mortgaged properties has declined. “The… Read More ›
Featured Categories
DEMOGRAPHICS ›
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Lower birth rate, higher death rate takes shine off Tri-Cities 2020 population gain
May 20, 2021
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Tri-Cities still in slow growth mode; Fewer deaths, more births help drive Sullivan Co. increase
March 31, 2020
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Why there’s so much emphasis on population growth in NE Tenn
December 11, 2019
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The Tri-Cities – one MSA, how – then and now
November 24, 2019
ECONOMY ›
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NE TN 2020 property tax hikes well under U.S. benchmark
April 21, 2021
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Covid-19’s bite on Tri-Cities economy – real-time data
August 10, 2020
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Tri-Cities on cusp of another economic shock
August 3, 2020
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Strip mall anchors come up short in COVID-19’s wake
April 20, 2020
LABOR MARKET ›
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Job creation slows, many positions still open
June 1, 2021
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Tri-Cities jobs market getting back to business
April 29, 2021
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NE Tenn unemployment claims up for third week
April 22, 2021
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Tri-Cities labor market takes a turn for the better
April 6, 2021
TRENDS ›
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Twin Cities, Jonesborough post region’s best 2019-2020 population stats
June 10, 2021
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Apartment supply, demand situation just as crazy as home sales market
May 26, 2021
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New comers: Who are they, where are they from, how many?
April 27, 2021
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Tri-Cities Commercial Real Estate up 71%
April 17, 2021
REAL ESTATE ›
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Tri-Cities home-flips nosedive during first quarter
June 21, 2021
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New foreclosure filings increase in May
June 17, 2021
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Refi still king in the local mortgage loan world
June 10, 2021
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Local equity rich properties increase, up-side down mortgages decline
May 14, 2021