East Tennessee Real Estate
Market insights, home buying and selling guidance, and community stories from people who actually live and work here.
Over the last 12 months the median home price in Anderson County was $347,650, against $399,000 in Knox County, a gap of about $51,000. Prices are up 7% and 57% of active listings have been reduced, so buyers have room to negotiate.
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85 Clinton homes sold in the last 90 days at a median of $360,000. The typical home took 66 days and sellers got 98.5 percent of list price. Here is what that means for buyers and sellers.
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About 80% of the panicked seller calls I get in February trace back to a few things that could have been handled in October. Clean gutters. HVAC service. Crawl space vapor barrier. Outdoor spigots. Here is why each one matters.
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Most winter home problems start with something small nobody checked. Your water shutoff, your furnace filter, your drafts, your alarms. Four quick checks that take almost no time.
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The cool gray trend is done. Buyers walk into a gray-on-gray house and see cold. Warm beige, soft white, sage green — those are the colors moving homes right now. And one thing beats any paint color.
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Millions of homeowners refinanced at 3–4%. Today's rate is 6.7%. That is $750 more per month for the same house. People do not voluntarily take that payment increase. That is why inventory stays tight — and what it means for you.
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I have shown hundreds of homes. Granite countertops get a polite nod. A covered porch stops people cold. Every buyer steps onto a real porch and starts talking about the house like they already own it.
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The inspection period is the most important window in a real estate contract. It is also the most misused. Four things actually matter in an inspection. Everything else is noise.
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