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Former Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, left, and Tennessee Realtors Senior Lobbyist Russ Farrar make up the core of a lobbying team for the state's Realtors.
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Ramsey discusses lobbying work at NETAR luncheon

Former Tennessee Lieutenant Gov. Ron Ramsey noted Tuesday his first year as a lobbyist has seen him move from 24-year lawmaker to point man for the Tri-Cities Crossing development.

Jun 27, 2018 at 1:30 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

NETAR: May was best home sales month in 10 years

"Closings were up in every city market except Erwin and in every county market except Hawkins," NETAR President Aaron Taylor said. "Consumer confidence and pent-up demand keep driving the local market to new highs when other markets are beginning to show fatigue in the face tight inventories and higher prices.”

Jun 13, 2018 at 9:15 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Home sales up, but inventory at historic low

NETAR President Aaron Taylor said the 11-county region monitored by the association had 3.4 months of inventory at the end of April. Only two city markets had more than a three-month supply of homes for sale.

May 16, 2018 at 7:30 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Housing market still on upward trend

NETAR said there were 370 closings on single-family homes last month compared to 337 last year. The average sales price was $168,502, up $10,526 from last year. Both year-to-date sales and the average sales price is 9.1 percent higher than the first two months of last year.

Mar 15, 2018 at 8:30 PM
A new home is going up in Edinburgh, one of Kingsport’s hottest housing developments. The Tennessee Housing Development Agency says that percentage wise, the Kinsgport-Bristol area is outperforming the rest of the state in new home development.
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Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Need a place to live?

Number one, residential home construction is growing faster here than anywhere else in Tennessee. Secondly, the cost of renting in the area is getting more affordable. According to THDA, the total number of construction permits issued in the Kingsport-Bristol MSA increased by 41 percent, from 705 to 992, from 2015 to 2016 (the most recent numbers available). That’s the biggest jump in any metropolitan area in the state.

Feb 19, 2018 at 8:30 AM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Is the housing market still up?

NETAR President Aaron Taylor credited January's market increases to higher interest rates on the horizon and continued strong demand in the 11-county region monitored by NETAR.

Feb 16, 2018 at 7:00 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Regional home sales post another billion dollar-plus year

Total residential resales, the average sales price and the total sales volume in dollars were the highest since 2008 when the NETAR began its monthly Trends Report. At the same time, single-family resales were joined by condominium and townhome resales for new annual highs. The average single-family price was at a nine-year high.

Jan 20, 2018 at 9:00 AM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

NET home sales headed toward another record year

NETAR said there were 496 November single-family closings, up 35 from last year. So far, this year 5,777 single-family sales have closed, 165 more than during the first 11 months of last year. November’s condo-townhome closings totaled 50, up 23 from last year. So far, this year 545 condo sales have closed, up 109 from last year.

Dec 16, 2017 at 3:00 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Home prices down, sales up in NET

October's price drop is a reaction to the lack of inventory and buyer fatigue – especially in the $200,000 price range, according to NETAR President Eric Kistner. "Our market is still very much on track for another record year. But there are some headwinds building," Kistner noted.

Nov 16, 2017 at 8:00 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

NE Tenn. home sales on track for record year

The Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors reported the first half of the year saw some buyer fatigue driven by the protracted inventory shortage. 

Oct 17, 2017 at 6:45 PM
Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green, M.D., visits with Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR) President Eric Kistner before a NETAR membership meeting. Green’s leadership message included a point that ‘No one will give 100 percent to someone they don’t trust.’
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Why you put 'we' before 'me'

Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green, a West Point graduate and former Army medic, wrote a book about interviewing the late Iraq leader Saddam Hussein the night of his capture.

Oct 16, 2017 at 8:30 AM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Regional home sales post 12th straight increase

NETAR said there were 593 closings on single-family resales in the 11-county region monitored by its Trends report, up 0.3 percent from August last year. The average sales price was $172,215, up 15.4 percent from last year and the highest August price since 2008.

Updated Sep 18, 2017 at 3:19 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

NETAR: Pending sales contracts still on record pace

"We've seen the number of single-family, town home, and condominium with accepted offers increase at the rate of 700-plus a month since March," said NETAR President Eric Kistner.

Updated Aug 31, 2017 at 12:18 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

Local home prices still trending upward

Home sales in the Tri-Cities region held steady against a tight inventory in July while prices scored their 11th straight year-over-year gain, according to a Trends Report released Wednesday by the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors.

Updated Aug 16, 2017 at 4:16 PM
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Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors

New contracts for home sales flatten out

NETAR's Pending Home Sales Report shows 797 new approved contracts at the end of July, down three from the previous month. A Realtor Property Resource count of the total new contracts lists 1,142 waiting for closings. That's 50 more than in May and 248 more than there were in June last year.

Jul 31, 2017 at 5:45 PM
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