Flag Pond
Flag Pond, TN · Real Estate
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Tri-Cities Housing Holds Its Ground Affordability; Shifting Population Decides Who Buys and Where
The Tri-Cities housing market closed the first half of 2026 on solid ground. Home sales rose 8.3% through June. The median sales price rose about 3.5%. But the market’s long run of gains has flattened. TCI’s Annualized Sales Tracker slipped 0.1% and ended 12 straight months of growth. Affordability is the main reason. Mortgage rates near 6.5% have thinned the entry-level market and pushed activity upmarket. Supply rose but stayed tight, and the region held its place as a seller’s market. The job market tells a matching story. Unemployment stayed low, but the labor force participation rate is shrinking. The region is adding consumers faster than workers, led by local retirees and older adults moving in.
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‘A big job’ Inside Clayton Homes’ Bean Station manufacturing facility
RUTLEDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Grainger County is fortunate to have two big manufacturing facilities, both owned by Clayton Homes, the largest builder of manufactured housing and modular homes in the United States. One facility is in Rutledge; the other is up the road in Bean Station. The Bean Station...
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Johnson City Powers Broad June Housing Market
June was a healthy month, led from the center. Sales and prices both rose across the region. The strength was concentrated in Johnson City and Kingsport. Both showed price power on top of volume. That is the market’s engine right now. By DON FENLEY. June’s Tri-Cities housing home sales...
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Modular home dealer goes silent, leaving families with unfinished homes, employees jobless
GREENEVILLE, Tn. (WCYB) — A modular home dealership with a local center abruptly shut down communication with customers, leaving them with partially built homes. According to an anonymous former employee, it is not just customers that were affected. That former employee says the Yurezz Home Center in Greeneville let employees go on June 10, 2026, with no warning.
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Johnson City, Kingsport vs. Equal Knoxville’s No.1 Status in Growth Analysis
Localized stories based on national studies is one of my favorite things. It often sheds an entirely different picture on the national analysis with some local context. The most recent is a Realtor.com analysis that said many homeowners have watched their houses become cash machines as home values surged across some parts of the nation. A new analysis shows 10 cities, split between the South and Northeast, saw the biggest value gains among the top 100 U.S. metros, each for different reasons.
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Tree Service Launches Full Residential and Commercial Menu
Full Tree Service Lineup Launches with Transparent Pricing and On-Time Scheduling. Kingsport, United States - June 27, 2026 / Limbin’ on the Edge Tree Service /. Limbin' on the Edge has officially launched its complete range of residential and commercial tree services, extending professional tree care to local property owners through a straightforward commitment to safety, honest pricing, and dependable scheduling. The launch represents the company's formal entry into the local market as a dedicated tree service built by people who perform the work themselves.
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More NETN homeowners reporting issues with Yurezz Home Center
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – More homeowners in Northeast Tennessee are feeling the effects of Yurezz Home Center’s closure. One Church Hill couple said they were able to move into their home, but are still facing issues. “We found this one first and loved it,” Jessica Burke said. “So...