43% of everything for sale asks under $300k

Set beside the edition before it, No. 3: the active count is flat at 12,618; the median asking price is flat at $349,900; the median time on the market is up 1.3% at 79 days, from 78 days.

By asking-price band, under $300k is the biggest group at 43.1% of the 12,579 priced listings, followed by 27.2% $300–500k, 16.9% $500–800k and 12.8% $800k+. Time on the market runs 97 days under $300k, 64 days $300–500k, 69 days $500–800k and 85 days $800k+.

Knoxville, the busiest city, carries 2,048 active listings (16.2% of the market), with a median asking price of $410,000 and a median 55 days on the market, the same number of active listings as the previous edition. In Sevierville there are 1,187 active listings, 9.4% of everything listed; the median asks $475,999 after a median 85 days, the same number of active listings as the previous edition. Crossville carries 1,048 active listings (8.3% of the market), with a median asking price of $225,000 and a median 120 days on the market, the same number of active listings as the previous edition.

How long has the active market been sitting? 23% of the 12,618 dated listings came on within the last 30 days, 31.5% are between 30 and 90 days in, and 45.6% have passed 90, around a median of 79 days.

The median listed home measures 1,876 sq ft, and the median asking price works out to $236 per square foot. Sorted by floor area, the 8,339 listings with a square footage fall 1,368 under 1,200 sq ft (median asking $259,000), 3,184 between 1,200 and 2,000 sq ft (median asking $359,000), 2,866 between 2,000 and 3,500 sq ft (median asking $584,950), 921 at 3,500 sq ft or more (median asking $1,175,000). By bedrooms, 1,840 with one or two, 4,114 with three, 1,693 with four and 642 with five or more. Where a lot size is given (12,467 listings), the median is 0.69 acres.