What does a square foot ask in the starter homes of East Tennessee? Asking price per square foot

In East Tennessee, 1,838 active homes are in the starter band. The median asking price is $239,000, and the median home states 1,064 square feet. Starter homes are 14.8% of the 12,456 active listings in the edition. A starter home here is a home that states under 1,200 square feet or asks under $250,000.

The median asking price per square foot is $234, among 1,807 starter homes that state both a price and a size.

1,838 active listings, asking a median $236,000 and 63 days listed.

By size, the median asking price per square foot is highest in the Tiny: under 400 sq ft band, at $483, and lowest in the 1,600+ sq ft band, at $109.

Among cities with three or more such homes, the figure is highest in Townsend, at $422, and lowest in Middlesboro, at $105.

For every active home listing in the edition the median is $236, so the starter median is $2 below it.

Asking price per square foot is a rough yardstick. It is an asking price over a stated size and says nothing about condition or finish.

More starter homes state 1,000 to 1,199 square feet: 621 of the 1,835 that state a size, 34% of them. The median asking price there is $284,999.

Knoxville has the most starter homes, 330 of the 1,838, with a median asking price of $260,000. Sevierville comes next with 165.

The median starter home asks $239,000, states 1,064 square feet and was built in 1986, and had been listed 63 days.

The most starter homes ask $250,000 and up: 719 of the 1,810 priced homes, 40% of them. The median home in that band states 1,020 square feet.

Two new starter homes came on the market since the last edition.

Of the 12,456 active listings in the edition, 1,838 are starter homes, 14.8% of the market.

Every price on this page is an asking price on an active listing, taken from the MLS listings as of our latest check. A starter home here is a home that states under 1,200 square feet or asks under $250,000. A small home that asks more and a larger home that asks less are both counted. Asking price per square foot is a listing's asking price divided by its stated size, so it is an asking figure and nothing more. Three homes state no size and are left out of every size figure. A median needs three homes or it is left out.

Each row of the size and city tables below opens the homes behind it, so a count can be checked against the homes it counts. The city table lists the twelve cities with the most starter homes.

This page leaves a lot out on purpose. It does not read remarks or condition, and it says nothing about who a home is for or where anyone should look. What it can do is count the homes, size them by stated square feet and show where each one is.

The cards under the chart show the newest starter homes first. The search above them looks through every active listing, so a home that is not among the cards can still be found by city, price or size.

More starter homes state 1,000 to 1,199 square feet: 621 of the 1,835 that state a size, 34% of them. The median asking price there is $284,999.