Which asking prices moved in East Tennessee since the last edition? The cuts and the rises
The asking price changed on 3 listings since the last edition: 3 cuts and 0 rises.
East Tennessee has 135 active listings right now, down 1 since the last edition. Of those, 132 state an asking price, and the medians below read from them. The median asking price is $290,000, unchanged since the last edition. The listings sit in 52 cities, as the listings spell them.
The median cut is 0.4% of the earlier asking price. The cuts are 2.2% of the 135 active listings.
The largest cut is 23.2%, from $130,000 to $99,900 in Oneida.
Cuts were most common in Lenoir City, 1, Morristown, 1 and Oneida, 1.
A price change means a home asks something different from what it asked at our last check. If a price changed twice since then, only the overall change shows, and we do not say why a price moved.
Half of the priced listings ask less than $290,000, unchanged since the last edition, among 132 priced listings.
Knoxville has the most listings, 19 of the 135, or 14.1%, unchanged since the last edition. Sevierville comes next with 8.
The market divides into sections by what a listing states. Commercial has 21 and Land & development has 114. Among the sections, the median asking price runs from $74,900 for commercial to $399,000 for land & development.
More listings ask under $300k: 70 of the 132 that state a price, 53% of them, unchanged since the last edition.
Four asking-price bands hold a listing. The $300–500k band has 20, or 15.2%. The $500–800k band has 15, or 11.4%. The $800k+ band has 27, or 20.5%.
Listings wait longest in the $800k+ band, a median of 182 days. They wait least in the $500–800k band, a median of 128 days.
The band edges are the same every day, so a count can be compared across editions. The under $300k band holds 53% of priced listings and the $800k+ band holds 20.5%.
The biggest change since the last edition is in the $500–800k band, down 1 to 15.
The next four: Jacksboro has 7, Lenoir City has 7, Athens has 5 and Vonore has 5. Together the five busiest cities hold 34.1% of the market.
Among cities with three or more listings, the median asking price is highest in Lenoir City, at $750,000. It is lowest in White Pine, at $35,000, a difference of $715,000.
Listings have waited longest in Madisonville, a median of 334 days, and least in Jacksboro, a median of 32 days.
Thirty-three cities have fewer than three listings, so they get a count and no median.
The city is whatever the listing says it is. A different spelling of the same city is counted under its own spelling, so the counts are of the names as listed.
The median active listing has been on the market 137 days, up 1 since the last edition. That is read from 135 listings with a listing date.
Ten came on in the last 30 days, 7.4% of those with a date. Twenty-nine have waited between 30 and 90 days, and 96 have waited 90 days or more, 71.1%.
In the last edition 13 had come on within 30 days and 96 had waited 90 days or more. The fresh group is smaller now, and the long-waiting group is unchanged.
By asking price, the median wait is longest in the $800k+ band, 182 days, and shortest in the $500–800k band, 128 days.
Since the last edition (No. 13) the active count is flat at 135 (136 before); the median asking price is flat at $290,000; the median time on the market is flat at 137 days (136 days before).
Between editions three listings cut their asking price and one listing left the active market. The biggest cut was $30,100 (23.2%) at 599 W 3rd Ave, Oneida, TN 37841 in Oneida, now asking $99,900. The longest-listed of the re-priced listings is 599 W 3rd Ave, Oneida, TN 37841 in Oneida, 140 days on the market and now asking $99,900.
Of the 132 priced listings, the largest share, 53%, asks under $300k.
Knoxville, the busiest city, carries 19 active listings (14.1% of the market), with a median asking price of $299,000 and a median 176 days on the market, the same number of active listings as the previous edition.
How long has the active market been sitting? 7.4% of the 135 dated listings came on within the last 30 days, 21.5% are between 30 and 90 days in, and 71.1% have passed 90, around a median of 137 days.
The median listed listing measures 1,500 sq ft, and the median asking price works out to $30 per square foot. The biggest size group is 1,200–2,000 sq ft, 6 of the 17 listings with a square footage. Where a lot size is given (135 listings), the median is 1.56 acres.
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 6, 2026. Asking prices, not sales.
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 6, 2026. Asking prices, not sales.
By asking-price band
Every price band, as a table
| Price band | Active | Median days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300k | 70 | 131 | 53% |
| $300–500k | 20 | 181 | 15.2% |
| $500–800k | 15 | 128 | 11.4% |
| $800k+ | 27 | 182 | 20.5% |
By size
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 6, 2026. Asking prices, not sales.
Every size band, as a table
| Size | Active | Median asking |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1,200 sq ft | 4 | $800 |
| 1,200–2,000 sq ft | 6 | $87,450 |
| 2,000–3,500 sq ft | 5 | $74,999 |
| 3,500+ sq ft | 2 | — |
What moved
| This edition | Count | Previous edition |
|---|---|---|
| New listings | 0 | 1 |
| Asking price cut | 3 | 0 |
| Asking price raised | 0 | 0 |
| Left the active market | 1 | 1 |
| Came back | 0 | 0 |
By city
Every city, as a table
| City | Active | Median asking | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | 19 | $299,000 | 176 |
| Sevierville | 8 | $147,500 | 51 |
| Jacksboro | 7 | $179,900 | 32 |
| Lenoir City | 7 | $750,000 | 118 |
| Athens | 5 | $540,000 | 122 |
| Vonore | 5 | $149,900 | 183 |
| Maryville | 5 | $499,900 | 129 |
| Sweetwater | 4 | $290,000 | 193 |
| Madisonville | 4 | $624,250 | 334 |
| Tazewell | 3 | $100,000 | 123 |
| Kodak | 3 | $299,900 | 149 |
| White Pine | 3 | $35,000 | 97 |
| Townsend | 3 | $425,000 | 136 |
| Gatlinburg | 3 | $644,900 | 158 |
| Harriman | 3 | $489,000 | 281 |
| Rockwood | 3 | $160,000 | 143 |
| Clinton | 3 | $375,000 | 70 |
| New Market | 3 | $479,000 | 103 |
| Dandridge | 3 | $499,000 | 270 |
| Jonesville | 2 | — | — |
| Jellico | 2 | — | — |
| LaFollette | 2 | — | — |
| Crossville | 2 | — | — |
| Morristown | 2 | — | — |
| Rocky Top | 2 | — | — |
| Englewood | 2 | — | — |
| Louisville | 2 | — | — |
| Winfield | 1 | — | — |
| Mountain City | 1 | — | — |
| Newport | 1 | — | — |
| Cumberland Gap | 1 | — | — |
| Oneida | 1 | — | — |
| Cosby | 1 | — | — |
| Jefferson City | 1 | — | — |
| Pigeon Forge | 1 | — | — |
| Farragut | 1 | — | — |
| Kingston | 1 | — | — |
| Greenback | 1 | — | — |
| Powell | 1 | — | — |
| Norton | 1 | — | — |
| Blaine | 1 | — | — |
| Loudon | 1 | — | — |
| Pikeville | 1 | — | — |
| Dayton | 1 | — | — |
| New Tazewell | 1 | — | — |
| Alcoa | 1 | — | — |
| Middlesboro | 1 | — | — |
| Kingsport | 1 | — | — |
| Oak Ridge | 1 | — | — |
| Corryton | 1 | — | — |
| Rogersville | 1 | — | — |
| Friendsville | 1 | — | — |
Source: East Tennessee REALTORS® MLS via the IDX feed, as of Nov 6 · asking prices of active listings · a median needs three priced listings or prints —.
This story is part of the Friday, November 6, 2026 edition, and the market numbers archive follows it edition by edition. More from the Gazette on Knoxville housing news, Sevierville housing news, Jacksboro housing news, Lenoir City housing news, Athens housing news, Vonore housing news and Maryville housing news. The listings behind it: homes listed in Knoxville, homes listed in Sevierville, homes listed in Jacksboro, homes listed in Lenoir City, homes listed in Athens, homes listed in Vonore, homes listed in Maryville, homes listed in Sweetwater, homes listed in Madisonville, homes listed in Tazewell, homes listed in Kodak and homes listed in White Pine.