Where do asking prices sit in East Tennessee right now? The latest read
The median asking price is $284,900, down $5,100 since the last edition, among 131 priced listings.
Right now East Tennessee counts 134 active listings, down 1 since the last edition. Of those, 131 state an asking price, and the medians below read from them. The median asking price is $284,900, down $5,100 since the last edition. The listings sit in 52 cities, as the listings spell them.
The median asking price in Lenoir City is $717,750. In White Pine it is $35,000, a difference of $682,750.
The three busiest cities with a median ask Knoxville at $299,000, Sevierville at $147,500 and Lenoir City at $717,750.
By band, 54.2% ask under $300k, 15.3% ask $300–500k, 10.7% ask $500–800k and 19.8% ask $800k+.
By section, commercial ask a median of $74,900 and land & development ask a median of $399,000.
The median home states 1,500 square feet, so the median ask and the median size describe different listings and are not a price per square foot on their own.
The most listings ask under $300k: 71 of the 131 that state a price, 54.2% of them, up 1 since the last edition.
The median listing asks $30 per square foot, unchanged since the last edition. The figure reads from 17 homes that state a size.
Knoxville has the most listings, 19 of the 134, or 14.2%, 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 113. Among the sections, the median asking price runs from $74,900 for commercial to $399,000 for land & development.
Four asking-price bands hold a listing. The $300–500k band has 20, or 15.3%. The $500–800k band has 14, or 10.7%. The $800k+ band has 26, or 19.8%.
Listings wait longest in the $800k+ band, a median of 189 days. They wait least in the $500–800k band, a median of 125 days.
The band edges are the same every day, so a count can be compared across editions. The under $300k band holds 54.2% of priced listings and the $800k+ band holds 19.8%.
The biggest change since the last edition is in the under $300k band, up 1 to 71.
The next four: Lenoir City has 8, Jacksboro has 7, Maryville has 5 and Athens has 4. Together the five busiest cities hold 35.1% of the market.
Among cities with three or more listings, the median asking price is highest in Lenoir City, at $717,750. It is lowest in White Pine, at $35,000, a difference of $682,750.
Listings have waited longest in Madisonville, a median of 335 days, and least in Jacksboro, a median of 33 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.
A typical active listing has waited 134 days, down 3 since the last edition. That is read from 134 listings with a listing date.
Ten came on in the last 30 days, 7.5% of those with a date. Thirty have waited between 30 and 90 days, and 94 have waited 90 days or more, 70.1%.
In the last edition 10 had come on within 30 days and 96 had waited 90 days or more. The fresh group is unchanged now, and the long-waiting group is smaller.
Against the previous edition (No. 14), the active count is flat at 134 (135 before); the median asking price is down 1.8% at $284,900, from $290,000; the median time on the market is down 2.2% at 134 days, from 137 days.
Since the last edition one new listing came on, one raised it and two listings left the active market.
By asking-price band, under $300k is the biggest group at 54.2% of the 131 priced listings.
In Knoxville there are 19 active listings, 14.2% of everything listed; the median asks $299,000 after a median 177 days, the same number of active listings as the previous edition.
Of the 134 listings with a listing date, 7.5% have been on the market under 30 days, 22.4% between 30 and 90, and 70.1% for 90 days or more; the median is 134 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 (134 listings), the median is 1.37 acres.
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 7, 2026. Asking prices, not sales.
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 7, 2026. Asking prices, not sales.
By asking-price band
Every price band, as a table
| Price band | Active | Median days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300k | 71 | 125 | 54.2% |
| $300–500k | 20 | 182 | 15.3% |
| $500–800k | 14 | 125 | 10.7% |
| $800k+ | 26 | 189 | 19.8% |
By size
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 7, 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Asking price cut | 0 | 3 |
| Asking price raised | 1 | 0 |
| Left the active market | 2 | 1 |
| Came back | 0 | 0 |
By city
Every city, as a table
| City | Active | Median asking | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | 19 | $299,000 | 177 |
| Sevierville | 8 | $147,500 | 52 |
| Lenoir City | 8 | $717,750 | 113 |
| Jacksboro | 7 | $179,900 | 33 |
| Maryville | 5 | $499,900 | 130 |
| Athens | 4 | $314,500 | 106 |
| Vonore | 4 | $149,900 | 159 |
| Sweetwater | 4 | $290,000 | 194 |
| Madisonville | 4 | $624,250 | 335 |
| Tazewell | 3 | $100,000 | 124 |
| Kodak | 3 | $299,900 | 150 |
| White Pine | 3 | $35,000 | 98 |
| Townsend | 3 | $425,000 | 137 |
| Gatlinburg | 3 | $644,900 | 159 |
| Harriman | 3 | $489,000 | 282 |
| Rockwood | 3 | $160,000 | 144 |
| Clinton | 3 | $375,000 | 71 |
| New Market | 3 | $479,000 | 104 |
| Dandridge | 3 | $499,000 | 271 |
| 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 | — | — |
| Loudon | 1 | — | — |
| Blaine | 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 7 · asking prices of active listings · a median needs three priced listings or prints —.
This story is part of the Saturday, November 7, 2026 edition, and the market numbers archive follows it edition by edition. More from the Gazette on Knoxville housing news, Sevierville housing news, Lenoir City housing news, Jacksboro housing news, Maryville housing news, Athens housing news and Vonore housing news. The listings behind it: homes listed in Knoxville, homes listed in Sevierville, homes listed in Lenoir City, homes listed in Jacksboro, homes listed in Maryville, homes listed in Athens, homes listed in Vonore, homes listed in Sweetwater, homes listed in Madisonville, homes listed in Tazewell, homes listed in Kodak and homes listed in White Pine.