How long does a East Tennessee listing wait for a buyer? The days-on-market read
The median active listing has been on the market 135 days, up 1 since the last edition.
East Tennessee has 134 active listings right now, unchanged 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, unchanged since the last edition. The listings sit in 52 cities, as the listings spell them.
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 94 had waited 90 days or more. The fresh group is unchanged now, and the long-waiting group is unchanged.
By asking price, the median wait is longest in the $800k+ band, 190 days, and shortest in the $500–800k band, 126 days.
By city, Jacksboro has the shortest median wait among cities with three or more listings, 34 days. Madisonville has the longest, 336 days.
Among the sections, commercial wait a median of 125 days and land & development wait 139.
Days on market runs from the listing date to this edition. A listing that was taken off and listed again can show a new date, so the figure is a count of days since the date the listing states.
More listings ask under $300k: 71 of the 131 that state a price, 54.2% of them, unchanged since the last edition.
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 190 days. They wait least in the $500–800k band, a median of 126 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 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 336 days, and least in Jacksboro, a median of 34 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.
Half of the priced listings ask less than $284,900, unchanged since the last edition, among 131 priced listings.
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.
Set beside the edition before it, No. 15: the active count is flat at 134; the median asking price is flat at $284,900; the median time on the market is flat at 135 days (134 days before).
Of the 131 priced listings, the largest share, 54.2%, asks under $300k.
Knoxville, the busiest city, carries 19 active listings (14.2% of the market), with a median asking price of $299,000 and a median 178 days on the market, the same number of active listings as the previous edition.
How long has the active market been sitting? 7.5% of the 134 dated listings came on within the last 30 days, 22.4% are between 30 and 90 days in, and 70.1% have passed 90, around a median of 135 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 8, 2026. Asking prices, not sales.
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 8, 2026. Asking prices, not sales.
By asking-price band
Every price band, as a table
| Price band | Active | Median days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300k | 71 | 126 | 54.2% |
| $300–500k | 20 | 183 | 15.3% |
| $500–800k | 14 | 126 | 10.7% |
| $800k+ | 26 | 190 | 19.8% |
By size
Source: AskBusi analysis of active East Tennessee MLS listings, November 8, 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Asking price raised | 0 | 1 |
| Left the active market | 0 | 2 |
| Came back | 0 | 0 |
By city
Every city, as a table
| City | Active | Median asking | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | 19 | $299,000 | 178 |
| Sevierville | 8 | $147,500 | 53 |
| Lenoir City | 8 | $717,750 | 114 |
| Jacksboro | 7 | $179,900 | 34 |
| Maryville | 5 | $499,900 | 131 |
| Athens | 4 | $314,500 | 107 |
| Vonore | 4 | $149,900 | 160 |
| Sweetwater | 4 | $290,000 | 195 |
| Madisonville | 4 | $624,250 | 336 |
| Tazewell | 3 | $100,000 | 125 |
| Kodak | 3 | $299,900 | 151 |
| White Pine | 3 | $35,000 | 99 |
| Townsend | 3 | $425,000 | 138 |
| Gatlinburg | 3 | $644,900 | 160 |
| Harriman | 3 | $489,000 | 283 |
| Rockwood | 3 | $160,000 | 145 |
| Clinton | 3 | $375,000 | 72 |
| New Market | 3 | $479,000 | 105 |
| Dandridge | 3 | $499,000 | 272 |
| 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 8 · asking prices of active listings · a median needs three priced listings or prints —.
This story is part of the Sunday, November 8, 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.