Fall is one of the best times to experience the Tri-Cities. Cooler temperatures return, the mountains begin changing color and communities across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia fill their calendars with music, food, art and longstanding local traditions.

Whether you recently moved to the region or have called it home for years, the coming months offer plenty of reasons to explore Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol, Jonesborough, Elizabethton and the surrounding communities.

Upper East Tennessee Celtic Festival and Games

The season begins with the Upper East Tennessee Celtic Festival and Games from September 4–6 in Johnson City. The three-day celebration highlights Celtic music, athletics and cultural traditions, offering something…

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The Tri-Cities housing market finished the first half of 2026 on solid ground, but its year-long growth streak has reached a plateau. Demand remains strong and prices continue to rise, yet affordability is limiting further expansion and moving more activity into the region’s upper price ranges.

Through June, buyers closed on 4,115 homes—an 8.3% increase from the same period last year. New listings rose 2.9%, while the median sales price climbed approximately 3.5%.

Those figures reflect a healthy market. However, TCI’s Annualized Sales Tracker, which measures closings over a rolling 12-month period, declined 0.1% at mid-year. The small decrease ended 12 consecutive months of growth. It does not indicate a downturn, but it does suggest that the market…

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The Tri-Cities new home market delivered a mixed signal in July. Buyers purchased fewer newly built homes than they did a year earlier, but those who entered the market paid more for larger properties.

According to the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors® (NETAR), 56 new homes closed during July. That was down 17.6% from 68 sales in July 2025. Meanwhile, the median sale price increased 3.8% to $365,588, and the average rose 3.9% to $403,651.

Falling sales and rising prices may appear contradictory, but they measure different aspects of the market. The sales count reflects activity, while prices depend on the types of homes being purchased. When buyers select larger homes or properties in more expensive locations, prices can rise even as…

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Rogersville recorded the highest rate of seller price reductions among established Tri-Cities housing markets in July. Of its 21 completed sales, 12 involved a price cut, producing a market-leading share of 57.1%.

Gray followed with reductions on eight of its 16 sales, or 50%. Blountville ranked third, with 13 of its 27 sellers reducing their asking price before closing—a share of 48.1%.

These are mid-sized housing markets, so a few additional reductions can shift their percentages quickly. Even so, the results point to a clear trend: sellers in Rogersville, Gray and Blountville adjusted their prices more frequently than those in the region’s larger markets.

How often sellers reduce their prices, however, does not necessarily indicate the size of…

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Tri-Cities home prices are on track to remain near their current levels through the end of 2026. Sales and prices continue performing at record highs, but most of this year’s price growth occurred during the first half.

Inventory is increasing, giving buyers more options, but the number of available homes remains below pre-pandemic levels. That limited supply continues to support prices, even as high mortgage rates and more selective buyers restrict how much further they can climb.

The first half of the year did much of the market’s heavy lifting. The year-to-date median sale price in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area increased 2.04%, placing it close to most full-year forecasts. Zillow’s outlook calls for a 2.4% increase in Kingsport-Bristol…

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