‘We show really well right now' – Kingsport joins Johnson City in top 10 housing markets list

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport's metro area has joined Johnson City's in the top 10 of a closely watched, Wall Street Journal/realtor.com nati...

February 2, 2023
4:30 AM

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kingsport's metro area has joined Johnson City's in the top 10 of a closely watched, Wall Street Journal/realtor.com national quarterly housing markets index that Johnson City topped in the fall. Kingsport's metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked seventh among more than 300 metro housing markets in the quarterly 'emerging housing markets' index released Wednesday. The realtor.com article showed that was up from 37th in the fall. Johnson City's MSA, meanwhile, posted its third straight quarter in the top five.

Jeff Keeling