4,120 Homes For Sale in Chattanooga: Mid-Year Market Update and What to Expect For the Rest of 2026
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Blake Watson provides a mid-year update on the Chattanooga real estate market, analyzing inventory, pricing, and sales activity.
We're just over halfway through 2026, so this week, host Blake Watson of Epique Realty breaks down the data from the first half of the year to see where the Chattanooga real estate market really stands, and what to expect for the rest of the year. In this episode, Blake looks at the latest numbers pulled from the Chattanooga MLS, operated by the Greater Chattanooga Realtors, comparing June 2026 to June 2025 and the first half of 2026 to the first half of 2025. Topics covered: Why real estate doesn't behave like the stock market, and what the 2007 to 2010 housing crisis really tells us about long term home values, including how the VW plant announcement helped soften that downturn locally Inventory update: total listings jumped from 3,334 in June 2025 to 4,120 in June 2026, a 23.6 percent increase year over year, the highest inventory level in more than 10 years What rising inventory means if you are buying: more homes to choose from and more time to decide What rising inventory means if you are selling: the importance of pricing your home correctly and presenting it well Median sale price update: up from 347,000 dollars in June 2025 to 355,000 dollars in June 2026, a 2.25 percent…
People in this episode
Host: Blake Watson
Topics covered
- Chattanooga real estate market
- market update
- inventory trends
- home pricing
- sales activity
- long term home values
Keywords
- Chattanooga real estate
- market update
- home inventory
- median sale price
- housing crisis
- real estate trends
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Epique Realty, Greater Chattanooga Realtors
Places: Chattanooga
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