A 5 G HOME!!! - Great Location! Great Price! Great Pool! Great Neighbors! Great Home! This tri-level near perfect home has a fenced and private back lawn with large trees, a wonderful pool and pool house. All this can be seen from your tile floored pretty sun rooom just off the kitchen and dining area. The home has a 2-car drive under garage with extra room for hobby and workshop needs, plus great storage. The formal living room welcomes guests. A large media room/den is on the 1st level. Three bedrooms and two baths are on the upper level. A spacious kitchen with good counter space and like-new appliances await the serious cook. A seller's home warranty exists.

4G'S - GREAT LOCATION! GREAT GARDENS! GREAT HOME! GREAT PRICE! Beautiful open floor plan. Large home with nice, big rooms. Hardwood floors on main level, new kitchen with everything just perfect. The breakfast area overlooks the gardens in back. Just off the breakfast room is the laundry and utility room, the formal dining room. When you enter the foyer a formal living room is to the right which opens to the family room. The master suite and 3 additional bedrooms are on the second level. A huge 3rd floor game room complete with space that could be the 5th bedroom and more. A full unfinished basement gives plenty of room for the workshop of your dreams and great extra storage/hobby needs. Two-car garage area and plenty of parking for guest. This home is located in Preston Forest and on a dead end street with low traffic. What a bonus to get a near level and private back lawn, wonderful gardens and garden areas & mature landscaping. You will have flowers most all year. Priced to sell today!

4 G's - GREAT LOCATION, GREAT CONDITION, GREAT HOME, GREAT PRICE - Want a home that is move in ready? This is it with it's large corner lot, great mountain views, pretty landscaping, level front and back lawn and level driveway. The inside is picture perfect. The screened room just of the kitchen and dining area will be a favorite room. The downstairs can be finished into a den, extra bedroom or whatever. The laundry is on the main level. A two-car garage with level driveway completes the package for the right home for you. Better hurry!

4 G's - GREAT LAKE FRONT LIVING, GREAT LAKE LOCATION, GREAT LAKE CUSTOM HOME, GREAT PRICE - FOR YOUR VIEWING THIS LAKE FRONT HOME WILL BE OPEN EACH WEEKEND IN AUGUST - SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 1pm-3pm. Come by land or lake, plenty of room for parking boats or cars.**** It just does not get any better than this unique one of a kind custom built one owner home. The style and warmth is so welcoming from the private gated entry drive which circles the front lawn to the stone and wood entrance complete with serene fish pond and beautiful front door. The front lawn is terraced and level with sea wall, double deck dock with three boat slips, kitchen, storage, 5,600 lb. boat lift and plenty of room for guest and lake entertaining. The estate home has two master suites, two kitchens, 7 bedrooms, 6 baths, granite counters and solid doors throughout, 10 french doors, loads of closet space, sec.sys, loads of custom built in features, art covered TV placement, Hidden safes, and double stairs leading to children's play room, game/media room, art studio and more. Be prepared to fall in love with this Boone Lake Manor home. A detached two-car garage with roughed in guest cottage is waiting for your finishing touches. Come see the home of your dreams, everything you ever wanted and everything you deserve, priced right, too.

3G'S - GREAT LOCATION! GREAT HOME! GREAT PRICE! One Level Raised Ranch with open vaulted ceilings in the great room and dining area. The dining area opens out to the back deck for outdoor grilling. The kitchen has loads of space. The 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths are all on the same level and this house is offered at an afforable price. A full unfinished basement with plenty of room for storage or future expansion into finished space would be possible. A two-car garage and good driveway are so convenient. All this and just minutes from Main St. Jonesborough. Enjoy the large completely fenced back lawn which is near level, just perfect for pets and children and outdoor entertaining.

BETTER THAN NEW IN PALOMINO ACRES. Quality brick and vinyl home with 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, large living and dining rooms with vaulted ceiling, pretty hardwood floors, wonderful kitchen with lots of cabinets, island and pantry. Downstairs offers nice family room/home office and oversized 2 car garage.

OWNER SAYS SELL! Why rent when you could own this super home. What a charmer with great built in shelving and storage. Includes living room, eat-in kitchen, den with double closets, heated office area off driveway and den, gas water heater, and a nice storage building in rear. Enjoy the private side decking and completely fenced backyard. The covered front entry is so welcoming. Walk to Funfest and all city conveniences. Offers subject to lender's approval

A three G Home - GREAT location, Great price, Great home!  Bring your vision and tools and make this the home of your dreams. This all brick tri-level home is on a level corner lot with level driveway. The Screened side porch will be enjoyed all spring and summer. The spacious living and dining areas have hardwood floors and a brick fireplace and open out to the screened room and back patio area. Walk to all 3 schools & shopping, etc. from the Green Acres sought after city location. Three bedrooms and 1.5 baths are just a few steps up from the gathering areas. On the lower level you could finish this space into a family room and maybe the 4th bedroom. The laundry is located on this level. The kitchen is at the front of the home and overlooks the front lawn and entry. The kitchen offers good counter and cabinet space. Stay warm and cool with a heat pump and year. Owners say sell! This home being sold in "as-is" condition and priced to reflect that.

A Three G HOME - GREAT price, GREAT location, GREAT Home! This l Brick, one level living offers hardwood and tile flooring, an open great room with brick fireplace and vaulted ceilings,and a convenient "new" kitchen with breakfast bar open to the dining area. The entry foyer and beautiful front door welcomes guest. The front landscaping is easy to maintain. You will enjoy the wide hallway and convenient hall laundry. The extra nice and spacious master bedroom with master bath offers double sinks and great closet space and is located at the back of the home. The private and pretty back lawn is perfect for children or pets and has a wonderful patio to enjoy outdoor entertaining. A 2 car main level garage with extra storage room and security system are more added features.

DREAMING OF A POOL and PLENTY OF ROOM? This home and the adjoining properties would be perfect for multifamily living. This custom build large brick home offers 4-5 bedrooms and 3 baths, large downstairs media room with bar plus a den on this level. The formal living room opens up to the spacious SUN ROOM with vaulted ceilings. The sunroom has decking to enjoy access and views of the gorgeous pool. The grand entry foyer leads guests up to the main living area as well as downstairs to the gathering areas. The master suite is very special and so roomy. The guest bedrooms and other baths are well planned and conveniently located. A carport and plenty of parking is just off the kitchen. The kitchen has good storage and plenty of counter space. A back covered patio and entertaining area joins the pool, gazebo and more decking and walkways. There is room for a hot tub and water feature if you choose. All this sets on nearly 2+acres with a fenced and gated entry and level drive plus plenty of parking. The home to the left is also for sale as are two additional lots, so if you want more land and want the whole family to enjoy this estate let’s talk about buying and living together, happily ever after.

A few days later another index showed the Kingsport - Bristol metro ranking 14th best out of 291 areas nationwide for year-to-year home price appreciation through September 30, at 3.93 percent. To put this in perspective, nationwide figures released by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight showed, prices declined by 6 percent over the same period.

While we have felt the crunch it has not been nearly as bad in this area as other parts of the country. I liked a quote in the article, by Bill Greer an economics professor at Milligan College, "That is not to say it is strong or perfect by any means, but I do think we continue to enjoy a degree of insulation from the national economy."

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One last thing that they considered was medical service. Wellmont's Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport  is ranked as one of the top 100 cardiac hospitals in the country, and it is a Children's Miracle Network hospital.