Knoxville, TN metro area: housing market report

Updated 10/26/2026

Verified monthly housing data for Knoxville, TN metro area. The national median sale price for the same period was $393,895; neither median describes a specific home.

  • Median sale price: $399,084 (-0.2% year over year)
  • Closed sales: 1,091 (+4.4% year over year)
  • Inventory: 3,853 (-10.3% year over year)
  • Median days on market: 65 (+1 day year over year)

For buyers: Inventory changed -10.3% while marketing time changed +1 days. These mixed or flat signals call for checking the competition in your price range.

For sellers: The median sale price changed -0.2% year over year. This is a market mix measure, not an estimate of your home’s appreciation; review comparable properties.

Six-month trend

Monthly observations; price is the median sale price in dollars.
MonthPriceSalesDays
2026-04$395,0001,14766
2026-05$414,9001,17666
2026-06$415,0001,19263
2026-07$418,4751,13465
2026-08$400,0001,01962
2026-09$399,0841,09165

Reporting period: 2026-09-01 through 2026-09-30. Source revised: 2026-10-07. Retrieved: 2026-10-26. Source geography: Knoxville, TN metro area (ID 28940).

Source: Redfin Data Center monthly download. Source methodology.

How to read these figures

Redfin monthly All Residential, all construction; seasonally adjusted where available, except median sale price (not seasonally adjusted). Redfin Metro boundaries can be metro divisions or smaller statistical areas; these are not city limits. Census region follows the first state in the source label for cross-state areas. Monthly data can be revised; weekly publication does not imply weekly measurements.

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About the Author

Written by Jim Gruler, Arizona Licensed Real Estate Broker and Co-Founder of Seeking Agents®. Jim has more than 18 years of real estate experience and helps create educational resources for buyers and sellers navigating the home buying and selling process.

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Last updated: 10/26/2026