MTSU Business Center Reports

Tennessee Housing Market: Business and Economic Research Center, MTSU

Every quarter Middle Tennessee State University publishes the Tennessee Housing Market report. It offers an overview of the state's economy as it relates to the housing market. It includes data on employment, housing construction, real estate transactions and mortgages, home sales and prices, delinquencies, and foreclosures.

In recent months, the BERC has created an interactive website for readers to view the data. The most recent of its quarterly reports are posted below.

Tennessee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, employment across all industry sectors held remarkably steady, with every sector’s headcount shifting by less than 1.00%. Manufacturing topped the leaderboard with a 0.16% gain, while the goodsproducing sectors saw the only downturn, dipping slightly by 0.21%. The labor force swelled by 0.25%, and total employment climbed by 0.30% over the quarter. At the same time, the unemployment rate inched downward by 0.03%.

[June 2025]

Tennessee Housing Market: 4th Quarter 2024

Tennessee Housing Market: 3rd Quarter 2024

Tennessee Housing Market: 2nd Quarter 2024

Tennessee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2024

Tennessee Housing Market: 4th Quarter 2023

Tenneseee Housing Market: 3rd Quarter 2023

Tenneseee Housing Market: 2nd Quarter 2023

Tenneseee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2023

Tenneseee Housing Market: 4th Quarter 2022

Tenneseee Housing Market: 3rd Quarter 2022

Tenneseee Housing Market: 2nd Quarter 2022

Tenneseee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2022

Tennessee Housing Market: 4th Quarter 2021

Tennessee Housing Market: 3rd Quarter 2021

Tennessee Housing Market: 2nd Quarter 2021

Tennessee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2021

Tennessee Housing Market: 4th Quarter 2020

Tennessee Housing Market: 3rd Quarter 2020

Tennessee Housing Market: 2nd Quarter 2020

Tennessee Housing Market: 1st Quarter 2020