The story of this market
The typical home in Overton County, Tennessee sells for about $329,900, or $176 per square foot.
Prices are up +37.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 85 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 119% since 2000. Last year 6 of 6 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is lightning, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $995 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $995 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+6.3%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+17.2%). Worst: 2012 (-1.8%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.4%
TN · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,226
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+6.3%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 6 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
28
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $7,294,834.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
72.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 547 | 230 | 72.3% | 4% | $155,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Overton County, Tennessee
Overton County is experiencing a significant surge in median home prices, with a 37.7% year-over-year increase as of March 2026. The market is characterized by low sales volume and limited inventory, reflecting a tight supply environment. Despite the price growth, the county remains a relatively affordable market compared to national benchmarks.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 5.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 74 days on market with 4.1 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
12% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 94.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 0.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 5 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
researched Sep 21
researched Sep 17
researched Sep 17
researched Sep 17
researched Sep 21
| 38541 | Allons | $131,000 | $93 | 0% | 117 | — | 6.5% | — | 120 | $1,033 | researched Sep 21 |
| 38554 | Crawford | $220,704 | $135 | -2.1% | 202 | 96.5% | 15% | 8.4 | 12 | $837 | researched Sep 17 |
| 38568 | Hilham | $174,400 | $115 | +2.1% | 85 | 96.5% | 15% | 6.2 | 12 | $950 | researched Sep 17 |
| 38570 | Livingston | $325,000 | $168 | +4.5% | 58 | 97.5% | 12% | 3.2 | 42 | $754 | researched Sep 17 |
| 38580 | Rickman | $287,786 | $165 | +6% | 68 | 97.5% | 12% | 4.2 | 392 | $1,138 | researched Sep 21 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Rental activity remains modest with limited inventory available for prospective tenants.
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