The State of the State (or at least Sevier County, TN) Being a little bit of a numbers guy I was on the Chess Team in High School. We didn't get any of the social attention that the football team members did. In fact the cheerleaders NEVER attended a single match, let alone cheer -and Yes, I'm still just a little bitter. In the long run however the smart guys and girls do eventually win. I'm still a numbers person and spend a lot of time analyzing our East Tennessee real estate market looking for trends and opportunities. With the latest version of our MLS software it is easier than ever for real estate brokers (even those who weren't on the Chess Team) to analyze our market. The following is a portion of our MLS system's market analysis page: Note the 907 new listings entered by our local real estate agents in the last 30 days and compare that to the 172 properties sold during the same period. You can see that the market is still creating inventory much faster t...