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Out-of-State Buyers Fuel Surge in Housing Costs, Shortages in Tennessee

Out-of-State Buyers Fuel Surge in Housing Costs, Shortages in Tennessee
House for sale in Knox County, Tennessee, on May 17, 2022. Laura LeRoy/The Epoch Times
Autumn Spredemann
Autumn Spredemann
5/19/2022|Updated: 5/26/2022
Housing woes continue to plague U.S. homebuyers this year after purchase prices and rents hit unprecedented levels in 2021.

Meanwhile, locals in Tennessee have found themselves between a rock and a hard place because of inflated prices resulting from people moving in from other states. Many out-of-state buyers arrive from areas with more expensive housing markets and living costs and have driven up the cost of housing across the board in the Volunteer State.

Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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