Claiborne County presents a low-entry-price but thin-liquidity tension: Zillow’s county median home value was $95,915, down 12.69% year over year. Buyers seeking value should investigate asset-level rent, flood exposure, and exit liquidity; those requiring dependable resale timing should be cautious. This is county-level evidence, not metro evidence. FHFA annual repeat-transaction HPI is not published, so it cannot corroborate or challenge Zillow’s direction.
Housing economics remain unpriced: market asking rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR of $842 per month is a payment standard, not market rent. The effective property-tax rate is 0.49%, and median annual tax is $403. Modeled climate loss equals 0.18% of building value per year, while inland flood is the dominant hazard; parcel-level elevation, insurance, and deductible terms are needed before setting carrying costs.
Realtor.com’s MLS listing-market evidence points to slower visible marketing: active listings were 20, up 34.48% year over year, and median days on market reached 141, up 46.11%. Its median listing price was lower year over year, but that is an asking price, not a closed-sale measure. The 17.95% pending ratio and reported price-reduced share are listing signals, not proof of buyer demand. Net migration was -57 tax-return households; incoming movers’ average AGI exceeded outgoing movers’ by a calculated $475. Investor participation was 2 of 32 purchases (6.25%), so non-occupant mortgage buyers were not dominant.
County QCEW reports annual covered workplace employment as essentially unchanged and average covered-worker weekly wage as lower. Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector, a concentration point rather than the whole economy. QCEW is neither resident employment nor unemployment data. Next, obtain closed-sale prices and volume, property-specific market rents, and flood insurance and elevation data; their absence prevents underwriting exit pricing, gross yield, and hazard-adjusted carrying costs.