Sevier County’s tension is a rising value signal with weak cross-source confirmation and no published market rent. Zillow’s county median home value was $338,286 in June 2026, up 4.54% year over year; FHFA’s 2025 repeat-transaction HPI rose 0.83%. Both point upward, but use different methods and labeled periods. FHFA is an index, not a home value, and the changes cannot be averaged. Investors able to verify property income and sales can investigate; income-dependent buyers should be cautious.
Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD’s $1,085 two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not asking rent, and cannot substitute in a yield calculation. The effective property-tax rate is 0.54%, with $1,683 median annual tax; neither fixes tax for a particular acquisition. Obtain an actual tax bill, insurance quote, utilities and maintenance assumptions before comparing purchase economics.
Realtor.com MLS evidence shows 87 active listings, down 24.68% year over year, while median listing price rose 20.23%. Listings had a 73-day median marketing time and 14.95% carried price reductions. These are asking-price, visible-supply, marketing-time and seller-concession measures—not closed-sale values or standalone proof of buyer demand. Tax-return migration was net positive and incoming movers had higher average income than outgoing movers, supportive context rather than a tenant-demand measure. Investors accounted for 4.31% of the 255 reported purchases, limiting evidence that non-occupant buyers are the main competitive force.
Inland flood is the dominant hazard; modeled annual building-value loss is 0.15%, an aggregate model rather than a parcel loss estimate. QCEW describes annual covered employment at county workplaces, not resident employment or unemployment. Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy. Employer, lease, flood-zone, insurance, replacement-cost and comparable-rent checks are missing, preventing defensible yield, debt-service coverage, resale-value and hazard-cost conclusions.