Tennessee house prices
House prices in Tennessee rose 0.9% over the year to 2026 Q2, and are +38.4% over five years. The FHFA index for the state stands at 484.85, against 100 when the series began in 1991.
What the index says
Tennessee is growing more slowly than the typical state, at +0.9% against a median of +2.7%, which places it #42 of 51. The index is at or close to its record high.
The figure measures price movement, not price level. FHFA builds it from repeat sales and refinancings of the same properties, so it is not distorted by whether expensive or cheap homes happened to change hands in a given quarter. What it cannot tell you is what a house actually costs, which is a separate statistic.
One way to read it: a home worth $400,000 in Tennessee today would have been worth roughly $289,017 five years ago and $182,815 ten years ago, if it tracked the state index exactly. Individual homes and neighbourhoods diverge from a state index considerably.
Fifteen years of the index
Q2 of each year. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index, purchase-only, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted.
What it costs to borrow
Mortgage rates are set nationally rather than by state. The 30-year average was 6.71% in the week to 2026-09-03. On a $300,000 loan that is 1,938 dollars a month in principal and interest, before tax and insurance.
Metro areas in Tennessee
FHFA publishes a separate index for the hundred largest metropolitan areas. Within a state these can move quite differently from each other.
| Metro area | One year | Five years | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville, TN | +1.6% | +49.5% | 517.79 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | -0.2% | +34.4% | 599.38 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | -0.7% | +20.6% | 319.11 |
Tennessee house prices: common questions
Are house prices rising in Tennessee?
Yes. Prices rose 0.9% over the year to 2026 Q2, against a median across all states of +2.7%. Tennessee ranks #42 of 51 for one-year growth.
How much have Tennessee house prices risen over ten years?
+118.8% over ten years and +384.9% since the index began in 1991. In practical terms, a home worth $400,000 today would have been worth roughly $182,815 ten years ago if it tracked the state index exactly.
Is this a price or an index?
An index. FHFA measures how much prices have changed by tracking repeat sales and refinancings of the same properties, which removes the distortion you get from comparing whatever happened to sell in a given quarter. It is the best available measure of price movement, and it deliberately does not tell you what a house costs. For that you need a median sale price, which is a different statistic from a different source.
Have Tennessee prices passed their previous peak?
Yes. The index is at or near its record high, set in 2026 Q2.