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Newport, Tennessee
A short history, a year of market numbers and homes for sale in Newport, from Will Cupp.
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The story
About Newport
The Great Indian Warpath crossed the Pigeon River here at a shallow spot early traders called War Ford. In August 1782, in one of the last fights of the Revolution, Colonel John Sevier crossed the Pigeon at that ford and attacked a Cherokee camp. After the war settlers moved in around the river fords. Peter Fine ran a ferry on the French Broad in the early 1780s, and John Gilliland settled across from it, in what is now Oldtown.
Sometime in the 1790s the Gilliland family gave 50 acres for a town square and courthouse on the riverbank, and the town of New Port began. For years the settlers lived under the threat of Cherokee raids from across the mountains and built forts such as Wood's Fort, McCoy's Fort and Whitson's Fort for protection. Fines Creek is named for the Fine family's loss in one of those fights.
Newport is the county seat of Cocke County and sits on the Pigeon River. About 6,900 people lived here at the 2020 census.
Source: Wikipedia, Newport, Tennessee.
One year of market data
Newport by the numbers
Past 12 months: the last twelve months.
Price trend
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Homes sold and new listings
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Days on market
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Sold price compared to list price
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Market data courtesy of the East Tennessee REALTORS MLS through Flexmls. Residential sales, past 12 months. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, and this is not an appraisal.
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Mortgage rates and the prime rate
7.24%
30 year fixed mortgage
6.60%
15 year fixed mortgage
7.00%
Prime rate
30 and 15 year rates are weekly U.S. averages as of October 29, 2026. Source: Freddie Mac, Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Prime rate as of October 27, 2026. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, via FRED. National averages, not a quote. Your rate will vary.