wichita real estate: Wichita, KS metro update - 11/20/09 06:04 PM
Wichita is a top SALAD City
Hold the steak. A study by the world's largest producer of fresh salad suggests that Wichita residents may actually prefer salad.
The internal study, conducted by Dole Fresh Vegetables, ranked Wichita among the top salad markets in the United States. This means that local residents … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita real estate update, September, 2009 - 09/28/09 10:47 AM
August, 2009 MLS report
From
W.A.A.R for the
South Central Kansas MLS
YTD closings in August, 2009 were down 16% from August 2009. YTD closings for January through August are down 22% from 2008 levels. YTD closings are down 40% from 2006 levels.
Listings YTD for 2008 … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita business update for August, 2009 - 08/27/09 12:47 PM
Wichita, KS Business Update
August 27, 2009
Wichita Aquifer Project:
Wichita, KS is making sure it's water supply stay available for future growth by taking excess water from the Arkansas river, filtering it and pumping it back into the Equus beds aquifer to create plenty of product through 2050. … (1 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita, KS real estate activity for 2009 - 07/25/09 01:50 PM
The 1st 6 months, Wichita, KS metro area real estate activity
Existing home sales increased 20.9% over May 2009's figures but were still down 10% from the same period in 2008.
New home closings were up 48% compared to a month ago. The median new home price in … (1 comments)
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wichita real estate: April, 2009 real estate update - 05/21/09 04:16 PM
April real estate update
For 2009
Sales figures are in and April's sales were 9.1% higher than March. They were still 27.5% below 2008's numbers. Average sales price of existing homes in April was $113,445. The existing inventory of homes remained relatively stable from March to April this year and … (1 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita, KS was a highly ranked city in 2008. - 04/04/09 04:24 PM
Wichita was a highly ranked city in 2008
Wichita, KS for most of 2008 outpaced the rest of the nation in the quality of its real estate market, job increases and local private and public building projects. The economy started catching up with Wichita in the 3rd quarter and buy … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita, KS Spring Real Estate update for 2009 - 04/03/09 10:29 AM
1st Quarter, 2009
Real Estate & Economic report for the
Wichita, KS metro area
Another Round of lay offs in the aviation industry was announced this week in Wichita, KS. In addition, there will be two to three companies doing furloughs for two to three weeks this summer. Total lay … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Real estate update for Wichita, KS, 2-2009 - 02/26/09 10:24 AM
February, 2009 Market update
For
Wichita, KS
The Center for Real Estate at Wichita State University and the Wichita Board of Realtors reported sales activity for all of 2008 and January of 2009 this week.
Real estate sales forecast for 2009 shows existing home sales at around 7,500 … (1 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita real estate update for 2008 - 01/19/09 05:39 PM
Real Estate Update for 2008
2003 thru 2007, Wichita‘s average increase in home values rose 15.2%. 2008 values rose 3+% the first half of the year and were stable the second half. The Wichita, Kansas metro area was only one of 5 to 6 areas out of the top … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: 2008, Wichita <k board and MLS production stats - 01/19/09 05:36 PM
2008 board and agent Production stats
For the South Kansas MLS
The Wichita Board of Realtors ended the year with approximately 1769 agents and the South Kansas MLS finished with 1880 agents. Two years ago there were approximately 2300 MLS agents.
1880 agents in the MLS at the end … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Forclosures and "SHORT" Sales - 11/23/08 01:49 PM
November 20, 2008 Meeting with
Regional VP of Countrywide Home Loans and staff.
The following is notes and observations from a very frank meeting about the economy, short sales and foreclosures with representatives of the Mortgage industry, Title officers and top Wichita real estate agents.
90% of all foreclosures … (2 comments)
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wichita real estate: Economic news for November, 2008 - 11/10/08 10:41 AM
The Labor Department reported that 240,000 jobs were lost in October, which was worse than the expected loss of 200,000 jobs. In addition, the Unemployment Rate jumped to 6.5%, up from last month's read of 6.1% and reaching the highest unemployment rate since 1994. And if the current numbers weren't bad … (1 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita real estate activity - 09/17/08 11:48 AM
Wichita's real estate market is not near as bad as other cities and states but the slowdown has difinitely reached the "Air Capital".
August closings compared to August, 2007 were down 16.5% for existing homes but volume of sales was up 5.2%. New home sales were down 27.9% according to … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Welcome to Wichita, Kansas - 09/03/08 01:23 PM
Welcome to Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the state and was founded as a cattle town in the late 1800's. In the early 1900's Wichita evolved into the "Air Capital" of the World building more general aviation aircraft than any other city.
Today Wichita is still builds … (2 comments)
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wichita real estate: August, 2008, Wichita, KS Real Estate Update - 08/22/08 10:30 AM
August, 2008, Wichita, KS Real Estate Update
Wichita's housing market is bucking the National trend in number of foreclosures. The national rate is 1.6% of all loans and the Wichita area is running at about ½ of the rate.
During July sales were 11.2% below last years levels (the … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Are lenders contributing to the Mortgage mess? - 07/15/08 02:28 PM
Are lenders contributing to the Mortgage mess?
We have a twin home in Wichita that was sold to an out-of-state investor with minimum down but also had positive cash flow. A year after owning the property the investor's purchases in some costal areas where he was promised huge appreciation started … (4 comments)
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wichita real estate: Are lenders contributing to the Mortgage mess? - 07/15/08 02:22 PM
Are lenders contributing to the Mortgage mess?
We have a twin home in Wichita that was sold to an out-of-state investor with minimum down but also had positive cash flow. A year after owning the property the investor's purchases in some costal areas where he was promised huge appreciation started … (0 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita, KS Sales data for May, 2008 and YTD 2008 - 07/12/08 04:11 PM
Wichita, KS Sales Figures for May, 2008
Plus YTD Information
Real estate sales for May, 2008 compared to May, 2007 were down 19.8%. YTD sales were down 13.1% for the same period. While that may look bad on the surface, Listings were down 11.3% year-to-date and 17.5% May, 2008 compared … (1 comments)
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wichita real estate: 1st quarter, 2008 Market conditions for Wichita, Kansas - 06/05/08 02:33 PM
1st Quarter, 2008 Market Conditions
for
Real Estate in
Wichita, Kansas
Money Magazine just reported 1st quarter information on Median home prices and projections from May, 2008 to May, 2009. Wichita ranked #10 with a projected increase in value of 1.5%. The highest ranked city was Rochester, NY at 2.7% … (2 comments)
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wichita real estate: Wichita, KS cost of living - 05/14/08 11:25 AM
Living on the east and West Coast and want to transfer to Wichita, KS for less expensive housing and good jobs? Check these cost of living #'s below:
A person living in Orange County, CA making $107,300 would only need to make $65,000 in Wichita, KS and have the same … (1 comments)
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