GOOD NEWS FOR SELLERS
Tight inventories likely behind increases in second quarter.
Wichita real estate agents got another positive piece of information Tuesday: Home prices appreciated by 3.34 percent between the second quarters of 2007 and 2008.
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Source: Wichita Eagle, by Bill Wilson, Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Wichita Home Prices Climb Slowly but Steadily
Sedgwick County home prices during the second quarter grew 3.34 percent over the same period in 2007, according to the Wichita State Univeristy Center for Real Estate.
The figures lend credence to the notion that the Wichita home market remains fundamentally strong, even as sales so far in 2008 have fallen well behind the pace from previous years.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal, by Chris Moon, Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The figures lend credence to the notion that the Wichita home market remains fundamentally strong, even as sales so far in 2008 have fallen well behind the pace from previous years.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal, by Chris Moon, Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Local Housing Shows Signs of Rebound
Wichita's housing market snapped a three-month string of deepening sales declines in July.
Year-over-year sales declined by 11.5 percent in July, dropping to 984 sales from 1,112 in July 2007, according to figures from the Wichita Area Multiple Listing Service.
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Source: Wichita Eagle, by Bill Wilson, Friday, August 22, 2008
Year-over-year sales declined by 11.5 percent in July, dropping to 984 sales from 1,112 in July 2007, according to figures from the Wichita Area Multiple Listing Service.
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Source: Wichita Eagle, by Bill Wilson, Friday, August 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wichita Rank #1 in Most Livable Cities
MSN Real Estate, a division of MSN.com, listed the "nine best, livable cities where you won't need to trade the good life for the boring."
Wichita is No. 1.
"Why live in an expensive city when there are some great, affordable treasures out there?" MSN asks.
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Source: MSN Real Estate
Wichita is No. 1.
"Why live in an expensive city when there are some great, affordable treasures out there?" MSN asks.
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Source: MSN Real Estate
Weigand Starts New Home Division
J.P. Weigand & Sons, Inc. has tweaked its logo and changed its tagline as part of a multipronged effort to make it more attractive to the city's real estate agents.
The company on Wednesday also announced it would create a new-homes division to help it compete in that market. The division will be led by Richelle Knotts.
"As the market changes so do we change," says Gary Walker, who heads up the company's residential division.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal, by Chris Moon, Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The company on Wednesday also announced it would create a new-homes division to help it compete in that market. The division will be led by Richelle Knotts.
"As the market changes so do we change," says Gary Walker, who heads up the company's residential division.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal, by Chris Moon, Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
County Personal Property Value Notices Mailed Next Week
The Sedgwick County Appraiser's Office will mail approximately 11,500 individual and business personal property value notices out next week.
Individual personal property includes boats, personal watercrafts, trailers, manufactured homes and off-road motor vehicles.
For businesses, personal property includes all furniture, machinery and equipment owned by the business.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal,
Individual personal property includes boats, personal watercrafts, trailers, manufactured homes and off-road motor vehicles.
For businesses, personal property includes all furniture, machinery and equipment owned by the business.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal,
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Data Points to Slow Wichita Housing Market
Building permits through May were down 23 percent in Wichita compared to last year -- another sign of the soft local housing market.
Data released by First American Title on Thursday showed building permits so far this year have trailed last year's figures in most cities in the metro, including Derby, Maize and Andover.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal, by Chris Moon, Thursday, August 7, 2008
Data released by First American Title on Thursday showed building permits so far this year have trailed last year's figures in most cities in the metro, including Derby, Maize and Andover.
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Source: Wichita Business Journal, by Chris Moon, Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
A Real Estate Investor Convention
Mid-America Association of Real Estate Investors presents EXPO 2008, A Real Estate Investor Convention.
On October 11th & 12th, 2008 at the Overland Park Marriott Hotel in Overland Park, KS, NINE of the nation’s sought after, successful, multi millionaire Real Estate Speakers who live what they teach will be front and center to reveal their secrets, strategies and systems directly to YOU! We have lined up this all-star cast to offer YOU an unique experience and exclusive content that will launch your investing career into outer space! These speakers travel the US speaking at Conventions, Expo’s, and Boot Camps and we have persuaded them to come to the Kansas City Area to teach you the highly successful tactics that they use every day to make millions of dollars investing in Real Estate.
Check out their website for more information on the convention.
On October 11th & 12th, 2008 at the Overland Park Marriott Hotel in Overland Park, KS, NINE of the nation’s sought after, successful, multi millionaire Real Estate Speakers who live what they teach will be front and center to reveal their secrets, strategies and systems directly to YOU! We have lined up this all-star cast to offer YOU an unique experience and exclusive content that will launch your investing career into outer space! These speakers travel the US speaking at Conventions, Expo’s, and Boot Camps and we have persuaded them to come to the Kansas City Area to teach you the highly successful tactics that they use every day to make millions of dollars investing in Real Estate.
Check out their website for more information on the convention.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Wichita Housing Market Takes a Hit in June
Wichita-area home sales took a big plunge in June, dropping 23.5 percent from 2007.
The June figures, from the South Central Kansas Multiple Listing Service, include across-the-board decreases in sales of new and existing houses.
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Source: Wichita Eagle, Business Today, by Bill Wilson, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008
The June figures, from the South Central Kansas Multiple Listing Service, include across-the-board decreases in sales of new and existing houses.
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Source: Wichita Eagle, Business Today, by Bill Wilson, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Shift in Rental Market Pleases Landlords
Demand is rising as rental home and apartment vacancies fall across the Wichita area.
It's welcome news for landlords who can finally raise rental rates after almost a decade of steady or falling demand.
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Source: Wichita Eagle, by Bill Wilson, Thursday, July 31, 2008
It's welcome news for landlords who can finally raise rental rates after almost a decade of steady or falling demand.
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Source: Wichita Eagle, by Bill Wilson, Thursday, July 31, 2008
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