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WHAT'S NEW
8/21 Release of New Data: July MLS data and analysis - single-family residential sales statistics for existing, new, and total home sales, compiled from the South Central Kansas Multiple Listing Service.
8/16 Center in the News:  The Wichita Eagle - "Housing crisis affecting some sectors of local market" - "The Center for Real Estate...called together dozens of real estate agents, brokers, lenders and developers to hear the story behind the numbers."
8/16 Presentations:  Economic Update - Dr Longhofer's presentation from the Center for Real Estate's 2008 Real Estate Roundtable
8/14 Center in the News:  The Economist - "Home Economics" - Dr. Longhofer's research is mentioned in this week's Economist
8/12 Center in the News:  The Detroit News - "Housing Collapse Worries May be Overblown" - Reprint of 8/4 Washington Post Article
8/08 Center in the News:  Wichita Business Journal article - "A Guiding Light for Navigating the Real Estate Markets" - Article on the Center for Real Estate and its Website.
8/08 Release of New Data:  June Single-Family Building Permits - research and analysis of separate data sets compiled by the WSU CEDBR and the Wichita Area Builders Association on building permits issued for Wichita and surrounding municipalities.
8/07 Release of New Data:  May deeds, foreclosures, and mortgages  - research and analysis of data compiled by First American Title from filings with the Sedgwick County Register of Deeds.
8/06 Center in the News:  Philadelphia Inquirer article - "Don't Worry; Most Home Prices Won't Collapse" - Reprint of the 8/4 article (below) in the Washington Post
8/04 Center in the News:  Washington Post article - "Housing Collapse Ahead?  Not According to the Data" - co-authored by Dr. Stan Longhofer, director of the WSU Center for Real Estate.
8/04 Academic Research The Foreclosure-House Price Nexus: Lessons from the 2007-2008 Housing Turmoil