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2009 Wichita Housing Market Forecast - House of Illusions.
The housing market has fallen into a bottomless pit, or so it would seem from the nightly new reports. But not everything is as it first appears. Some "facts" that we know are not really true, while others do not mean what we think. Our goal with this year's forecast is to help you separate reality from illusion so that you may reach your goals in Wichita's housing market.

2009 Wichita Housing Market Forecast
(entire 8MB PDF file with pages separated for printing on 8½ × 11 inch pages)

Spring 2009 Forecast Update
(1 page summary from the Spring Forecast Update Conference)

Download each of the sections separately:
Forecast 2009 Cover
(337 kb PDF file)
Table of Contents(438 kb PDF file)
Page 2; Page 3
Economic Overview - An Ace in the Hole (448 kb PDF file)
Page 4; Page 5
Mortgage Markets - A Disappearing Act (357 kb PDF file)
Page 6; Page 7
Existing Homes - Illusion or Reality? (454 kb PDF file)
Page 8; Page 9
New Homes - Escaping the Trap (418 kb PDF file)
Page 10; Page 11
Home Prices - Defying Gravity (487 kb PDF file)
Page 12; Page 13
Kansas Homes - State of the Market (388 kb PDF file)
Page 14; Page 15
FAQs (Consumer Advice) - Beating the Shell Game (377 kb PDF file)
Page 16; Page 17
Roundtable & Forecast Summary (329 kb PDF file)
Page 18; Page 19
Back Cover (307 kb PDF file)

The Wichita Housing Market Forecast files are made available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to the Adobe website.

New to this year's report: Frequently Asked Questions - With all the negative housing market stories of late, buying or selling a house may feel like a shell game. Any time can be a good time to buy or sell if you go into the market with open eyes and good counsel. Here are some answers to common questions that we've been hearing of late.

Have additional questions? Click here to e-mail us, and we will post questions and answers on an upcoming Q&A page.

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