Center for Real Estate: Wichita State Center for Real Estate

2021 Housing Forecast Now Available

What’s New

07-29-2021: Average Mortgage Rates for the Week Ending July 29
- 30-year FRM: 2.80 percent - 15-year FRM: 2.10 percent - 5-1 ARM: 2.45 percent
07-28-2021: Kansas Statewide Home Sales Statistics for June
- Total home sales: 4,704 units - Median sale price: $230,000 - Inventory: 1.2 months
07-28-2021: June Residential Building Permit Filings from the U.S. Census
- - Kansas: 639 permits filed
- - Kansas City: 691 permits filed
- - Lawrence: 13 permits filed
- - Manhattan: 25 permits filed
- - Topeka: 24 permits filed
- - Wichita: 143 permits filed
07-22-2021: Average Mortgage Rates for the Week Ending July 22
- 30-year FRM: 2.78 percent - 15-year FRM: 2.12 percent - 5-1 ARM: 2.49 percent
07-21-2021: Heartland MLS (Kansas City) Home Sales Statistics for June
- Total home sales: 4,600 units - Average sale price: $316,449 - Inventory: 0.9 months
07-21-2021: Topeka Area Home Sales Statistics for June
- Total home sales: 348 units - Median sale price: $171,750 - Inventory: 0.7 months
07-21-2021: Kansas Labor Market Statistics for June
- - Kansas: Unemployment rate fell to 3.7% - Non-farm employment rose 4.3% to 1,383,500
- - Kansas City: Non-farm employment rose 5.7% to 1,092,600
- - Lawrence: Non-farm employment rose 6.1% to 46,700
- - Manhattan: Non-farm employment rose 1.7% to 35,900
- - Topeka: Non-farm employment rose 4.1% to 109,700
- - Wichita: Non-farm employment rose 5.9% to 290,500

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