WSU Center for Real Estate to release 2011 Kansas Housing Market Forecast

Wichita State University's Center for Real Estate will release its eighth annual Housing Market Forecast at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Wichita Marriott.

Stan Longhofer, director of the Center for Real Estate, will present the forecast. He will be available for interviews after his presentation at about 9:30 a.m.

The 2011 Kansas Housing Market Forecast reviews current housing market conditions in major markets across the state -- including Kansas City, Lawrence, Manhattan, Topeka and Wichita -- and forecasts housing market activity through the end of 2011.

Advance copies of the report and interviews with the author will be made available to media outlets that agree to embargo the release of the study's information until 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6.

If you agree to the embargo, contact Longhofer, at (316) 978 7163 or stan.longhofer@wichita.edu.