Wichita home prices rose 4.6 percent in 2014

Wichita area home prices in December were 4.6 percent higher than in December 2013, according to national real estate data and analytics firm CoreLogic.

Excluding distressed sales, such as short sales, year-over-year prices increased by 5.9 percent in December 2014 compared to December 2013.

For Kansas as a whole, home prices rose 4.5 percent in December, compared with the same time a year ago. Excluding distressed sales, prices rose 4.9 percent.

This story was originally published February 3, 2015 at 9:58 AM with the headline "Wichita home prices rose 4.6 percent in 2014."