Wichita area home prices up 5.2 percent in last year

Home prices in the Wichita area in January were up 5.2 percent over January 2014, according to real estate company CoreLogic.

When excluding distressed sales, such as short sales, the yearly increase was 6.4 percent in January.

In Kansas, the increase was 4.6 percent for all sales, and 5.3 percent for sales excluding distressed homes.

This story was originally published March 3, 2015 at 9:34 AM with the headline "Wichita area home prices up 5.2 percent in last year."