Wichita sees 6.8 percent appreciation in annual home prices, according to real estate firm

Home prices in the Wichita area, as of March, rose 6.8 percent from a year earlier, according to CoreLogic, a national real estate analytics firm.

Excluding distressed sales, such as short sales, year-over-year prices in the Wichita area increased by 8.3 percent in March.

For Kansas as a whole, prices rose 8 percent from a year earlier, the third fastest growth rate in the nation. If the distressed sales are left out, Kansas home prices rose 9.5 percent, the highest state in the nation.

This story was originally published May 5, 2015 at 9:55 AM with the headline "Wichita sees 6.8 percent appreciation in annual home prices, according to real estate firm."