“The real key to solving the housing affordability crisis is adding housing supply,” said Robert Dietz, Chief Economist at the National Association of Home Builders during the KCHBA’s Economic Forecast Breakfast. “We need to find ways for home builders to be able to build a product at a price that people can afford.”
The price-to-income ratio has shifted dramatically in recent years, making it harder for young buyers to enter the market, Dietz said.
Dietz, along with former Director of the Wichita State University Center for Real Estate Stanley Longhofer, shared their outlooks for the 2026 real estate market both at a national and local level.
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