Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Dane County housing starts decrease in October

Dane County registered 52 housing starts in the month of October, down from the 113 registered a year ago. As you'll see from the graph below, housing starts have been on a steady downward trend.



This past October was the lowest month for housing starts out of every October dating back to 1999. Here's how housing starts stack up for each of the last 10 Octobers:

  • October, 1999: 158
  • October, 2000: 147
  • October, 2001: 224
  • October, 2002: 262
  • October, 2003: 243
  • October, 2004: 197
  • October, 2005: 180
  • October, 2006: 112
  • October, 2007: 113
  • October, 2008: 52

Thanks to Dominic Collar from MTD Marketing Services of Wisconsin for allowing us to publish his data. For our full housing start report, visit the real estate trends page at DaneCountyMarket.com.

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