Dane County housing starts decreased by 58% in November

Dane County housing starts decreased from 84 in November of 2007 to 35 in November of 2008 - a decrease of 58%.

Here's the housing start history for each of the last 10 Novembers:

• November, 1999: 165
• November, 2000: 181
• November, 2001: 164
• November, 2002: 152
• November, 2003: 213
• November, 2004: 179
• November, 2005: 176
• November, 2006: 91
• November, 2007: 84
• November, 2008: 35

The 35 housing starts in November were down 84% from the November, 2003 peak of 213 starts.

For more information:

• Monthly housing start report on the real estate trends page at DaneCountyMarket.com
• Today's update on Madison.com

Thanks to Dominic Collar from MTD Marketing Services of Wisconsin for allowing us to share his data. For more information, you can contact Dominic at 920-993-8435.