Dane County housing starts up slightly in March

There were 50 Dane County housing starts in the month of March, up from the 49 housing starts a year ago. Year-to-date there were 109 starts through the month of March, down 33.5% from the 164 through March of last year.

Here's how housing starts have trended for the 11 previous months of March:

• March 1999: 205
• March 2000: 190
• March 2001: 245
• March 2002: 218
• March 2003: 203
• March 2004: 210
• March 2005: 235
• March 2006: 155
• March 2007: 103
• March 2008: 49
• March 2009: 50

Last month's 50 housing starts were almost 80% lower than the 245 housing starts registered during the peak March in 2001. You can check out our full report on the real estate trends page at DaneCountyMarket.com.

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

Have a good day,

Dan Miller, Keller Williams Realty and DaneCountyMarket.com