Dane County housing starts lower by 53% in April

Dane County housing starts totaled 42 in April, down 53% from the 90 housing starts recorded in April of 2008. Here's how housing starts have been trending since 2005.




And here's how housing starts have stacked up for each of the last 11 Aprils:

• April 1999: 195
• April 2000: 179
• April 2001: 211
• April 2002: 230
• April 2003: 246
• April 2004: 250
• April 2005: 188
• April 2006: 166
• April 2007: 127
• April 2008: 90
• April 2009: 42

Housing starts this past April were down 83% from the peak April in 2004.

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 one,

Dan Miller, Keller Williams Realty and DaneCountyMarket.com