- Second highest month ever for Wisconsin Foreclosure Filings
- A jump of 19% from December 2008, one of the largest monthly jumps ever
- Continues the trend of more than 100 filings (on average) each business day
| January-09 | 2,688 |
| December-08 | 2,242 |
January is Normally a Big Month
For the last several years, January has had more foreclosure filings than the preceding December. January 2009 is no exception. This chart shows monthly filings since the beginning of 2005.
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County by County Analysis
- Some counties such as Iowa county, saw a decline in January from their 2008 monthly average
- Waukesha and Ozaukee both increased over 50% from their 2008 monthly aveage
- Door county had the largest percentage increase at 140%
All Counties
| County | Avg. 2008 | January 2009 | Change |
| Adams | 19 | 20 | 8% |
| Ashland | 5 | 5 | 11% |
| Barron | 18 | 23 | 31% |
| Bayfield | 4 | 4 | -4% |
| Brown | 84 | 111 | 33% |
| Buffalo | 4 | 4 | 14% |
| Burnett | 11 | 11 | 1% |
| Calumet | 11 | 11 | -1% |
| Chippewa | 19 | 24 | 24% |
| Clark | 9 | 10 | 14% |
| Columbia | 25 | 25 | 0% |
| Crawford | 3 | 6 | 106% |
| Dane | 109 | 154 | 41% |
| Dodge | 35 | 38 | 10% |
| Door | 8 | 20 | 140% |
| Douglas | 17 | 17 | -1% |
| Dunn | 16 | 14 | -10% |
| Eau Claire | 24 | 28 | 19% |
| Florence | 1 | 3 | 112% |
| Fond du Lac | 28 | 32 | 15% |
| Forest | 3 | 3 | -3% |
| Grant | 9 | 10 | 14% |
| Green | 13 | 18 | 36% |
| Green Lake | 8 | 10 | 28% |
| Iowa | 9 | 3 | -66% |
| Jackson | 6 | 4 | -31% |
| Jefferson | 27 | 30 | 10% |
| Juneau | 11 | 16 | 48% |
| Kenosha | 87 | 131 | 51% |
| Kewaunee | 7 | 6 | -9% |
| La Crosse | 25 | 23 | -7% |
| Lafayette | 4 | 7 | 58% |
| Langlade | 8 | 8 | 7% |
| Lincoln | 11 | 6 | -46% |
| Manitowoc | 19 | 26 | 39% |
| Marathon | 38 | 53 | 39% |
| Marinette | 18 | 29 | 57% |
| Marquette | 10 | 8 | -19% |
| Milwaukee | 540 | 621 | 15% |
| Monroe | 16 | 18 | 11% |
| Oconto | 18 | 24 | 36% |
| Oneida | 16 | 22 | 36% |
| Outagamie | 50 | 62 | 24% |
| Ozaukee | 17 | 29 | 67% |
| Pepin | 2 | 20 | 728% |
| Pierce | 21 | 18 | -13% |
| Polk | 31 | 33 | 7% |
| Price | 4 | 7 | 87% |
| Racine | 92 | 110 | 19% |
| Richland | 7 | 4 | -39% |
| Rock | 82 | 122 | 49% |
| Rusk | 7 | 9 | 24% |
| Sauk | 27 | 43 | 61% |
| Sawyer | 7 | 12 | 69% |
| Shawano | 15 | 18 | 19% |
| Sheboygan | 39 | 53 | 38% |
| St Croix | 53 | 88 | 65% |
| Taylor | 5 | 4 | -13% |
| Trempealeau | 7 | 9 | 26% |
| Vernon | 6 | 5 | -20% |
| Vilas | 11 | 11 | -4% |
| Walworth | 49 | 58 | 18% |
| Washburn | 8 | 15 | 84% |
| Washington | 35 | 42 | 20% |
| Waukesha | 88 | 140 | 59% |
| Waupaca | 24 | 32 | 32% |
| Waushara | 14 | 19 | 35% |
| Winnebago | 56 | 60 | 7% |
| Wood | 17 | 28 | 62% |
The trend is still up, however I suspect the reasons for foreclosures are changing in Wisconsin. We are most likely past the sub-prime foreclosure bubble, consistent with trends around the US.
