More Moving Averages

I thought it would be interesting to extract Milwaukee out of the statewide numbers. Below are two graphs over the last 900 business days. The first is the statewide number excluding Milwaukee, the second is for just Milwaukee county.





What is interesting to me is that Milwaukee is not going along with the "normal" summer decline in new filings.

50 Day Moving Average Revisited

Pictures are worth a thousand words, so this is a lengthy post. :)

Here is a simple graph of new pre-foreclosure filings in the state of Wisconsin. Compare this with the same chart I created in January. This chart is of a moving average over the past 400 business days.



Last year there was a sharper peak in the spring with a more substantial drop in the summer, especially August and September. Maybe we will still see that drop this year, but I expect not.