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October 31, 2007

Housing "misery" -- or less of it

Columnist and blogger Jon Lansner has created a "housing misery" index that looks at states' mortgage delinquency rates and unemployment rates as one way to judge how much -- or little -- housing is hurting local economies. By that measure, Maryland is 34th, with first being the most miserable.

Ohio and Michigan make the top three, as one would expect, but No. 1 might be a surprise. Here's the top 10 on Lansner's misery index:

1. Mississippi

2. Michigan

3. Ohio

4. Indiana

5. Wisconsin

6. Georgia

7. South Carolina

8. Kentucky

9. Louisiana

10. Arkansas

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About Jamie Smith Hopkins

Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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