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March 17, 2008

Foreclosure cases, county by county

If you're concerned -- or just curious -- about rising foreclosure numbers, you now have a new tool to track local trends from 2000 through 2007. I collaborated with Sun cartographer Christine Fellenz and our resident Flash whiz, Leeann Adams, on an online gadget that lets you see the changing number of foreclosure cases in each county and Baltimore City ... plus home sales, home prices, incomes and the share of prime vs. subprime.

Yes, this did take us a while to put together, and yes, I am feeling squintier than ever from checking all those numbers. A grateful thanks to Sun intern Megan Hartley for pitching in with the double-checking.

This information goes hand-in-hand with a story I wrote about foreclosure cases, which notes that many of the counties seeing the biggest increases are well-off and high-priced. Click on the link for the interactive tool and you'll see the story as well.

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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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