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The raccoon ripple effect

Remember in the boom days when they said anyone could qualify for a loan if they had a pulse?

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No one ever considers the raccoon-related housing market fallout.

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins on June 1, 2008 9:38 PM | Permalink

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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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