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September 13, 2008

Home prices and other worries

Americans are concerned about mortgage problems and home prices, but not as much as, say, high gas prices. That's according to a new Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted for CNN.

Just over 1,000 adults were asked this question: "Which of the following economic problems concerns you the MOST -- the price of gasoline, the availability of good jobs, high taxes, or the problems due to the mortgage crisis and falling home values?"

Thirty-five percent said the price of gasoline, 28 percent said the availability of good jobs and 18 percent each picked taxes and mortgage crisis/home values.

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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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