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September 20, 2008

D.C.: Before, during, after the boom

By special Wonk reader request: A look at Washington, D.C.'s changing home sales and prices:

Change in sales, 2000-2005: up 20 percent

Change in sales, 2005-2007: down 19 percent (below '99 sales levels)

Change in average price, 2000-2005: up 113 percent

Change in average price, 2005-2007: up 1 percent

You can find the numbers I used at Metropolitan Regional Information Systems' stats page.

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins at 5:43 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Number-crunching

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Didn't you win an award for prompting DC buyers to Baltimore? Now that your blog is focused on Metro, I wonder about that.

Posted by: Dunn | September 23, 2008 4:27 PM

No, Christian. I won an award for a series that, in part, detailed how the Baltimore metro area -- I repeat, metro area -- was seeing its housing market impacted by Washington-area workers. I do not write stories telling people to do things.

If you'll recall, I explained this when you called me a week or so ago.

Posted by: Jamie Smith Hopkins | September 23, 2008 4:33 PM

Please don't act like you understand.

Posted by: Dunn | September 23, 2008 6:04 PM

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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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