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Jamie Smith Hopkins
Reporter
My Role
Business news reporter covering the regional economy and housing market, a roller-coaster of a beat. Keeper of the Sun's housing blog, baltimoresun.com/realestatewonk.
My Biography
Grew up in Columbia, left Maryland to cover education in Iowa and then returned home in 1999 to work at The Baltimore Sun. Winner of multiple journalism awards for housing coverage from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
My Interests
Number crunching, all things housing and shedding light on complicated issues affecting people's lives.
My Recent Articles
Maryland's new mortgage delinquencies improve
5/16/2012
Share of borrowers with one late payment hits lowest level in four years, but percent of homes in foreclosure remains high The share of Maryland homeowners newly behind on mortgage payments fell to the lowest level for March in four years — an important milestone because the state's new-delinquency figure is now better than its pre-crisis average.
Turning food scraps into compost 5/12/2012
The Interview: Keith Losoya of Waste Neutral Keith Losoya thinks a terrible thing to waste is waste itself.
Mortgage fraud scheme nets 29-month sentence for D.C. woman 5/14/2012
Metro Dream Homes took in $78 million, broke promises of mortgage payoffs A federal judge in Maryland sentenced a Washington woman to 29 months in prison Monday for her role in what prosecutors called a "massive mortgage fraud scheme" — one that ensnared more than 1,000 victims and took in $78 million.
Annapolis retiree awarded $342,000 in bad-mortgage case 5/11/2012
Anne Arundel County jury finds mortgage broker violated laws A 78-year-old Annapolis man who said he was duped into getting unsuitable mortgages — sending the home he had owned for decades into foreclosure — was awarded $342,000 by an Anne Arundel County jury this week.
Baltimore area home prices jump in April thanks to fewer foreclosures 5/10/2012
Slump in cheap distress deals pushes average price up in region The Baltimore region saw a double-digit jump in average home sale prices in April, the most in six years — but the gain was driven by a shrinking supply of cheap foreclosures rather than a resurgence in value.
Share of borrowers with one late payment hits lowest level in four years, but percent of homes in foreclosure remains high The share of Maryland homeowners newly behind on mortgage payments fell to the lowest level for March in four years — an important milestone because the state's new-delinquency figure is now better than its pre-crisis average.
Turning food scraps into compost 5/12/2012
The Interview: Keith Losoya of Waste Neutral Keith Losoya thinks a terrible thing to waste is waste itself.
Mortgage fraud scheme nets 29-month sentence for D.C. woman 5/14/2012
Metro Dream Homes took in $78 million, broke promises of mortgage payoffs A federal judge in Maryland sentenced a Washington woman to 29 months in prison Monday for her role in what prosecutors called a "massive mortgage fraud scheme" — one that ensnared more than 1,000 victims and took in $78 million.
Annapolis retiree awarded $342,000 in bad-mortgage case 5/11/2012
Anne Arundel County jury finds mortgage broker violated laws A 78-year-old Annapolis man who said he was duped into getting unsuitable mortgages — sending the home he had owned for decades into foreclosure — was awarded $342,000 by an Anne Arundel County jury this week.
Baltimore area home prices jump in April thanks to fewer foreclosures 5/10/2012
Slump in cheap distress deals pushes average price up in region The Baltimore region saw a double-digit jump in average home sale prices in April, the most in six years — but the gain was driven by a shrinking supply of cheap foreclosures rather than a resurgence in value.
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