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.

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.

Number crunching, all things housing and shedding light on complicated issues affecting people's lives.

Baltimore homeowner almost ends up in tax sale after city loses check 5/21/2012
Home removed just in time from city auction of tax liens on 10,600 properties Kristina Suson's home wasn't part of the city's tax sale Monday, but it was a close call.

Preakness mess takes a lot of people to clean up 5/20/2012
About 160 temporary workers needed to get Pimlico Race Course back to normal At first glance, Pimlico Race Course 's infield didn't look quite as trash-filled as Yolanda Wade is used to seeing it the Sunday morning after the Preakness, despite record crowds this year.

Teenager shot after late-night argument in East Baltimore 5/20/2012
Incident was one of two non-fatal shootings overnight A teenager was shot in the left buttock late Saturday night after an argument between two groups of men escalated in East Baltimore, police said Sunday.

Man fatally shot by Baltimore police identified 5/20/2012
Baltimore police identified the man fatally shot by an officer Saturday afternoon as 31-year-old Maurice Holloman of Belair-Edison, though a relative said his name was Maurice Donald Johnson.

Baltimore fire may have been set with Molotov cocktail 5/20/2012
One person injured in Sunday-morning fire Fire and police officials are investigating an East Baltimore fire as a possible arson after finding evidence of a Molotov cocktail at the scene.