Last week, MetroTrends bloggers looked behind the headlines, offering facts and analysis about both employment and housing woes:

• Rich Johnson debunks the suggestion that older workers are getting more than their fair share of jobs.
• Zach McDade introduces our latest interactive mapping tool showing foreclosures by zip code in hard-hit Prince George’s County
• Margaret Simms explains why trends in unemployment claims don’t necessarily line up with trends in unemployment rates.