$12.6 million: What author Tom Clancy spent on his new penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton Residences in the Inner Harbor
3: Penthouses Clancy combined to make his new mega-digs
12: The number of 1,000-square-foot condos -- the sort of residence certain Wonks own -- that could fit in Clancy's condo
$285,768: Clancy's annual city property tax bill, either right away or -- if he gets the new-construction tax break that phases in the amount -- after five years
50: Buyers it would take to equal those taxes among folks getting $250,000 city homes
2: The number of prospective buyers the Ritz-Carlton developer says it is in talks with about combining units to make more mega-condos
38: New condos selling in the city during the first nine months of the year
530: New, ready-to-occupy condos that builders are trying to sell in the city
All of them: number of condo sellers who wish Clancy had wanted their place