Real Estate

Baltimore-area housing market sees bidding wars return as buyers' choices shrink

2012-05-20 00:00:00

David D. Igla lost out on three Ellicott City homes in the past few months before he finally beat the competition and had an offer accepted. What kind of so-called buyer's market is this, he wondered? Some houses zip off the market —...

Otherwise engaged at Preakness

2012-05-19 15:13:00

Sam Grossman's fifth year as official bugler for the Preakness is one he'll never forget. Neither will his new fiancee, Valerie Moore, to whom he proposed between bugling duties for the fifth and the sixth races on Saturday. Even though the Long Island,...

Special tax deals unfair

2012-05-17 11:13:18

The 15-year real estate tax abatement for the Superblock in West Baltimore raises important policy issues that need to be addressed. Specifically, should the city — and in certain cases, the state — grant economic incentives for real estate...

Housing forums to discuss FHA financing issue for condo associations

2012-05-17 13:33:00

Howard County Housing is hosting three community forums this month beginning Thursday with housing professionals to discuss the growing problem of condo associations loosing Federal Housing Administration financing. "Condominiums are often a first time...

Fallston residents livid over potential gas pipeline

2012-05-10 13:52:00

Many residents in attendance during a public hearing Wednesday on another gas pipeline cutting through Harford County north of Falls ton weren't afraid to let the pipeline company know it is not welcome in their community. More than 50 people came to the...

Baltimore area home prices jump in April thanks to fewer foreclosures

2012-05-10 15:37:00

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. Just one in 10 homes sold in the...

'Mad Men' selling ... homes?

2012-05-14 03:00:00

The lexicon of real estate listing language has many terms for putting a positive spin on features the average buyer wouldn't like. "Bold" for the orange-and-green themed condo. "Cute" for the house decorated for princess-loving preadolescents. Now...

Stephanie Talbott joins Coldwell Banker's Harford office

2012-05-14 11:40:00

Stephanie Talbott recently joined Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Harford County regional office sales force. She comes to Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate with more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience. "We are excited to welcome...

Reisterstown's Main Street on the moo-ve

2012-05-08 07:06:00

The life-size replica of a black-and-white Holstein has stood on Main Street in Reisterstown since 2000 to draw customers to The Cow, the ice cream shop it heralds. For as long or longer, the merchants and nearby residents of Main Street have been trying...

Large Port Covington parcel going to auction block

2012-05-08 17:44:46

A large chunk of waterfront property in Port Covington is set to go on the auction block in June after its previous owner, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, defaulted on a multimillion-dollar mortgage. The now-defunct developer owed BB&T Bank more than $10....

The investor: Business in, and of, The Sun

2012-05-10 07:38:00

My first memories of The Baltimore Sun go back to 1982, when my wife and I were planning to move to Baltimore from Massachusetts. In the days before the Internet, home buyers turned to The Sun's classified ads to get their arms around the range of housing...

Sharron Dorsey graduates from MAR Leadership Academy

2012-05-07 10:34:00

Sharron Dorsey, associated with the Long and Foster Real Estate Aberdeen office and a director with the Harford County Association of Realtors, was one of the 21 graduates from the Maryland Association of Realtors 12th annual Leadership Academy honored at...

Pictured left to right: William J. Armstrong III, 2012 Treasurer of the National Association of Realtors, left, NAR 1st Vice President Steve Brown, and Pat Terrill 2012 President of the Maryland Association of Realtors, right, congratulate Sharron Dorsey on her graduation from Maryland Associatioon

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Real estate agent from Seattle, WA

2012-05-01 12:06:00

A Beverly Hills real estate agent has developed a smartphone app that shows users where stars and celebrities live.

2012-04-30 21:44:39