Homes

Baltimore residents in largely vacant blocks to be uprooted

2013-05-21 19:06:00

With plans to demolish 1,500 vacant houses in the next three years, Baltimore officials and the few remaining residents in largely vacant blocks are beginning the early stages of the most delicate of relationships. About 80 residents — each of...

Smith Islanders debate buyout offered by state

2013-05-12 15:35:00

Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the...

Baltimore-area home sales rise 15% in April

2013-05-10 14:49:00

Baltimore-area home sales rose 15 percent in April compared with a year earlier, and newly pending deals soared as buyers kicked the spring housing market into higher gear, according to data released Friday. Prices remained largely unchanged at $238,...

Thinking small: Compact, cheaper living in 'tiny houses'

2013-05-09 12:57:00

Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize. His retirement home is 238 square feet — one-tenth the size of the average new American house — and sits in his Anne Arundel County yard. He and wife Renee can hitch it...

Baltimore community groups sue owner of blighted properties

2013-04-30 17:20:00

Six Baltimore community groups filed an $8 million lawsuit Tuesday against a Texas man whose companies own dozens of properties in the city, alleging that he failed to improve rundown homes after purchasing them at tax sales and allowed them to become a...

Councilman supports Havre de Grace purchase of waterfront property for park [letter]

2013-04-30 09:41:32

Editor: When I ran for City Council last year, one of the primary questions I was asked time and time again was "What are you going to do to protect the Havre de Grace Waterfront?" Not long after being selected to serve on the Havre de Grace City Council...

Frances T. Kidder, real estate saleswoman

2013-04-12 20:07:43

Frances T. Kidder, a former real estate saleswoman, museum docent and world traveler, died Thursday from a stroke at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. She was 96. The daughter of Bayard Turnbull, a prominent Baltimore architect, and Margaret...

Madeline L. Healey, assistant to Md. first ladies

2013-04-11 14:59:00

Madeline L. Healey, a homemaker who was an executive secretary to two Maryland first ladies, died of an intestinal blockage April 5 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The former Annapolis resident lived in Cockeysville and was 92. The daughter of Alva...

Datebook

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Sunday, April 7 5K Annapolis Walk The Maryland Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society sponsors its 5K Annapolis Walk from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, 500 Taylor Ave. in Annapolis. Walk begins at the stadium and...

With online technology, buying and selling options abound

2013-03-28 00:00:00

The last time Yasmin and Adil Degani bought a home, they took the traditional route. They went with a commission-based real estate brokerage to show them homes and guide them through the homebuying process. This time around, in an effort to save money...

Market House vendors lineup announced in Annapolis

2013-03-22 13:42:00

More than a half-dozen food vendors will move into Annapolis's historic Market House at City Dock, city officials announced Friday. The vendors are: Yellowfin Seafood & Oyster Bar, a spinoff of the Yellowfin Steak and Fish House in Edgewater; the Hard...

Baltimore-area homes listed and sold in matter of hours

2013-03-21 05:00:00

In the past five months, nearly 100 homes in metro Baltimore went under contract in 24 hours or less, according to data complied by real estate brokerage Redfin. “The inventory shortage plaguing real estate markets across the country, paired...

On May 5, National Bohemian will be sold for $2. House margaritas will be sold at its happy hour price all day. There will be $4 pulled pork taco bowls.

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Howard Bragman has sold his gated house in Hollywood Hills West.

2013-04-25 14:53:06

Sales of single-family houses in Connecticut fell by nearly 8 percent to 1,149 in February from 1,245 for the same month a year ago, according to The Warren Group.

2013-04-05 04:11:05