Homes

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 —...

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...

"Pooh house" for sale

2012-05-17 11:11:00

If you're in the market for a home with a literary heritage -- and have a few million dollars to spend -- check out this English estate that once was the home of Christopher Milne (1920-96), who was immortalized in the Winnie the Pooh books. 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...

Annapolis retiree awarded $342,000 in bad-mortgage case

2012-05-11 16:10:21

A 78-year-old Annapolis man who said he was duped into getting unsuitable mortgages — sending the home he had owned for decades into foreclosure — was awarded $342,000 by an Anne Arundel County jury this week. The jury found that Dennis...

Ryan Homes Introduces Baltimore City's Lowest-Priced New Townhomes and Condominiums at Wyndholme Woods

2012-05-14 06:45:00

ADVERTORIAL CONTENT The allure of city living continues to draw interested homebuyers to downtown Baltimore. With its historic landmarks and social centers like the Inner Harbor, it’s no wonder so many are looking to call downtown Baltimore...

Columbia knitting group meets third Mondays

2012-05-10 00:00:00

These groups meet regularly. Adams, Hannah Moore Memorial Post 156, American Legion — Third Thursday, 7 p.m. VFW Post 7472, 4225 VFW Lane, Ellicott City. Keith Jones, post 156 commander, s_keith_jones@hotmail.com or 410-868-8802; John Horan, post...

15 years after split, a chance for Peter Angelos, Davey Johnson to patch things up

2012-04-29 20:26:00

Davey Johnson hadn't owned a home in more than a decade. But soon after being hired by the Orioles in 1995, he defied baseball managers' conventional logic by buying — rather than renting — a ranch house on the north side of Loch Raven...

50 years ago: Work on bridge over Susquehanna for I-95 symbolically begun

2012-05-02 00:00:00

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 3, 1962: Construction finally got underway on the Harford County side of the Susquehanna River on the Northeastern Expressway bridge across the river north of Havre de Grace. Gov. J. Millard...

Expanding nonprofit has positive partnership track record

2012-05-06 00:00:00

Baltimore is a city full of potential to Nancy Welsh, the founder of the rapidly expanding North Carolina nonprofit Builders of Hope Inc. The nonprofit recently announced plans to rehabilitate 500 vacant homes near Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore was a...

Nonprofit plans to rehab 500 city homes

2012-04-27 17:29:46

A North Carolina nonprofit group launched an ambitious affordable housing program Friday to rehabilitate 500 vacant or foreclosed homes in Baltimore near Johns Hopkins Hospital — an area with desolate stretches in the shadow of the world-renowned...

At pricey condos, developers pay just hundreds in tax

2012-04-28 10:33:00

They're some of the priciest condos in the city, but they're taxed like empty lots. At the Ritz-Carlton Residences along Baltimore's Inner Harbor — where a recent sale topped $1.5 million — the tax bill for most of the condos was $1,309...

Sale Pending is the status of this house on Highland Drive in Palmer Township last week.

2012-05-21 08:41:42

Winnebago motor homes for sale. The company rejected a takeover bid Friday.

2012-05-18 12:22:00

The master bedroom retains the celebutante's vibe.

2012-05-15 16:42:38