baltimoresun.com - Real Estate

Dream home: City girl, country boy compromise

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Baltimore County house close to shops, green space

When they became engaged last year, Ed Stone, a Perry Hall native and Kathy Merz, who lived downtown in Federal Hill, began to look for a home. They wanted a new place where they could start their life together.

Area condo sales are on the rise

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Sales of new condos in the Baltimore area are on the rise as prices drop, but the recovery still has a ways to go

P atrick Turner can tell when a prospective home buyer is probably not a Silo Point buyer.

Home sales

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

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Reverse mortgage help

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Howard County Office on Aging, through Maryland Access Point (MAP), is offering counseling to Maryland residents ages 62 and older who are considering a reverse mortgage. The counseling is targeted to seniors who may be able to pay their everyday expenses but are struggling to cover the costs of health care, home repairs, increased property taxes and unexpected expenses. There are four specialists trained as reverse mortgage counselors. Seniors who receive the counseling through MAP will not be charged a $125 fee unless they apply for a reverse mortgage and secure a loan; then the fee becomes part of the closing costs. The fee will be waived for those who are facing financial challenges such as foreclosure and those with incomes under $20,000 for single homeowners and $30,000 for couples. Call 800-506-5806 to schedule a counseling session and for more information.

Potential homebuyers still wary

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Buyers see great deals, but fear of losing jobs and worries about selling current homes keeps them out of the market

More than half of potential homebuyers say they're still not prepared to jump into the market, and fear of losing their jobs is the No. 1 reason, a new poll shows.

Area home sales rise, prices still slipping

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

June's 2% increase is first in more than two years

Sellers handed buyers the keys to more homes last month than they did a year ago, the first sales increase in the Baltimore metro area in 2 1/2 years and a hopeful sign for a housing market caught in the worst downturn since the Depression.

Auction fails to hit Ambassador owner's price

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Howard Park theater, akin to the Senator, remains for sale

Baltimore's historic Ambassador Theater in West Baltimore, a "sister theater" to the Senator Theatre, failed to draw a buyer after owner Larry Gaston Enterprises put it up for auction Thursday. The brokers said they would continue to entertain offers from prospective buyers on behalf of the owner.

Area home sales rise for first time since January '07

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:50:00 -0400

Average prices continue to decline across Baltimore metro area

Home sales in the Baltimore metro area rose last month for the first time since January 2007, numbers released Friday morning show.

Crews begin preparing future Wegmans site for construction

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:32:00 -0400

Crews began erecting fencing Friday around a large warehouse in east Columbia where a giant 160,000-square-foot Wegmans supermarket and parking garage are to be built.

Developer buys vacant Circuit City for new retail

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Baltimore developer Vanguard Equities Inc. is planning to redevelop a vacant Circuit City store in the Golden Ring area of Baltimore County and bring in a new retailer, a leasing agent for the developer said Thursday. Vanguard, which develops and owns retail centers throughout Maryland and two other states, finalized a purchase this week of the former Circuit City and the two additional stores in a shopping center at the corner of Pulaski Highway and Rossville Boulevard, known as Golden Ring Center, said Andy Segall, a principal with Segall Group Commercial Real Estate, the leasing agent. The seven-acre center, which includes an NTB tire store and a West Marine boating store, also includes land for additional retail development. Segall said his firm is marketing the center to retailers and hopes to have a redevelopment plan in place by the end of the year.