Real Estate Weekly – 5/25/12: More funds OK’d for school construction
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 25, 2012
Tags: 2012, Awards of Excellence, Baltimore, Chad Sanschagrin and Jeff Leimbach, Chris Hawks, Cresa, Eileen Fisher, Home Builders Association, Home Builders Association of Maryland, housing, kbe building corp, maryland, Montrose Crossing, Outstanding Sales and Construction Team, pebblebrook hotel trust, real estate investment trust, real estate weekly, Richmond American Homes, Rookie of the Year, Ryan Homes, U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski
Home Builders Association presents Awards of Excellence The Sales and Marketing Council of the Home Builders Association of Maryland presented dozens of Awards of Excellence at its annual ceremony this week, honoring companies and individuals in the industry for their outstanding work in 2011. Among the awards to individuals were: Overall Salesperson of the Year, [...]
Roland Park wants Baltimore Country Club 
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 23, 2012
Tags: Baltimore Country Club, community, fundraising, Kevin Bonner, land, Lutherville at Five Farms, Mary Page Michel, maryland, Philip J. Spevak, purchase, roland park, Roland Park Community Foundation
Residents of the well-groomed, historic Roland Park community are being asked to dig deep in their pockets to help purchase 17 acres of rolling open space at the Baltimore Country Club as part of a $10 million fundraising campaign. Nearly 150 residents attended the annual meeting of the Roland Park Civic League Tuesday night to [...]
Sales of new homes rose 3.3 percent in April
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 23, 2012
Tags: builders, buyers, commerce department, homes, mortgage rates, mortgages, National Association of Realtors, new-home sales, prices, sales, toll brothers
WASHINGTON — Americans bought more new homes last month, the latest evidence that the U.S. housing market could be starting to recover. New-home sales increased 3.3 percent in April from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 343,000, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Sales rose sharply in every region of the country but the [...]
Locals praise PlanMaryland clarifications
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: Blaine Young, Frederick Board of County Commissioners, frederick county, funding, gov. martin o'malley, Maryland Department of Planning, officials, planmaryland
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County officials are praising clarifications to PlanMaryland, a statewide development plan criticized by many local officials from rural parts of the state. Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the measure on Tuesday. Supporters say the bill clarifies that the plan may not be used to establish a new cause for state denial of projects, [...]
Sales of previously occupied homes up in April
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: americans, builders, employers, home sales, homeowners, housing bubble, housing market, housing starts, midwest, National Association of Realtors, northeast, prices, south, tax credit, Unemployment, west
WASHINGTON — Americans are buying more homes in every region of the country, the latest indication that the housing market could be on the mend. An increasing portion of those sales are from first-time buyers, who are critical to a housing recovery. Sales of previously occupied homes rose 3.4 percent in April from March to [...]
Realities of Real Estate: Showing your home is key part of sales process
BY: Bob and Donna McWilliams
POSTED: May 18, 2012
Tags: bob and donna mcwilliams, buyer, house, market, mortgage, realities of real estate, sale, showing
When you put your house up for sale, people will obviously need to come take a look at it. In real estate lingo, the process of having total strangers nose around your house is called a “showing.” This week, we thought we’d talk about how showings work, how to prepare for a showing and what [...]
Real Estate Weekly – 5/18/12: Boscov’s returning to White Marsh Mall
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 18, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Boscov's, Broad Street Realty, garrett county, housing, IP DataVault LLC, Mackenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, MacKenzie GIS & Research, maryland, Merritt Properties, PLDA Interiors, real estate weekly, realities of real estate, Samantha Humphreys, The MacKenzie Cos.
DHCD accepting applications for Rental Housing Works initiative The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is accepting applications for the $17.5 million Rental Housing Works initiative announced in January. Rental Housing Works promotes job creation through the rehabilitation and new construction of much-needed affordable rental housing for Maryland’s working families, seniors and individuals with [...]
Mortgage rate falls to record low 3.79%
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: fannie mae, freddie mac, interest rate, low, mortgage rate, record
WASHINGTON — Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.79 percent. That’s down from [...]
National foreclosures drop again in April
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 17, 2012
Tags: april, Brandon Moore, CEO, decrease, drop, Economy, Foreclosures, greater baltimore board of realtors, housing, Keller Williams Select Realtors, Real Estate, RealtyTrac, united states
National foreclosure filings in April hit the lowest monthly total since July 2007, a new report by the data firm RealtyTrac shows. The filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, were reported on 188,780 properties in the U.S. last month, a 5 percent decrease over figures from March and a 14 percent [...]
Numbers suggest housing market is recovering
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: commerce department, Economy, housing, housing market, jobs, market, National Association of Home Builders, Real Estate, recovery, Unemployment
WASHINGTON — U.S. builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes. The increases suggest the battered housing market is healing. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders broke ground in April at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 717,000 homes. That’s a 2.6 percent increase [...]
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