Real Estate Weekly – 3/2/12: Riderwood residents help Habitat for Humanity

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 2, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, commercial, Development, east baltimore, Habitat for Humanity, Hord Coplan Macht, housing, KLNB, lease, maryland, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, Neighborhood Housing Services, Real Estate, real estate weekly, riderwood

Grants awarded to two area housing assistance programs Two Baltimore-area housing assistance programs received grants last week from NeighborWorks America. Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore received a $252,200 grant, while St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center was granted $150,500. Both organizations are members of the national NeighborWorks network. Dan Ellis, executive director of the Neighborhood Housing Services [...]

Cummings hosts forum for small businesses, bankers 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: January 23, 2012
Tags: 7th Congressional District, Baltimore, banker, maryland, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Maryland Small Business Development Center, morgan state university, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Small business, University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business

Nearly two dozen small-business owners and as many local bankers turned out Monday for a forum at Morgan State University on building better connections between the two groups during these austere economic times. The event lasted about three hours and included panel discussions between representatives from institutions that included M&T Bank, Point Breeze Credit Union, [...]

Cambridge eatery to receive energy-efficiency loan

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 18, 2011
Tags: Be SMART program, cambridge, downtown, energy-efficiency loan, grand re-opening, jimmie & sook's raw bar & grill, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, multifamily, restaurant, seafood

CAMBRIDGE — A seafood restaurant in the heart of Cambridge’s historic downtown is the first business to receive a new state energy-efficiency loan. State officials say the $184,000 loan to Jimmie & Sook’s Raw Bar & Grill was announced Tuesday at a grand re-opening of the restaurant. The loans are part of the Be SMART [...]

Real Estate Weekly – 10/7/11: DTLR signs lease for space in Hanover

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: October 7, 2011
Tags: Chesapeake Lodging Trust, housing, lease, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, mortgage, planmaryland, Real Estate, real estate weekly, REIT, Shapiro & Duncan, University of Maryland

Lutherville strip retail center sells for $2.364 million KLNB Retail has brokered the sale of 1711 York Road, a strip retail center in Lutherville, for $2.364 million or $290 per square foot. Gil Neuman of KLNB Retail Investment Sales represented the seller, Mid Atlantic Properties Inc. The buyer, B & G York LLC, was self-represented. Neuman [...]

Housing voucher holder gets top-court win

BY: Andy Marso
POSTED: September 23, 2011
Tags: Court of Appeals, federal low-income housing vouchers, joseph f. murphy jr., Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, maryland, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Maryland’s Administrative Procedures Act, ruling, Tonya Walker v. Department of Housing and Community Development, verdict

The state’s highest court held Friday that the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development must give state residents a full contested case hearing before revoking their federal low-income housing vouchers. The Court of Appeals said the termination of Section 8 housing benefits must meet the requirements of Maryland’s Administrative Procedures Act. Therefore, a revocation [...]

Real Estate Weekly – 9/23/11: Bridge replacement planning funds OK’d

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 23, 2011
Tags: bridges, department of transportation, fed-ex field, funding, garrett county, Home Properties Inc., Hord Coplan Macht, Liberty Property Trust, maryland, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Merritt Construction, merritt construction services, redskins, solar, washington real estate investment trust

Redskins’ stadium turns to solar power A new solar installation at FedExField in Landover — the home of the Washington Redskins — has been completed by NRG, one of the largest solar power developers in the United States. The 8,000-panel project — the largest such installation at an NFL stadium — can provide up to [...]

Real Estate Weekly – 9/2/11: Emergency housing website available

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 1, 2011
Tags: baltimore development corp., better business bureau, Choice Hotels International Inc., Development, housing, LaSalle Hotel Properties of Bethesda, maryland, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Randallstown Walmart, real estate weekly, washington real estate investment trust

Financing for pinched hotel owners Choice Hotels International Inc. of Silver Spring, one of the world’s largest hotel franchisors, said a new partnership it has established with Access Point Financial Inc. will provide financing to qualified franchisees of major hotel brands. The first fruits of the relationship will concentrate on providing financing to owners of [...]

Maryland emergency housing website available

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 26, 2011
Tags: emergency housing, hurricane irene, maryland, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, mdhousingsearch.org, property owners, rental units, renters, website

In advance of Hurricane Irene and what may turn into a need for emergency housing, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is encouraging property owners around the state to list their available rental units on www.mdhousingsearch.org, a bilingual housing locator website and call center to match property owners and prospective renters. The website [...]

Real Estate Weekly – 8/26/11: Cumberland’s Canal Place may expand

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 26, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, cumberland, Eastern Shore, maryland, Maryland Department of Agriculture, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Mortgage Program, Prison, real estate weekly, solar farm, U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett, U.S. General Services Administration
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Cumberland’s Canal Place may expand (AP) Managers of a site featuring shops, restaurants and historical attractions in Cumberland are looking to expand the project’s reach. The public authority that runs the Canal Place Heritage Area is hiring a consultant to update the project’s management plan, the Cumberland Times-News reported. Cumberland city planner Kathy McKenney said [...]

Maryland Mortgage Program rate at record low

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 22, 2011
Tags: Business, Economy, housing, low, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Maryland Mortgage Program, mortgage, rate, record

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development said Monday the interest rate for the state’s flagship mortgage financing program, the Maryland Mortgage Program, has dropped to 3.5 percent, the lowest level in its history. The program is primarily targeted to first-time homebuyers and purchasers of foreclosed and short-sale homes. The drop follows the national [...]

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