There was an interesting conversation piece one recent morning in the 300 block of North Eutaw Street -- about a half-mile north from Oriole Park at Camden Yards and a world away.

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Destiny Watford was working Friday afternoon at United Workers’ offices in a play area without air conditioning when she received a phone call. Activists and officials from Mayor Catherine Pugh’s administration recently had agreed on parameters for a deal to ...

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Construction of new homes nationally remains slow as a lack of supply continues to drive up housing prices, but there’s some encouraging numbers for the Northeast.

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Home prices in Maryland increased last month, but fewer homes sold in February compared to the same time last year. Maryland Realtors’ data found the average home price increased statewide by 1.5 percent for the second consecutive month. Median prices ...

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Maryland’s housing market put up strong numbers in November – the time of year when the housing market traditionally tends to get a bit soft. Homes sold in Maryland were up 18 percent last month year-over-year, according to data from ...

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Having represented children in Baltimore city who are victims of childhood lead poisoning for the past 23 years, I was excited to hear about Gov. Larry Hogan and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake working together to demolish many of the vacant, dilapidated ...

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Last month was the best September in a decade for the Baltimore metro area in terms of closed property sales. Despite double-digit growth in the amount of sales of every housing sector year-over-year, however, median prices for homes still dropped ...

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The University of Maryland, College Park Foundation, has purchased about an acre of land from a fraternity to build faculty and staff housing as part of its Greater College Park plan. The university announced it had purchased the property, located ...

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The Baltimore metro area’s housing market showed continued signs of growth, although the state is still struggling with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation. Ross Mackesey, president of the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors, found reason to ...

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Now is not the time to cease-and-desist until modest and comfortable reforms are made. Getting back on the same path simply does not work for thousands of people in Baltimore. The national media spotlight will fade over the next several weeks and months. However, it is my hope is that the local landscape will have been altered for those seeking a real departure in the way people are treated, educated and policed.

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