In 1597, Sir Francis Bacon said, "Knowledge is power." To many, this simple quote is more commonly thought of as a contemporary phrase and perhaps better suited for today's technologically driven information age.

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Maryland’s entire congressional delegation — two U.S. senators and eight representatives, all but one of them Democrats — has sent letters to the heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and General Services Administration, strongly supporting a site in Prince George’s County as the location of a new FBI headquarters.

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Maryland’s recorded foreclosure activity rose 193 percent in March when compared to February, according to a report released Thursday.

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Home Properties Inc., of Rochester, N.Y., a multifamily real estate investment trust that owns apartment communities, primarily in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, announced the sale of Falkland Chase, an apartment development in downtown Silver Spring.

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Schilling Green II, a Class A office building in Hunt Valley owned by Baltimore-based Merritt Properties LLC, has been certified LEED-CS Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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To borrow a phrase from former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the recovery in real estate has been a “long, hard slog.” And to cite an expression attributed to many throughout history, “Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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The Creig Northrop Team of Long & Foster Real Estate, the top-producing real estate team in Long & Foster, will open a new office 1407 York Road in Timonium in mid-April.

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Home prices are up. Foreclosures are down. Construction is up. And now comes the latest sign of the U.S. home market’s revival: Fannie Mae, the mortgage giant that nearly collapsed five years ago, has earned its biggest yearly profit ever. ...

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Every day, we look at dozens of listings on the multiple list system. Many times, we’ll just go right to the pictures; it’s the quickest way to determine if the house is something one of our clients might want to see. Buyers do pretty much the same thing, as they get on any number of websites to see what’s for sale. Consequently, the pictures associated with a listing can become one of the most important elements in attracting a buyer and avoiding the dump heap of also-rans that failed to separate themselves from the rest of the pack.

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COPT announces changes to Board of Trustees Corporate Office Properties Trust, a Columbia-based office real estate investment trust, announced that Jay H. Shidler and Clay W. Hamlin III will step down from their respective positions as chairman and vice chairman ...

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