A long-running Baltimore accounting firm’s move to 400 E. Pratt St. is just part of Baltimore’s attempt to revitalize its downtown business district, even as other neighborhoods have been attracting more buzz.

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Texas Roadhouse to open restaurant at SJPI business park in Frederick Texas Roadhouse, a Louisville, Ky.-based chain of casual-dining restaurants, restaurant has signed a ground lease with St. John Properties Inc. for a 2.25 acre pad site at Westview Business ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. developers broke ground on new homes at a faster pace in July. But the rise was all due to apartment construction, which is typically volatile. By contrast, builders began work on fewer single-family homes — the bulk ...

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WASHINGTON — Average rates on U.S. long-term fixed mortgages remained steady for a second straight week, giving prospective home buyers more time to lock in historically low levels. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the ...

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Confidence among U.S. homebuilders is at its highest level in nearly eight years, fueled by optimism that demand for new homes will drive sales growth into next year. The brighter sales outlook is the latest sign pointing to a sustained ...

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LOS ANGELES — The U.S. is on track to end the year with the fewest homes repossessed by lenders in six years, a trend that should help limit the negative impact foreclosures have on home values. Lenders repossessed 36,964 U.S. ...

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A city review panel gave limited preliminary approval to plans for a $25 million, 142-unit apartment building at a busy intersection in historic Mount Vernon Tuesday.

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A second round of the housing crisis is striking Maryland as a backlog of delinquent loans move to foreclosure. The Washington Post reports that between January and June, Maryland saw the third highest rate of foreclosures in the nation after ...

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Is Harbor Point dead next to the water? You may have assumed the controversial $1.1 billion project with its tax abatement goodies (a council committee approved $107 million in tax increment financing Wednesday night; the full council is expected to approve it as well) was “greased” — headed for approval after the usual round of manageable opposition.

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Walker & Dunlop Inc., of Bethesda, a real estate lender focused on multifamily loans, said its second-quarter net income rose 52.5 percent to $14.5 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, from $9.3 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, ...

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