Proposal would help state keep banks from getting homeowner tax breaks

Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake names new CEO

Affordable-housing provider Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake said its new chief executive — who brings a construction and...

Baltimore suburbs rank third lowest in suburban office vacancy rates

Thanks to demand from the defense sector, the vacancy rate for office space in Baltimore's suburbs is lower than anywhere else in the United...

Real Estate Wonk: Where area residents would rather be

Having trouble finding a Baltimore foreclosure to buy? Here's why

Cole says he alerted state to Federal Hill assessment error several years ago

City Councilman William H. Cole IV said Wednesday evening that his office told state assessors several years ago that they had mistakenly...

Real Estate Wonk: Feb. 10 is deadline to appeal new assessments

Botched assessment in Federal Hill is latest error by state agency

This gray, three-story home above on the 200 block of East Montgomery Street is actually three Baltimore rowhouses combined into one. But...

Real Estate Wonk: More incentives for principal reduction

Real Estate Wonk: Home sales by days on the market

Lawmakers push Fannie, Freddie to write-down mortgage principal

Rep. Barney Frank and two other House Financial Services Committee Democrats on Monday pressed Edward DeMarco, the regulator of seized...

Obama Administration expands foreclosure relief program

Struggling homeowners are set to get more help from the federal government as the Obama Administration extends its key foreclosure...

Two Obama initiatives to address foreclosure crisis face hurdles

Two new initiatives from President Obama to address the foreclosure crisis — more help for struggling homeowners and aggressive...

Remodeling finds its comfort zone

One of the unlikely beneficiaries of the soft housing market may be your own house.

Consumer group tentatively supports $25-billion mortgage deal

Earn tax credits for improving home's efficiency

For the past few years, the federal government has offered tax credits for certain home improvements aimed at increasing a home's energy...