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Home insurance premiums throughout Maryland have been increasing. Here's why.

The Howard County Delegation Wednesday approved a bill that would offer full-time employees with the Howard County Library System the opportunity to form a union.

County farm owners who have started exploring the option of developing their land because of a state law intended to preserve farmland could soon be given more time to consider their options as part of a comprehensive package to encourage land preservation presented by the county administration Monday.

The town may not have enough money on hand to buy the house, but if it does, it would do well to give the purchase serious consideration.

Green Spring Station — a collection of boutiques, restaurants and offices near the northern end of the Jones Falls Expressway — commands some of the highest rent in Baltimore County. Visitors can shop for French linens at Paris-based Yves Delorme, try on mink at furrier Mano Swartz, and play squash at the Green Spring Racquet Club.

Hundreds of people gathered on site and online Wednesday for the first public opportunity to buy the silenced remains of the Sparrows Point steel mill — from forklifts and slab haulers to cabinets and snowblowers.

Bel Air town officials were presented with what was called a "tremendous opportunity" Tuesday, the potential to acquire one of the town's most historic private properties that one day could conceivably be turned into a housing development.

The New York real estate firm that purchased Harborplace in November paid just under $100 million for the iconic Inner Harbor shopping center, according to Baltimore land records.

Old redevelopment concepts of "infill" are abandoned as communities begin to "retrofit" failed uses, replacing them with livable, green, walkable new uses.

Bel Air town officials appear poised to welcome mobile food vendors inside the town limits, but the range where they will be able to operate will be very limited.

Last year Washington D.C. saw one of the largest population increases in its history; what can Baltimore learn from the District's growth spurt?

Baltimore residents have endured a year of challenges created by their city government. Water bills arrived in some mailboxes with erroneously exorbitant sums. Property tax bills similarly were miscalculated with homestead and other credits going to owners who didn't qualify for them.

A smoking ban went into effect at the start of 2012 for all properties owned or leased by the Harford County government, with one exception, the Circuit Courthouse on Bel Air's Main Street. There would still be a designated smoking area away from building entrances and at least 25 feet away from the building doors.

Church of the Good Shepherd has begun work on turning old funeral home — and once palatial home — into new mission center and worship space

Three Marylanders have been indicted for mortgage fraud related to homes in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill neighborhood, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

Clark's Farm in Ellicott City spreads out in 540 acres along Route 108. Ken Ulman chose the spot earlier this month to spike a piece of County Council legislation dealing with development rights on rural property just like Clark's Farm, which has been in preservation since the 1980s.

William F. Beauchamp, a real estate appraiser and avid sports fan, died Wednesday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. He was 57.

Several developers have announced plans in the last few days to convert downtown commercial buildings into market-rate apartments, giving new life to buildings that were being underutilized.

Train lovers in Harford County who have grown used to stopping by the Forest Hill Station for all their model train needs might soon have to look elsewhere to buy their intricate track pieces or get a broken-down caboose examined.

"Creating Columbia: The Idea and the Gamble," the first of a series of exhibits, will open Tuesday with an open house at the Columbia Archives on Wincopin Circle.

The Laurel city council unanimously approved an ordinance that offers residents who purchase foreclosed homes within the city limits a five year tax credit at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 26.

The news that Patrick Turner's Westport Waterfront development is facing foreclosure has been taken in stride by Westport residents and city officials, who are not pegging all their expectations for the South Baltimore community on the long-stalled Turner project.

Federal agents in Baltimore seized 36 commercial websites on Monday as part of an international operation to stop fraudulent online sales this holiday season.

On paper, the plan for a car maintenance shop and a few stores on Snowden River Parkway in Columbia hardly seems worth fighting about. The business people opposing it, however, see it as an illegal first step toward drastic changes for the worse along some major roads, and a potential threat to businesses in Columbia's nine village centers. 

About 325 people attended an informational meeting about a proposed Islamic center in western Howard County, many opposed to a proposal they say would increase traffic, cause septic problems and would be out of place in their rural area

City ready to break ground on Habitat for Humanity houses on depressed McCabe Avenue off York Road.

In spite of a slight seasonal drop off in the number of home sales last month, the median price for a Baltimore-area home sold in October was more than $10,000 higher than the same month last year, according to data released Tuesday by an affiliate of the region's multiple-listing service.

Baltimore's political and business leaders praised the New York-based real estate investment firm purchasing Harborplace as a potential savior for the Inner Harbor mall that has struggled to find the right mix of tenants to appeal to both tourists and locals.

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Harborplace has been sold to a New York real estate investment firm that owns office and retail centers across the country, according to a statement Tuesday from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Harborplace has been sold to a New York real estate investment firm that owns office and retail centers across the country, according to a statement Tuesday from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Nixon's Farm in West Friendship has for 50 years been a fine place for country weddings. Soon, though, a portion of the grounds may become the county's largest and first solar generator built strictly to sell power to a utility.

The Abingdon Community Council laid out requests to Walmart for the proposed Bel Air location on Plumtree Road during a recent meeting between the council, retail giant and Harford County Government officials.

After three years on the market, a custom contemporary home on the banks of Asquith Creek in Arnold sold in August for $1.5 million.

For three casino giants trying to persuade Marylanders to vote for or against more gambling here, the long-term stakes could be in the billions.

For three casino giants trying to persuade Marylanders to vote for or against more gambling here, the long-term stakes could be in the billions.

A rambler-style four-bedroom home on nearly two acres of land on the Edgewater waterfront sold in July for $1.7 million after being on the market for a week, according to the home's listing agent.

The buyers of Sparrows Point have settled disputes over the speed at which contractors and other companies must remove their equipment from the steel mill complex, removing a key barrier to finalizing the sale.