by MD Home Reporter on November 18, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… Bankers group warns against expecting big improvement soon The number of Maryland homeowners behind on their mortgage payments dropped during the summer in the first year-over-year improvement since 2006, before the foreclosure crisis hit.
by MD Home Reporter on October 28, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… It’s pretty much a given that foreclosures are a drag on home prices. But how much, exactly?
by MD Home Reporter on October 19, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… Court vote comes as the federal government launches investigations into foreclosure practices Maryland courts got the go-ahead Tuesday to conduct sweeping reviews of possibly thousands of foreclosure cases to root out those with problematic or fraudulent documentation, while the federal government separately announced investigations into national foreclosure [...]
by MD Home Reporter on October 8, 2010
From the Washington Post today we have this… While living next to a home used for short-term rentals may be unappealing, some of the alternatives may be worse. If you ban all short-term rentals, values could fall drastically as homeowners unload their empty homes.
by MD Home Reporter on October 8, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… Effect of expired federal tax credit rippling through market The number of homes sold continued to drop in the Baltimore area in September as the market — no longer aided by a federal incentive for homebuying — searched for a bottom.
by MD Home Reporter on September 29, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… State law calls for unregistered ground rents to disappear Ground rents that are not registered with the state by today will cease to exist under state law, one of the changes prompted by a Baltimore Sun investigation into the centuries-old system.
by MD Home Reporter on September 15, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… Here’s a just-reduced sign for Baltimore’s housing market: “$44 million off!”
by MD Home Reporter on September 10, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… Fallout from the end of the homebuyer tax credit continues Home sales continued to slump in the Baltimore metro area in August, adding to concerns that a quick turnaround in the real estate market is unlikely and that a slower rebound could take years.
by MD Home Reporter on September 9, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… Thirteen percent of homeowners who sold in the Baltimore metro area in July let the property go for less money than they paid for it, real estate information site Zillow.com says. The trend peaked in early 2009 with 15 percent of homeowners selling at a loss. But [...]
by MD Home Reporter on September 8, 2010
From the Baltimore Sun today we have this… Maryland communities will receive $6.8 million to combat the damage that foreclosures have wreaked in neighborhoods, the federal government said Wednesday.