Checks to be sent next week to 10,000 mortgage borrowers in Maryland

Checks totaling more than $15 million will be sent beginning next week to more than 10,000 Maryland mortgage borrowers, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced Wednesday.

Appeal of 2010 Census nets city small population gain

The Rawlings-Blake administration’s challenge to the 2010 Census count netted the city a small population bump.

Progress in Uplands community is gaining steam

After more than a decade of cajoling, legal wrangling and building, the residences at Uplands, the $238 million residential community in Southwest Baltimore, are coming to life.

Milford Mill Swim Club going to auction this month

The Milford Mill Swim Club, where generations of Baltimoreans cooled off during the summer heat, is going to auction later this month.

Superblock developer requesting another extension on sale agreement

The partners chosen six years ago to develop the "Superblock" on the west side of downtown Baltimore are again asking the city to give them more time before they must buy the property.

Rehab 'model' homes are emerging in Baltimore

There's a brick home in Highlandtown, on a prominent corner of Eastern Avenue, that has become a contradiction.

Doubts face a new proposal for prominent downtown parcel

Developer J. Joseph Clarke has come up with a half-dozen ideas over the past 20 years — a hotel, corporate headquarters, residences, office space — for a prominent downtown site three blocks from the Inner Harbor. But none took hold.

From 'Middle East' to 'Eager Park,' a community is rebranded

Hundreds of residents have been relocated and dozens of homes cleared from Baltimore's Middle East neighborhood in recent years. Now the area just north of Johns Hopkins Hospital may be losing something more: its name.

Scams targeting Baltimore-area home owners

Several unscrupulous companies are circulating materials in the Baltimore area that are aimed at taking advantage of homeowners, according to St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, a Baltimore charity that counsels home buyers and people facing foreclosure.

Ocean City one of U.S.'s most sought after places for vacation homes

Ocean City, Md., is the fourth most-searched location among Americans looking for vacation homes online, according to website traffic from Trulia collected over a 12-month period ending March 31, 2013.

Price of Phillips' house drops to $28.8 million

The Friary on the Severn, the palatial Annapolis home of members of the Phillips Seafood family, has dropped in price after a year on the market, according to the property’s listing agent.

BDC approves sale of Jonestown warehouse for apartment development

The Baltimore Development Corp.'s board on Thursday morning approved the sale of a warehouse site in the neighborhood just north of Little Italy and east of downtown so that a $45 million apartment complex can be built.

$1.3 billion in consumer relief so far for Marylanders from mortgage settlement

Marylanders received more than $1.3 billion in relief from the National Mortgage Settlement during a 12-month period, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced Tuesday.

Baltimore residents in largely vacant blocks to be uprooted

With plans to demolish 1,500 vacant houses in the next three years, Baltimore officials and the few remaining residents in largely vacant blocks are beginning the early stages of the most delicate of relationships.

Casino license competitors have strengths, weaknesses

Although Maryland has handed out five casino operating licenses, the state is entering uncharted territory with the allocation of its sixth.

City to lose federal housing workers

Nearly three dozen workers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development office in Baltimore — roughly a third of the agency's workforce in Maryland — are being forced to transfer out of state or take a buyout.

Harford's first co-working space opens Wednesday

The first co-working space for start-up businesses in Harford County is having its grand opening Wednesday, according to the county's economic development office.

Baltimore-area home sales rise 15% in April

Baltimore-area home sales rose 15 percent in April compared with a year earlier, and newly pending deals soared as buyers kicked the spring housing market into higher gear, according to data released Friday.

Baltimore design firm Chambers acquires Dallas company

Baltimore design firm Chambers, which specializes in the planning, architecture and interior design of private clubs, announced Friday that it has acquired a rival based in Texas.

Federal lawsuit alleges kickbacks at Northrop real estate firm

A Howard County couple is suing one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in the state and a Columbia title company for more than $11 million, alleging that the firms had financial ties that violated federal law.

Coppin to break ground on $80 million science center

Coppin State University is moving forward with an $80 million Science and Technology Center that it hopes will boost sagging enrollment despite concerns that the West Baltimore school will not have enough money to operate the building.

COPT issuing $350 million in debt

Corporate Office Properties Trust, the Columbia-based office real estate investment trust, is issuing $350 million in debt, the sale of which is expected to close next week, the company announced Thursday.

Baltimore community groups sue owner of blighted properties

Six Baltimore community groups filed an $8 million lawsuit Tuesday against a Texas man whose companies own dozens of properties in the city, alleging that he failed to improve rundown homes after purchasing them at tax sales and allowed them to become a danger.

Settlement for Baltimore woman denied mortgage while pregnant

A mortgage lender based in Utah has agreed to pay a Baltimore woman $13,000 for denying her a loan because she was pregnant and on maternity leave, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday.

City hosting floodplain town hall Tuesday

The Baltimore City Department of Planning is hosting a town hall meeting Tuesday evening where new tidal flood maps will be presented to residents.

With opening of Mill No. 1, the Jones Falls Valley's makeover is nearly complete

Standing amid his $44 million refurbished textile mill, now nearing completion, developer and one-time mayoral candidate David Tufaro observed a bird wading in the Jones Falls nearby.

Haussner's building in Highlandtown going to auction

The Highlandtown building that once was Haussner's restaurant is scheduled for auction next month.

Emerging Technology Center to move to Highlandtown

Baltimore's Emerging Technology Center will relocate from Canton to Highlandtown when its lease expires this fall.

T. Rowe Price weighs headquarters move

T. Rowe Price, a fixture in downtown Baltimore since its founding 76 years ago, is considering moving its headquarters once its current lease expires in 2017, the company said Wednesday.

Md. high court denies new Parkway Theatre trial

A request by the former owner of the Parkway Theatre for a new condemnation trial was denied Tuesday by Maryland's high court.

Affordable senior housing community opens in S.W. Baltimore

The Greens at Irvington Mews, a 100-unit residential community for seniors and adults with disabilities, celebrated its Grand Opening on Monday.

UMMS plans ambulatory care center at Maryland General Hospital site

The University of Maryland Medical System is planning to build a $50 million ambulatory care center, for outpatient services, on the campus of Maryland General Hospital.

Looking for ways to improve Inner Harbor

City leaders hope that by this time next year they'll have returned from Annapolis with funds to put toward making the Inner Harbor what its original designers intended it to be — "a playground for Baltimoreans."