Every year, one third of Baltimore County Real Estate is reassessed for property tax purposes for the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation. Baltimore County has split the reassessments into three areas. Each area is reassessed every three years. For January 1, 2026, Area 2 has been reassessed. As Area 2 covers Towson, Timonium, and [...]
Happy New Year 2026, Baltimore! I am truly thankful to my clients who bought or sold with me in 2025. The Baltimore real estate market in 2025 was again unusual with higher interest rates (with a few drops) and continued very low inventory. There were some big challenges for some of my buyers and sellers, [...]
The Baltimore housing outlook for 2026 from Bright MLS, our local MLS provider, shows an increase in existing home sales as well as an increase in inventory for buyers to choose from. The median sales price is still expected to rise again next year. The Baltimore home sales forecast for 2026 is for 34,977 homes [...]
Baltimore County Christmas Tree pickup 2026 is the over a two week period, beginning the week of January 5, 2026. Christmas trees in Baltimore County must be placed by the curb or in the alley (if that is your normal trash location) by January 11 in order to ensure pickup, according to the Baltimore County [...]
Baltimore City Christmas Tree Pickup 2026 will be happening through February 7, 2026. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works posted on their website : "...residents can place trees out with their weekly trash collections until Friday, Feb. 7, 2026. The trees must be placed at the exact location where your trash is collected. Before [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate the holidays! December hosts many celebrations from Hanukkah, which was December 14-22, 2025, to Christmas on December 25, to Kwanzaa, which begins 12/26 and runs through January 1, plus many other events. I want to take a moment to acknowledge our soldiers in other countries who [...]
Baltimore restaurants open on Christmas Day is a searched topic because most places are closed. Open Table has a list of restaurants in their system that are open in Baltimore Christmas Day 2025 for reservations. Patch also has links to restaurants open in the Baltimore area. Joey Chiu's Greenspring Inn in Lutherville at Greenspring Station [...]
The Zillow Consumer Housing Trends Report is a report based on research by the company. The research focuses on buyers, sellers, and renters. This particular section of the report is on 2025 home sellers in the U.S. The median age of a home seller in the US in 2025 was 47. The concentration of sellers [...]
Hunt Valley home sales in November 2025 were up from November 2024. The total volume of Hunt Valley homes that sold in November 2025 was $10,466,790, up 34.27% from the $7,795,458 volume we saw in November 2024. It was down from the $12,172,290 volume we saw in Hunt Valley Home Sales October 2025. The average [...]
Towson 21204 home sales in November 2025 were up from November 2024. The total volume of Towson homes in 21204 that sold in November 2025 was $15,984,400, up 22.89% from the $13,007,200 we saw in November 2024. It was down, though, from the $18,105,700, volume that we saw in Towson 21204 Home Sales October 2025. [...]