Baltimore City tax credits for resident Baltimore homebuyers is a program designed to keep residents in the city, rather than have them move out to the counties. The program is called Resident Retention Tax Credits, and was introduced to the City Council on June 30, 2014. The program is intended to help current residents who lose their Homestead [...]
Veep HBO Producer, Stephanie Laing, wrote a post for Yahoo Travel about why Baltimore is the New Brooklyn. She has been traveling from New York to Baltimore for three years for the show, and even filmed a short film here, "Trouble & the Shadowy Deathblow." She has fallen in love with our great city, and told [...]
Maryland is the State with the most millionaires, according to a research by Bloomberg. 7.7% of Maryland households are made up of millionaires. According to Bloomberg, this is due to the proximity to Washington, DC, and the lobbyists, attorneys, consultants, and contractors who work there. Here is a link to the BloombergTV video about the [...]
Baltimore real estate was named the seventh hottest market for 2014, according to CNNMoney. One of the top ten, as reported by CNNMoney based on a home price forecast report by CoreLogic Case-Shiller. This is for the Baltimore Metropolitan area, which includes the Towson real estate market, as well as most likely Columbia, much of Howard [...]
Absolutely Febulous Baltimore is the month of February 2014 with many events and specials all month long! The big eating event is Baltimore Restaurant Week February 16-23. There are 60 Baltimore restaurants participating. Also part of Absolutely Febulous Baltimore is Buy One, Get One Free tickets and programs at a large number of Baltimore museum and [...]
Baltimore was named 7th coziest city, according to a list put together by Honeywell Heaters. Honeywell partnered with an environmental consulting group called Environmental Health & Engineering to determine a city's "coziness." According to an article at the Huffington Post, the partners reviewed data about overall proximity to restaurants and coffee shops, ease to get to [...]
Baltimore was named the 10th most walkable city by Walk Score. This is the first time Baltimore has reached the top 10. It rose from 14th! The walkability score is at 66.2, which Walk Score says they come up with using a patented technology. From their site: "For each address, Walk Score analyzes hundreds of [...]
Baltimore was named one of the Best Metro areas for recent college graduates, according to an article in The Atlantic Cities. The article is specifically referring to college graduates looking for work. The Baltimore-Towson Metropolitan area tied for 9th place in this study and article. This is based on job openings in fields that require a post-secondary [...]
Buying into Baltimore Fall 2013 is Saturday, September 21, 2013. The event has moved, and begins at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly), located at 1400 W Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21209. Check-in begins at 8:30am, with homebuying workshops and CityLiving Fair beginning at 9am. The narrated bus tour leaves at 1, while self guided tours, [...]
Fells Point was named a top "great neighborhood" by the American Planning Association. The American Planning Association took into account the beautiful harbor views, late 18th & early 19th century architecture, and interesting history. The USS Constellation was built here! Also, after the War of 1812 and the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Fell's Point became [...]