205 Stanmore Road is a Rodgers Forge townhouse on the market for $289,000. It showcases gorgeous hardwood floors and a number of built-in shelves and cabinets throughout. Stanmore is a wide street in Rodgers Forge, and this home is one in from the corner of Lanark Rd, offering extra parking if needed! The full website [...]
Baltimore County Christmas Tree pickup 2013 is coming the week of January 14-19. Trees in Baltimore County must be placed by the curb by January 19 in order to ensure pickup. Trees must be completely free of lights and decorations, including any tinsel. According to the press release by Baltimore County, Trees will only be [...]
Baltimore County Christmas tree pick up 2012 will be here before we know it, so here are the details in order to be prepared! Tree pick up will begin the week of January 9, 2012, and to ensure your tree is taken, it must be placed at the curb by January 14. PLEASE NOTE that [...]
This Month in Real Estate for November 2011 has been released! The numbers from October, presented by Jay Papasan, showed the home sales at an annual pace of 4.9 million, down slightly from last month, but much better than September's numbers. Median home price was $165,000, which is another drop from This Month in Real [...]
The St. Pius X Carnival is coming up this weekend, May 20-22, 2011. St. Pius X is located at 6428 York Road just next to the Rodgers Forge community. The St Pius Carnival is a big event (but on a smaller scale) like the Towsontown Spring Festival, which was held a few weeks ago in [...]
Each year, Baltimore County offers curbside pick up of Christmas trees for residents, and takes them to be recycled. Tree pick up will begin the week of January 10, 2011, and to ensure your tree is taken, it must be placed out at the curb by January 15. They will not be collecting from alleys, [...]
There are many ground rent houses in Baltimore. What does this mean? Guest blogger, T Jeremy Loomis, Sales Manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, explains more about Baltimore ground rent homes: What is ground rent (also known as a leasehold estate) and why would I have it? Ground rent is when a fee is paid [...]
Beginning June 13, 2010, the FHA appraisal guidelines for leasehold properties (also known as houses with ground rent) will be changing. Guest blogger, T Jeremy Loomis, Sales Manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, explains what this means for Baltimore ground rent homeowners: Confused on the recent news about new FHA ground rent appraisal requirements? Simply [...]
On March 10, the Baltimore County Board of Education had a final meeting before their March 23 vote on the boundaries of the new West Towson Elementary School. This meeting, unlike the one in January, which had hundreds of attendees with many speaking about the boundary options, this one had very few, and only four [...]
Over 300 people attended the meeting at Loch Raven High School last night about where the boundaries may be drawn, and which children in Towson may be redistricted to the new West Towson Elementary School. The Towson Families United group, which is "A coalition of parents and residents seeking a long-term solution to Towson's overcrowded schools", reports [...]