Baltimore City Christmas Tree Pickup 2024 will be happening through February 9, 2024. The Baltimore City Department of Public Works finally posted on their website. From last year, they posted on their website: "For residents who cannot bring their trees for mulching, DPW will offer curbside tree collection starting Tuesday, December 27, 2022." From past years' [...]
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 2023 for reservations. The Baltimore Banner also compiled a list that has a good amount of overlap with the Open Table list. WBAL [...]
Downtown Discovery Days, formerly known as Dollar Days in Downtown Baltimore 2024 are January 2-12, 2024. What are Downtown Discovery Days? They are the days where participating Downtown Baltimore museums offer admission reduced price or for free. As of this posting, there are a number of places participating. We went to the Maryland Science Center [...]
The Baltimore home demand index for December 2023 was 65, up one point from last month, remaining in the "limited" category from the Baltimore home demand index for November 2023 that was "limited" at 64. (Note that the index is one month behind, meaning the data for the December 2023 report is from November 2023.) [...]
Goldman Sachs predicts home prices to continue to rise through 2024. Goldman Sachs released their latest housing forecasts for not just 2024, but the next four years. Goldman Sachs estimates that home prices will grow slightly, by 0.6% in 2024, then up 3.8% in 2025, and then 4.9% in 2026 & 2027. The Baltimore real [...]
Baltimore real estate market trends are collected and documented by our MLS, Bright MLS. Here is the update for the week ending December 10, 2023. Bright MLS currently covers seven states, so there is data for a number of areas. Starting on page 18 of the Bright MLS real estate report 12/10/2023, the Baltimore real [...]
The 2023 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers from the National Association of REALTORS has been released. Here are some highlights from the 2023 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report: In 2023, 32% of Home Buyers were first-time homebuyers, which is up from 2022, where 26% of homebuyers were first time homebuyers. This is [...]
Baltimore real estate market trends are collected and documented by our MLS, Bright MLS. Here is the update for the week ending December 3, 2023. Bright MLS currently covers seven states, so there is data for a number of areas. Starting on page 18 of the Bright MLS real estate report 12/03/2023, the Baltimore real [...]
Druid Hill Park Christmas Lights will be lit starting December 5, 2023 and running through January 1, 2024. Charm City Lights is a new drive through Christmas lights experience in Druid Hill Park. They are scheduled to be lit from 5:30-9:30pm per night. The cost is $10 per vehicle, and tickets need to be purchased [...]
The Washington Monument Lighting 2023 in Baltimore is scheduled for Thursday, December 7. The event starts at 5:00pm and runs until 8:00pm. The lighting itself with laser lights and a firework finale is scheduled to be around 8pm. There will be live performances throughout the evening. There will be delicious food, drinks, and more. More [...]