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 [...]
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 [...]
Baltimore real estate market trends are generally published weekly by the Bright MLS system. Here is the Baltimore real estate update for the week ending December 14, 2025. Beginning on page 24 of the Bright MLS real estate report 12/14/2025, the Baltimore real estate data shows the following: In the Baltimore real estate market, new [...]
The Baltimore home demand index for December 2025 is 71, which down 15 points from last month, remaining in the "Slow" category from the Baltimore home demand index for November 2025 that was "Slow" at 86. (Please note that the index is one month behind, meaning the data for the December 2025 report is from [...]
Baltimore County trash and recycling guides for 2026 were mailed to residents in early December 2025. This year, thankfully, there is a printed schedule after last year's fiasco. As of January 1, 2026, the new schedules should also be found online. Residents should note the newer "slide" schedule for holidays - so if there is [...]
The Fed cut interest rates 1/4 point on December 10, 2025. This was another expected cut after a 1/4 point cut in the October 2025 Federal Reserve meeting, and a 1/4 point in the September 2025 Federal Reserve meeting. These drops followed a long pause beginning at the January 2025 Federal Reserve meeting, and remaining [...]