Baltimore and Maryland real estate information

The marble steps from some 75 vacant homes in Baltimore have been used to patch and fill cracks at City Hall.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday is likely to allow the continued controversial sales of Maryland real estate that has fallen in foreclosure over back taxes, an issue that has plagued many Baltimore homeowners for years.

The initial one-cent reduction in the effective rate would bring very modest relief to taxpayers. The owner of a $200,000 home could expect to pay about $20 less next year.

NEHI, once a darling of Baltimore’s nonprofit world, is heading toward collapse, threatening the budding network of community land trusts.

Highlandtown, a growing and increasingly Latino neighborhood in East Baltimore, has been at the center of ICE activity lately. That has business owners worried about the future.