Housing

Shraga Lerner grew up in Pikesville. Records show he played a key role in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme tied to a small group of New York investors.

A February lawsuit alleges New York investors got $1.7 million using fabricated property records.

For the first time, city taxpayers may be able to pay their debts in monthly installments.

Proposed restrictions on short-term rentals in Ocean City's quietest neighborhoods snowballed into one of the biggest controversies in a generation for the vacation town.

Requity wants to scale so that vocational students complete one vacant house a year.

Maryland leaders are embracing accessory dwelling units as the cost of living rises and young people flee the state.

Federal investigators are digging into a group of New York investors who borrowed more than $100 million in private credit and rapidly built a real estate portfolio of about 700 homes in Baltimore.

Howard County officials are supportive of removing aging motels along Route 1 to efforts to revitalize the area.

Villa Assumpta in Towson served as a convent for the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Roland Park Place, the owner and operator of a senior living community in Baltimore City, will renovate the facilities in a move to expand.

Anne Arundel County has agreed to sell a 13-acre property in Glen Burnie to a group of developers it is tasking with carrying out a long-anticipated transformation of the site.

Howard County is considering a charter amendment that would give officials the authority to take on debt to fund affordable housing projects as the county faces a major shortage.

Federal prosecutors have charged an attorney in connection to a 2021 real estate investment scheme that centers on 42 rowhomes in East Baltimore owned by a group of New York investors.

The average Maryland resident’s debts are far higher than the national average — likely stemming from higher home prices, more expensive tuition, tariffs pushing up car prices, and greater reliance on credit cards.

Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank sold his Lutherville mansion for about $4.4 million in February, according to property records.

A lawsuit alleges the Berkshires at Town Center Apartments knew about fire safety problems at the building long before a January blaze and failed repeatedly to correct them.

Tax sale nightmares are avoidable. Here are some tips for new and established homeowners to ensure your property stays off the auction list.

Patuxent Commons residents are feeling uneasy after police shot and killed 25-year-old resident Alexander LaMorie, an autistic man, who authorities say refused commands to drop a knife.

The Harris family thought they had protected a family home from tax sale in Baltimore City, but an $888 unpaid tax bill sent the property to foreclosure.

Seeking to make evictions more humane, the Anne Arundel County Council passed a bill Monday night to overhaul the process in the county.

Jalen Absolum and his sister, Janiene Smith, have moved into their rowhouse on Riggs Avenue in the Mosher neighborhood in West Baltimore.