Real estate

    Feds approve sale of Potomac River power plant to data center developer
    Approval of TeraWulf’s purchase of the Morgantown Generating Station marks an early step in the Easton-based company’s plan to overhaul the contaminated coal site and use it to power a data center complex.
    The Morgantown Generating Station, built in 1970, is a 1,477 MW electric generating plant owned by GenOn on the Potomac River. The plant is expected to stop burning coal by 2027 but will continue to generate electricity burning  oil.
    Baltimore is fixing its tax sales. This city teacher might lose his house anyway.
    Administrative errors in Baltimore’s tax sale process put a teacher’s rental property at risk. Now the city is moving to help reverse the foreclosure.
    Administrative errors in Baltimore’s tax sale process put teacher Joel Pally’s rental property at risk. Now the city is moving to help reverse the foreclosure.
    The bank that controls the undeveloped land at Baltimore Peninsula might sell it off
    In a new filing, Bank OZK said it was now considering splitting up the undeveloped land at Baltimore Peninsula, calling it a “complex asset with multiple parcels.”
    The former footprint of Sun Park, the Baltimore Sun printing plant, has yet to be developed at Baltimore Peninsula.
    Baltimore landlord sentenced in $25K water and tax bills bribe scheme
    Baltimore landlord James Carroll Erny Jr. was sentenced to 13 months in prison and eight months of home confinement for bribing a city finance official to erase water and tax bills totaling about $25,000.
    Baltimore landlord James Carroll Erny Jr. was sentenced to 13 months in prison and eight months of home confinement for bribing a city finance official to erase water and tax bills totaling about $25,000.
    New home construction in Maryland is slumping. Can Congress fix it?
    Maryland is on track to build its fewest new housing units since the Great Recession. A new law passed by Congress could change that.
    A construction worker installs windows at Reservoir Square, an eight-acre, $170 million mixed-use development currently under construction at 600-800 West North Avenue.
    Downtown Baltimore’s big pit could finally get filled in
    The Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development recently issued a code violation to the owner of the former site of the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in downtown Baltimore.
    Artificial grass covers the site at 1 W. Baltimore St., where the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre once stood. It’s been a pit for 12 years.
    Coming soon? Not much. Baltimore-area development pipeline is drying up.
    Industry insiders said there’s been a decline in new development proposals throughout the Baltimore metro area, a slowdown that tracks with national trends.
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    Love horror movies? The house behind ‘The Blair Witch Project’ could be yours.
    “The Blair Witch Project’ creator Eduardo Sánchez is selling the Germantown townhouse that served as the production office and sleeping quarters for the cast and crew while filming in 1997.
    Eduardo Sánchez’s Germantown home served as the production office and sleeping quarters for the cast and crew of “The Blair Witch Project” in 1997.
    An island in the Bahamas? Brandon Chasen grilled at his final bankruptcy hearing.
    The Baltimore real estate developer faced more than four hours of questioning in the final hearing of his personal bankruptcy case.
    Brandon Chasen arrives at the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse for the latest public meeting of the creditors in his personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy case.
    What Herman Melville taught Krishna about the redevelopment of Harborplace
    How chatting with a stranger at Baltimore’s waterfront reminded The Banner's Krishna Sharma of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel, “Moby Dick.”
    Aaron “AJ” Jones drops by Harborplace almost every day during summers.
    Want a low-interest loan and $20K to buy a home in Baltimore? Here’s how.
    Buyers who purchase a newly renovated vacant home can now apply for interest rate savings and down payment assistance as part of a push to get the homes occupied faster.
    Rehabbed vacant homes on Mura Street in the Johnston Square neighborhood.
    More people are donating their vacant homes to Baltimore
    Once the plywood was removed from this vacant home on Carswell Street, the extensive damage and collapsed floors were visible. Clear boarding using polycarbonate allows for first responders to see inside without having to remove plywood.
    How Baltimore’s vacant homes wound up recycled into City Hall
    The marble steps from some 75 vacant homes in Baltimore have been used to patch and fill cracks at City Hall.
    Architectural conservator Christine Djuric points to teeth-like pieces of square-cut marble, “dentils,” alongside the exterior of Baltimore City Hall.
    What the US Supreme Court’s tax sale ruling means for Baltimore
    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.
    Bonita Anderson is interviewed inside her home in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Anderson is one of many Baltimore residents at risk of losing their homes due to tax sale because of city errors.
    Baltimore approved a small homeowner property tax cut. Here’s how it works.
    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.
    Baltimore homeowners could see a small property tax cut, thanks to a compromise approved by City Council and Mayor Brandon Scott this week.
    A major Baltimore affordable housing nonprofit is falling apart
    NEHI, once a darling of Baltimore’s nonprofit world, is heading toward collapse, threatening the budding network of community land trusts.
    Garrick Good, NEHI’s leader, denied allegations of financial impropriety and criticized the city for cutting off grant funding without hearing his side of the story.
    Highlandtown’s business district was growing. Then ICE came.
    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.
    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.
    Maryland homebuyers beware: How to avoid those nightmare discoveries
    Buying a home can be the biggest purchase of a lifetime. Here are some of the more common problems Maryland homeowners face and how to prevent them.
    Arienne Jones bought her Northwest Baltimore home in February 2025. After contractors found various problems, Jones researched the home’s permit history and discovered it had multiple expired work permits.
    For sale: One-of-a-kind historic property along Prettyboy Reservoir
    This historic 16-acre estate on Prettyboy Reservoir in Baltimore County offers a four-bedroom brick home, guesthouse, party barn and water views.
    For sale: 1910s craftsman colonial in Takoma Park
    Built in 1913, this Takoma Park colonial maintains its original charm while boasting updates for modern living.
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