The housing market continues to be competitive for buyers resulting in higher home prices and quick-selling homes. One bright spot for buyers is new listings increased for the first time this year, and more is likely ahead in upcoming weeks as we move into the heart of the home-selling season. More listings should give buyers […]
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Neighborhoods: White Marsh , Maryland
White Marsh Maryland is a suburb of Baltimore with a population of 9,216. White Marsh is in Baltimore County and is one of the best places to live in Maryland. Living in White Marsh offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In White Marsh, there are a lot of restaurants, […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of March 22, 2021
Buyers are flooding the housing market early in the year, as they have in the last few years, eager to find a home of their own. With plenty of buyers and not as many sellers, homes are selling fast at prices much higher than this time last year. Seller activity typically picks up as we […]
Neighborhoods: Catonsville, Maryland
Catonsville is a suburb of Baltimore with a population of 41,547. Catonsville is in Baltimore County and is one of the best places to live in Maryland. Living in Catonsville offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In Catonsville there are a lot of parks. Many young professionals live in […]
Neighborhoods: Owings Mills
Owings Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population is 30,622 as of 2020. In approximately 1700, pioneers arrived in the area of Owings Mills. Samuel Owings constructed three mills near Gwynn’s Falls. One of the mills was utilized for grinding […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of March 8, 2021
Mortgage Rates Hit Three Percent Since reaching a low point in January, mortgage rates have risen by more than 30 basis points, and the impact on purchase demand has been noticeable. While purchase activity remains high, it has cooled off over the last few weeks and is currently on par with early March, prior to […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of March 1, 2021
Weekly Housing Trends Key Findings As we move closer to the heart of home buying season, we’re starting to see some relatively promising signs in trends among sellers. While there are still fewer newly listed homes compared to a year ago, the share of newly listed homes is rising meaning that buyers are seeing […]
Neighborhoods: Towson Maryland
Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 57,796 as of 2020. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorporated county seat in the United States. Towson was officially settled in the 18th century (1752) when two Pennsylvania brothers, named […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of February 15, 2021
Weekly Housing Trends Key Findings Would-be buyers in 2021 have many of the same advantages and challenges that we’ve seen in a housing market that has been ultra competitive since regaining its footing after the initial pandemic dip. Lower mortgage rates make monthly payments for higher priced homes more manageable, but finding a home […]
Weekly Housing Trends: Week of February 1, 2021
Weekly Housing Trends – Key Findings • Median listing prices grew at 15.0 percent over last year, notching 23 consecutive weeks of double-digit price growth. In 2020, lower mortgage rates have blunted the otherwise dampening effect that higher prices could have on buyer demand. • New listings continue to fall behind the year-ago pace–registering […]