| Real Estate Weekly – 2/3/12: Pepco agrees to purchase WaterShed house |
| Pepco agrees to purchase WaterShed house Pepco, the Arlington, Va.-based energy company, agreed to buy WaterShed, the prize-winning solar-powered house that earned the University of Maryland top honors in an international solar energy competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Pepco plans to reassemble the now-disassembled house, which was designed and built by UM students, [...] |
| 02/03/2012 |
| Cap plan alarms Maryland real estate agents |
| ANNAPOLIS — Maryland real estate agents expressed alarm Wednesday at Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to cap state income tax deductions for people who make more than $100,000, a change that would have a big impact on mortgage interest deductions. Patricia Terrill, president of the Maryland Association of Realtors, said the proposal was just about the only [...] |
| 01/25/2012 |
| MRIS CEO David Charron and Regional Industry Leaders Recognized as Real Estate Innovators |
| Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) is pleased to recognize David C. Charron, president and chief executive officer of MRIS, and additional influential industry figures with local connections. Inman News, the nation’s leading source of independent real estate news, recently released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in real estate.The Inman selections spotlight the ... |
| 01/27/2012 |
| Real Estate Wonk: Decent income, little savings? |
| Decent income, little savings? Maryland is a high-income state. But it's also got a big share of defaulted mortgages, delinquent loans of all sorts and outsized credit-card debt, according to a new study by the Corporation for Enterprise Development . |
| 01/31/2012 |
| Real Estate Weekly – 1/6/12: Hopkins to open $1.1B building in April |
| Groundbreaking for Silver Spring apartments Home Properties Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., a multifamily residential real estate investment trust, announced the groundbreaking of Eleven55 Ripley, a new apartment development in downtown Silver Spring. The two-building complex — one 21 stories high, the other 5 stories tall — will contain 379 apartments, as well as urban rowhouses [...] |
| 01/06/2012 |
| Real Estate Weekly – 1/20/12: Maryland ranks 5th in LEED buildings |
| Whitewater course defaults on loan (AP) The operator of a publicly financed whitewater course in far western Maryland said it has defaulted on loan payments and is considering a change in ownership. Officials of Adventure Sports Center International in McHenry said Thursday the 5-year-old facility is in no danger of closing. Executive Director Matt Taylor said [...] |
| 01/20/2012 |
| The Realities of Real Estate: Assessments go down; taxes go up |
| Last week, many of us received new real estate assessments from the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation. Every three years, one third of all property is assessed. For our home in Annapolis, this was our year. Whenever the new assessments come out, there's a good deal of confusion about what the numbers mean. And with the fairly new phenomenon of declining assessments, many ... |
| 01/14/2012 |
| Real Estate Weekly – 1/27/12: Towne Park, Gaylord Hotel extend deal |
| Planned community homes sold McWilliams5/8Ballard said Wednesday it has sold and settled all homes at The Village at King Farm, in Rockville. Part of the King Farm planned community, The Village at King Farm consists of 49 condominiums above retail, restaurants and local businesses. In 2008, the Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs and [...] |
| 01/27/2012 |
| MRIS CEO Named One of the 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders of 2011 |
| Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) today announced that David C. Charron, president and CEO of MRIS, was named one of the most influential real estate leaders of 2011 by Inman News, the nation’s leading source of independent real estate news.Rockville, MD (PRWEB) January 16, 2012 Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) today announced that David C. Charron, president and ... |
| 01/16/2012 |
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