Baltimore’s Vacant Homes Spark Bidding Wars as the City’s Housing Revival Accelerates
Baltimore is experiencing an unexpected transformation in its housing market: abandoned properties that once symbolized decades of population loss, disinvestment and urban decline are increasingly attracting buyers and even generating bidding wars. The shift is helping the city reduce one of America’s most persistent vacant-housing problems while demonstrating how the broader national affordability crisis is […]
End of an era in Baltimore after bridge collapse leaves residents in disbelief
On the banks of the Patapsco river, hundreds of people from across Baltimore gather in the early evening sun. Most are taking pictures with their mobile phones and can’t quite fathom what they are seeing. The Francis Scott Key bridge, a fixture of this city for half a century, had been destroyed in less than […]
6 people die in a traffic accident outside Baltimore
Six people died Wednesday after a driver crashed a vehicle into a construction site near Baltimore, Maryland, police said. The accident occurred when a vehicle entered a construction zone between temporary concrete walls and struck several construction workers in Woodlawn, state police said in a news release. Maryland State Police responded to the accident around […]
