The Baltimore Sun

50 acres of woodland are up for sale in Maryland, and while a developer has scoped the land as a good site for 25 homes, local residents are pressuring local and state officials to employ a little-used open space funding program to buy up the land.

Following closely behind Northern Virginia and Washington DC, condo conversions in Baltimore are now halted.

The slow reaction to job growth in many Maryland counties jobs may lead to a critical housing shortage.

Citing high housing prices in cities with strong growth control policies, one author argues that the smart growth movement seems to place more value on open space than people and their preferred housing choices.

With less than 300 residents, the town of Vienna, Maryland, has been grappling with the idea of growth for years. The town's mayor is now supporting a plan that will let the town grow, but not explode.

Maryland's eastern shore is trying to cope with new growth spreading out from Washington and Baltimore.

Involving hundreds of stakeholders, a set of four workshops in different parts of the state hopes to create a blueprint for regional growth.

The federal government has granted permission for construction of Maryland's Intercounty Connector (ICC) outside the nation's capitol.

Richard Baron and McCormack Baron Salazar have big plans for a troubled Baltimore neighborhood.

Researchers study the effectiveness of growth management laws in the Smart Growth pioneer state.

The internet giants have begun offering a range of listing services that could endanger realtor's domination of the market.

Cities call annexation an effective tool for managing growth at the local level. Counties disagree. Who's really in control?

After election, Governor Ehrlich identified several "Priority Places" throughout the state, sites supposed to receive full support for smart growth efforts. Yet funding has yet to come through as expected.

Condo development in the city has swelled, following a mid-90s swoon; now the city's new tallest building could be a skyscraper built for condos.

In Baltimore, developers plan to add on to The Rotunda, a historic building that already experienced an innovative reuse in the 1970s.

A lawyer from the landmark 1966 public housing desegregation case has written a book that helps inform a similar case in present-day Baltimore.

According to recent studies, homeownership is out of the question for many Marylanders; the Governor's Task Force on Workforce Housing looks for solutions.

A Baltimore Sun study finds that a first-time home buyer would have to spend 71 percent of his or her income toward monthly mortgage payments.

From East St. Louis to Louisville, Kentucky, cities are beginning to realize visions of riverfront glory.

A law intended to clarify non-discriminatory requirements for lenders -- and upping violation fines dramatically -- could actually scare banks away from doing any business in Montgomery County, Maryland.