![]() ![]() ![]() Shopping centers, it’s driving people to them.”Īccording to Bright MLS, the region’s multiple list Peopleĭidn’t always migrate to these areas, but with demand being highĪnd inventory low, and with economic development like improved You see a lot more single-family communities, and new construction “These were strictly townhome communities at one time, but ![]() Richard Head, 90, stands on his pier in Dundalk. The more expensive areas like Owings Mills, these communities are Many of her buyers are escapingĬity life for the relatively slower pace of the county, and, unlike While she doesn’t dealĮxclusively in waterfront properties, she’s seen the change in areas & Co., specializing in Baltimore City and eastern Baltimore County.Īs a child she lived for a time in Essex, too. Niya Davis is a realtor and associate broker with Harris Hawkins But while they were once considered affordable, the opportunity to snap up a bargain may already have passed. Unlike other areas of the coast, these neighborhoods are only 30 minutes away from major metropolitan centers like Baltimore, Hunt Valley, and White Marsh. Last bastion of available waterfront homesites. Living increases and supply dwindles, areas like Dundalk, Middle River, and Essex are the Whatever the case, homebuyers and developers are clambering to purchase waterfront homes near Baltimore that were once popular only with farmers, watermen, and factory workers. Those homes sell from the mid-$300,000s to over $400,000.Ĭall it a renaissance-or call it gentrification. From that same pier you can look a few yards up the creek and see the next wave of change in the neighborhood-a waterfront townhome community built in 2016-17 by Ryan Head’s pier is littered with the gear that denotes the life of a passionate waterman, including crab pots where he can pull in a nice catch to steam for dinner. Improved water quality is just one more reason these communities are more attractive than ever before to homebuyers. You’d get this orange powder that would stick to your skin. “The biggest change is in the water quality,” says Head, who remains a passionate fisherman and keeps meticulous logbooks of his fishing trips. Still, the biggest change he’s seen has nothing to do with real estate. He sawīethlehem Steel flourish, flounder, and close, and Amazon’s Roads and fields converted into homes and marinas. Pollution from the steel mill and areas that were once dirt Lived around Dundalk, Head saw the beaches closed due to Higher ground are just one way the waterfront of Head’s Homes built further back from the waterline and on The newer home sits on a gravel foundation and was raised They kept the original cottage as a workshop. Home and built a modular home at the back of the 100-foot-by-300-foot lot. Instead, he would trailer hisįishing boat to community ramps. “I never wanted to be on the water because of the upkeep He and his wife bought the home in the 1990s for about $80,000 and one of their sons lived in the cottage on the property while they continued to live in Eastfield. Today, Head lives on Bear Creek, only one creek over from his first fishing foray. They lived there for 47 years and spent much of their time fishing and crabbing. After his military service, he and his wife bought one of the new homes being built in Dundalk’s Eastfield neighborhood for about $9,000. Navy and got married while on leave in July 1952. After high school, he got a job at Penwood Power Station in Sparrows Point. During World War II, his mom and the other mothers in the neighborhood would take the kids to swim at the beach off Sollers Point Road. When he was fishing on Bullneck Creek there was only one marina there, Martini’s, and a few houses surrounded by farms. With a $2,000 loan, his parents were able to purchaseįor Head, who is now 90, it was an idyllic childhood. Had moved to the area from New Jersey during the Great Depression because Bethlehem Steel was not only hiring,īut also creating an entire town to house its growing workforce. RICHARD HEAD CAUGHT ONE OF HIS FIRST fish on Bullneck Creek in Dundalk when he was 10 years old. ![]()
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