CONTACT: Lisa Lynn Hansen
                                                                                                                          (410) 637-3750

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                  
"It's Better in Baltimore" Home-Buying Seminar in Washington, DC

$100 vouchers toward title work to be given to 50 participants

The Live Baltimore Home Center is providing an excellent introduction to the home buying process to DC area residents. On Thursday, September 8th, 5:30pm-7:30pm at the Johns Hopkins University - Washington Campus, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, attendees can meet mortgage lenders, real estate agents, neighborhood experts and learn about financial incentives from exhibitors and in back- to-back 30-minute education sessions. Participants will also receive free advice about home-buying or rental information from Live Baltimore's preferred members.

In addition to the more than 10 exhibitors who will be on-hand, The Fountainhead Title Company will be giving away $100 vouchers valid toward title work on a Baltimore City home to 50 participants.

This event is a preview for Buying into Baltimore Eastern Region Fair & Neighborhood Tours, September 17th in Baltimore. Participants will be eligible for a $3,000 award towards the purchase of a home at the area's largest home buying event.

This Live Baltimore-sponsored event is part of an aggressive marketing campaign targeting Washington renters. The campaign, using the theme "It's Better in Baltimore," consists of print and subway station billboard ads highlighting the affordability, spaciousness and historic charm of residential properties in the neighborhoods throughout Baltimore City. Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) reports that in the first 6 months of 2005, the average sale price for a home in Washington, DC, was $510,810, compared with $144,993 in Baltimore.

For more information on the Live Baltimore and the "It's Better in Baltimore" seminar in Washington, DC, inquirers may visit www.livebaltimore.com or call 410-637-3750.