6 Homes with Open Houses in Howard County, MD (August 22–23, 2026)

Six Howard County homes are opening their doors this weekend, spread across four towns and roughly $560,000 of price range. Two of them are still listed as coming soon, which means the open house is the first look anyone gets. Below: a colonial a short walk from Centennial Park, a Highland split-level with its own 27-kilowatt generator, an original 1972 Columbia contemporary hitting the market for the first time in fifty years, and the most attainable of the bunch in Elkridge. Times, prices, and listing agents for all six.

4428 S Meadow Court, Ellicott City, MD 21042

A short walk from Centennial Park and Centennial High School, this five-bedroom sits at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac with no HOA, a rare combination in Ellicott City. The kitchen opens to a family room with a fireplace, hardwoods run through the main and upper levels, and the finished walkout basement adds a full bath, a cedar closet, and a workroom. The selling point is outside: a screened porch and a Brazilian ipe deck overlooking a fenced yard with a covered stone patio, a custom fire pit, and mature privacy trees. New HVAC went in this June which is good because have you been outside this summer? Phew. . .

8612 Lawrence Mill Court, Ellicott City, MD 21043

Deep setback, cul-de-sac lot, and a backyard that runs straight into protected open space. In other words. . . privacy abounds. Inside this brick-front colonial are more than 4,000 finished square feet with custom wall moldings, crown molding on two levels, and hardwood that continues up the staircase. The kitchen pairs quartz counters and maple cabinetry with an oversized eat-in area and a French door to the deck. The walkout lower level holds a rec room with a wet bar, a den that works as a fifth bedroom, a third full bath, and a bonus room. New HVAC in 2020, roof in 2017, water heater this year. It is listed as coming soon, so Saturday is the first look. And if we were betting on it, the last one too.

13165 Deanmar Drive, Highland, MD 20777

Highland doesn't come up for sale often, and this one has been worked over thoroughly: a two-story addition, new vinyl siding, a re-shingled roof, and an expanded gourmet kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite, and a sunroom breakfast area under a front-facing bay window. The primary suite has a massive walk-in closet, a renovated bath, and a private screened porch off the bedroom. The lower level adds a rec room, a fourth bedroom, a full bath, and an electric fireplace, with a workshop tucked under the addition. It also has a whole-house 27-kilowatt generator running off a 500-gallon propane tank, which will make you the most popular person in the neighborhood during thunderstorms.

5427 Chatterbird Place, Columbia, MD 21045

Everything expensive here is new: roof, siding, HVAC, windows, kitchen, bathrooms. What that buys is 3,528 square feet of five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath house on a quiet cul-de-sac, with an open main level built around a fireplace and a kitchen with all-new appliances. Out back, a large deck with a pergola faces trees. Laundry sits upstairs with the bedrooms, the lower level is open with a full bath, and there's a two-car garage. The listing leans hard on the school zoning, Howard High included.

5358 Flight Feather, Columbia, MD 21045

This is the one for people who love Columbia's origin story. Built in 1972 by Howard Homes, Inc. and offered for sale for the first time in five decades, the California Contemporary in Phelps Luck is exactly what early Columbia was supposed to look like: low horizontal profile, natural brick, broad rooflines, single-level living tucked under mature trees, with a sidewalk out front connecting it to the rest of Jim Rouse's walkable city. The listing is unusually candid that this is not a flip, citing more than $100,000 in improvements aimed at preserving the house: windows in 2022, HVAC in 2023, roof in 2019, fresh paint this year. Coming soon, so Sunday is the first look.

7214 Elkridge Crossing Way, Elkridge, MD 21075

The most attainable open house of the weekend. This two-level townhouse-style condo was built in 2007 and has been kept accordingly, with an open main level connecting living, dining, and kitchen, and an oversized one-car garage that earns its keep in February. The primary suite has a tray ceiling, two walk-in closets, and a bath with an extra-large walk-in shower and two shower heads. Laundry and a full-size utility sink are on the bedroom level. Someone else handles the exterior, historic Elkridge and Ellicott City are minutes away, and BWI is under 10 miles.