“Buy one, get one free,” advertises the small yellow blurb, tacked to the main entrance sign of the Cider Mill development on Landing Road outside Elkridge.

The promotion actually refers to optional add-ons to the community?s single-family homes, not the homes themselves. But such incentives are one way Howard builders have supported sales of new homes and condos in a sluggish market.

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