Part of what the Roland Park Company called "The District" in a 1928 sales book, Homeland was laid out by the Boston firm of the Olmstead Brothers, who had earned much praise for the design of New York's Central Park. Streets meander, and street vistas are open, unobstructed by fences and hedges. Utilities and services are brought in from the rear to avoid unsightly poles and lines marring the open view.
The major highlight of the community is the open space, owned by all dues-paying Members of the Association. These open spaces include the historic lakes in the center of the community, originally spring-fed and dug by the original owner of the estate. Additionally, meandering streets and lanes and large specimen trees take you back to a more gracious time. Houses of all types, built only with natural materials to blend with the landscape, abound. Spring provides a vista of flowering shrubs and trees throughout the neighborhood. The placing of the utilities, services and garages in the lanes opened up the vistas of lawns, gardens, patios and terraces in the front, while hedges and fences add to privacy in the rear. Neighborhood events such as the Resident Picnic in the summer, the Halloween Parade at the Lakes and the Homeland Children's Choir Christmas Eve at the Lakes help to keep residents involved. Homes currently range in price from the mid-$200,000s for smaller or duplex homes to more than $1,500,000. In 2005, the average sale price was about $570,000.