Where Does the Money Come From for Mortgage Loans?

Who Actually Owns Your Mortgage in Prince George's, Montgomery County, DC and Northern Virginia? It Isn't Your Bank Opinion My grandmother's generation got a mortgage by putting on good clothes and walking into a bank on Main Street. If the bank had money on deposit and liked the look of you, it len

Lead Poisoning- The Test Most DMV Home Buyers Skip

Lead Paint in Prince George's, Montgomery County, DC and Northern Virginia Homes: The Test Most Buyers Skip LANDOVER, Md. — A Maryland lead paint inspector signed off on roughly 1,500 rental inspections he never properly performed. State auditors said in April that the fraud could have been caught y

Underground Heating Oil Tanks

Underground Heating Oil Tanks Every time I write a contract and hit the question about underground storage tanks, I still think: who out here has one of these? Then I remember the answer is plenty of people. They're more common around here than anyone expects, and they come up in inspections constan

Hot, Normal, and Cold Markets: Is It a Buyer's or Seller's Market in Prince George's, Montgomery County, DC and Northern Virginia? Ask the Concierge

Is It a Buyer's or Seller's Market in Prince George's, Montgomery County, DC and Northern Virginia? Ask the Concierge Ask the Concierge is a reader-question column. Letters are edited and details changed. General educational information, not legal or financial advice. Dear Concierge, My wife and I a