Finally, after almost 10 years of banking relationship bliss, it happened to us.  A banking nightmare.  One that took our relationship with a big bank to the brink and had us shopping around and wanting to join the anti- big bank movement.  But one that ended up restoring some of our faith in a well [...]

When we bought our house in Del Ray a decade ago, our agent at the time put us on to a friendly local (Rosemont) fellow in the mortgage business.  Half a dozen transactions (refis, a vacation property mortgage among multiple parties) and at least a dozen satisfied friends and neighbors later, and I’m pretty sure [...]