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Ethical Homes As predicted yesterday, super-low rates didn't last long; the mortgage-backed securities markets are trending upwards again this morning. Rates are still pretty low (30-yr FRMs are still around 5% for many borrowers), but not as good as they had been briefly. In unrelated news, don't forget to set your clocks back on Sunday.

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Ethical Homes Mortgage rates are dropping back down to record-low levels after a very healthy auction of Treasury bonds this afternoon. The last two times rates dipped like this, they only lasted for a few days, so if you are able to, now would be a good time to lock in a mortgage rate. Contact us if you have questions.

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Ethical Homes has
some extra passes to the DC Green Festival at the convention center
this weekend if anyone wants to get in without paying the $15
admission. http://ow.ly/tEeW http://ow.ly/tEeW

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Green Festival - The World's Largest Environmental Expo
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Ethical Homes At Ethical Homes, we don't hate polar bears.

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Greenwashing taken to a whole new level...
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Ethical Homes is advising yet another FSO about a refinance. Thanks to all of the folks at Dept of State that keep spreading the word about us!

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Ethical Homes Another entry in the "Weird MLS Listing" derby.

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Another example of the weird underbelly of MLS listings in the DC area; in this case, it appears that the owner is having some issues with his tenants…
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Ethical Homes helped a homeowner decipher the terms of a mortgage she got from another lender a few years ago, including identifying some key risks that the other lender had never pointed out to her, and then showed her how to avoid an unnecessary refinance that would

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Ethical Homes This might be the best entry in the "agent notes" field for property for sale in DC right now (for some definition of "best"): "DAYLIGHT SHOWINGS ONLY AND BRING FLASHLIGHT... SELLER IN PROCESS OF REMOVING TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM HOME, INCLUDING DECEASED DO

July 14 at 6:34pm
Amy
Amy
Dear god.
July 14 at 6:51pm
John S J Anderson
John S J Anderson
Wait, the dog doesn't convey? NO DEAL!
July 14 at 7:02pm
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There's actually a very funny story about a transaction in this area from many years ago where the seller ended up having to make all sorts of concessions to the buyer at the settlement table when it was discovered that the seller had accidentally agreed in the contract that his daughter's dog would convey with the property.

Now I'm thinking I should do a weekly "entertaining listing or contract excerpt" feature...
July 14 at 8:33pm
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Ethical Homes is helping a homeowner refinance out of a mortgage with a balloon payment coming due in a few months.

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Ethical Homes We're hoping to keep these updates short and sweet, but if you want us to add more info to them, let us know.

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Responding to popular demand, we present the first of a hopefully regular series of updates on where the mortgage markets are, where they have been, and where they are expected to go.
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To celebrate July 4th this year, we’re going to plug a great book about the formative years of the United States of America: Andro Linklater’s Measuring America: How the United States Was Shaped By the Greatest Land Sale in History. ...
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Ethical Homes is helping an FSO to refinance her condo before she heads to her next post.

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Ethical Homes The screen we used to make the first run of Ethical Homes t-shirts back in 2005. We may still have one shirt left in size S somewhere in storage if anyone wants it. (And yes, we did once have a seller who was having a heated legal dispute with one of our buyers, who was still so impressed with out service that he sent our info to a friend of his who wanted to buy a home.)

Lauren
Lauren
oh my god. this is amazing. especially the part about not buying, selling, or processing houses. HOw's this for a motto: "We have even higher standards than Lloyd Dobler!"
June 17 at 8:02pm
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I've often pondered trying to convince a seller to accept an offer by standing outside their house with a boombox blaring Peter Gabriel.
June 19 at 8:54am
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Ethical Homes is helping an expectant couple figure out the implications of unpaid vs. paid maternity leave on their mortgage options.

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Ethical Homes needs a logo so we don't have that big ugly question mark on FB. Any (serious) suggestions?

June 15 at 11:50am
Justin Fisher
Justin Fisher
Something in Comic Sans?
June 16 at 7:27pm
Sweth V. Chandramouli
Sweth V. Chandramouli
While that is a very funny typography geek joke, it doesn't help me come up with a logo...
June 16 at 9:02pm
Sweth V. Chandramouli
Sweth V. Chandramouli
(Comic Sans walks into a bar. The bartender says: "We don't serve your type here.". Thank you. I'll be here all week.)
June 16 at 9:04pm