Which Richmond-Area Neighborhoods Have the Shortest School Bus Rides

No Richmond-area school division publishes route times, so this roundup uses what can be checked: which neighborhoods have a school campus inside or beside them.…

Goochland Backs a Scaled-Down Serenity Trail: Nine Homes on 110 Acres at Maidens Road

Goochland's planning commission recommended approval of Serenity Trail, a 110 acre rezoning at 2453 Maidens Road cut from 24 homes to nine. What the plan…

VA Loans in the Richmond Area: Entitlement, the Funding Fee and What Sellers Get Wrong

Full and remaining entitlement after a prior VA loan, the current funding fee tiers translated into dollars at the Richmond median, the appraisal and the…

A $33.7 Million ER Is Coming to the Old Ukrop’s Site at Iron Bridge and Chippenham

Bon Secours paid $8.9 million for the razed Ukrop and Martin grocery site at Iron Bridge Road and Chippenham Parkway and plans a $33.7 million…

Rate Locks on a Richmond Mortgage: How Long to Lock, What a Float-Down Costs and What Happens If You Blow the Date

What a mortgage rate lock actually commits, how 30, 45 and 60 day pricing works, what float-downs and extensions cost in dollars, and the worked…

What Virginia’s Grantor Tax and Recordation Fees Cost a Richmond Seller at Closing

The grantor tax is $1 per $1,000 of sale price and Virginia law puts it on the seller. What that comes to on an August…

Best Richmond-Area Neighborhoods for a Real Home Office

There is no dataset of which Richmond homes have a dedicated office, so this roundup grounds seven picks in what you can check: the decade…

Recasting a Richmond Mortgage vs Refinancing: Which One Actually Lowers the Payment

A recast re-amortizes your existing loan at the same rate after a lump sum. A refinance replaces the rate and the term and costs real…

210 Homes Proposed Next to Hanover Airport: What the Stillwater Village Filing Means for Buyers

Rogers-Chenault has filed for the rezoning needed to build Stillwater Village, 210 homes plus retail and a church on 72 acres beside Hanover County Municipal…

Seller Financing in Virginia: When It Makes Sense and What the Contract Has to Say

Seller financing in Virginia, done properly: purchase-money deed of trust versus land contract, what the note and deed of trust must contain, the due-on-sale trap,…