How to Choose an Agent to Sell Your Fan District Home: Who to Interview and What to Compare (September 2026)

A decision aid, not a ranking. Seven Richmond firms that work the Fan, what each publishes about itself on its own site, the four questions…

T-Force Is Demolishing Its Nine-Story Manchester Headquarters: What Eight Cleared Acres Would Mean for Semmes Avenue

T-Force Freight has filed a City of Richmond permit to demolish its nine-story former headquarters at 1000 Semmes Ave, reported by Mike Platania of Richmond…

Capital Gains Tax When You Sell a Richmond-Area Home: The $250,000 and $500,000 Exclusions, and Who Misses Them

How capital gains tax actually works when you sell a Richmond-area home, worked against July 2026 numbers: the ownership and use tests, the partial exclusion,…

Escrow Holdbacks at a Richmond Closing: When Money Stays Behind to Finish a Repair

An escrow holdback leaves money with the settlement agent to pay for a repair finished after the deed records. How they are structured in Richmond,…

The Same $475,000 House, Six Different Tax Bills: Where Richmond-Area Buyers Pay the Least

One $475,000 assessment, six published locality rates, every multiplication shown. The spread runs from $2,517.50 to $5,700 a year, about $265 a month, before you…

Virginia’s Condominium Resale Certificate: What Richmond Buyers Get, and the Right to Cancel

Since 1 July 2023 Virginia's Resale Disclosure Act has replaced the separate condominium resale certificate and POA disclosure packet with a single document. What it…

Best Richmond-Area Neighborhoods for a Workshop, Oversized Garage or RV and Boat Parking

Eight Richmond-area areas ranked for a detached workshop, an oversized garage or RV and boat parking - and the HOA covenant and county zoning rules…

Best Richmond-Area Neighborhoods for a Multigenerational Household or In-Law Suite

Where to buy around Richmond for a multigenerational household - grouped by whether you need a main-level bedroom, a builder's next-gen suite or a true…

Buying a Richmond-Area Home on a Private Road: Maintenance Agreements, Lender Rules and Who Plows It

What VDOT's Secondary Street Acceptance Requirements actually require before a road joins the state system, exactly what Fannie Mae demands in a recorded road maintenance…

A Developer Bought 97 Acres in Goochland and Put the House Back on the Market: Inside August’s Top Richmond Home Sales

Jonathan Spiers compiled August's top Richmond home sales for Richmond BizSense. A record $9.1 million Windsor Farms deal led, but the 97 acre Goochland assemblage…