Before You Buy in a Richmond Golf Community: Which Club Costs Are Mandatory and How to Verify Them

Association dues, club dues, initiation fees and transfer charges are four different things. Virginia's Resale Disclosure Act tells you exactly which ones run with the…

Buying a Richmond VA Home With a Pool: Inspection, Barriers, Insurance and Running Costs

A standard home inspection usually stops at the pool gate. What to have inspected separately, why the existing fence may not satisfy current code, and…

Proffers in Virginia: What a Developer Promises the County, and Why It Affects the Home You Buy

Proffers are the enforceable commitments attached to a rezoning: the turn lane, the buffer, the cash toward schools. Virginia narrowed what localities can ask for…

When a Housing Statistic Is Just Noise: How to Read Monthly Numbers for Richmond and Its Counties

One Virginia county's median sale price rose 147% in July 2026. It closed three houses. Here is how to tell which monthly housing numbers mean…

What a Richmond Listing Agreement Actually Commits You To Before You Sign It

Code of Virginia 54.1-2137 requires a written brokerage agreement with a definite termination date, a stated fee amount and stated services, and fills a blank…

72 Lots Proposed Beside Ben Wallace’s Goochland Farm: What Allston Station Would Mean for Manakin-Sabot

A local developer filed to rezone 72 acres of Manakin-Sabot farmland for 72 house lots at $1 million to $3 million. What the Allston Station…

Builder Warranties on Richmond New Construction: What 1-2-10 Covers, and What Virginia Law Adds

The 1-2-10 warranty your builder offers is a contract. Virginia separately implies a warranty on new homes by statute, running one year with five years…

How to Find Out What Is Being Built Near a Richmond House Before You Buy It

By the time a sign goes up, the decision was made months earlier in a public meeting. Where each Richmond-area locality publishes its pending cases,…

Hadad’s Lake Could Reopen as ‘Oasis Point’: What Henrico’s Planning File Says for Varina Buyers

Plans are filed to bring the former Hadad's Lake back as an outdoor recreation venue in Varina. Henrico planning staff have flagged noise and comprehensive…

Who Is Actually at a Virginia Closing Table, and Do You Need a Real Estate Attorney?

Virginia permits lay real estate settlement agents under Code of Virginia 55.1-1002, which is why there may be no attorney at your closing at all.…