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…

Quietest Richmond-Area Neighborhoods: Away From the Highway, the Rail Line and the Flight Path

There is no neighborhood-level noise dataset for the Richmond region, so this roundup grounds every pick in checkable proxies: VDOT traffic counts, distance from the…

Selling a Parent’s Richmond Home When They Move Into Care: Power of Attorney, Timing and the Paperwork

What a Virginia durable power of attorney must say to convey real estate, how it gets recorded, how an agent differs from a court appointed…

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,…

Where Richmond-Area Neighborhoods Are on Public Water and Sewer, and Where You Are on a Well

A locality by locality map of public water and sewer around Richmond, what connecting costs in Henrico and Chesterfield, why Goochland's Tuckahoe Creek district changes…

What a Roof’s Age Does to a Richmond Sale: Insurance, Financing and Negotiation

An aging roof changes what an insurer will write, what an FHA or VA appraiser will require, and what a buyer asks for after the…