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…

Radon in Richmond-Area Homes: Which Counties Are EPA Zone 1, and What Testing and Mitigation Cost

What the EPA radon zone map actually says about Henrico, Hanover and Richmond City, what VDH publishes for testing and mitigation costs, and how a…

Seller Concessions in Richmond: What Sellers Actually Pay Toward Buyer Closing Costs

A seller concession is a credit at settlement, not a cheque. Here is what a $10,000 credit really costs a Richmond seller against a $10,000…

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…

New Construction Under $500,000 in the Richmond Area: Where to Find It and What It Costs to Own

Sub $500,000 new construction is real in outer Chesterfield, eastern Henrico, Hanover and Powhatan, and mostly is not in Short Pump, Wyndham or western Goochland.…

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

Seven firms that list homes in Short Pump, ordered alphabetically, with every fact sourced to the firm's own website, plus July 2026 Henrico County and…