What Goes Into a Richmond Home Listing: Photos, Floor Plans, Video and What the Seller Controls

What a Richmond listing package normally contains, what the CVR MLS photo rules say, and what sellers should prepare, approve and ask their agent before…

Cash Offer or Financed Offer on Your Richmond-Area Home: How to Compare What You Actually Net

How to compare a cash offer and a financed offer beyond the price, with a hypothetical net-proceeds example and what Virginia rules say about earnest…

Asbestos in Older Richmond-Area Homes: Where It Hides, When Testing Matters and What Sellers and Buyers Should Know

Asbestos in older Richmond-area homes: where it appears, why undisturbed material is usually not the hazard, when testing matters, who is licensed in Virginia, and…

Selling a Richmond Home in Winter: Does Listing Between November and February Cost You?

Richmond Metro single-family data for November 2025 to February 2026 compared with August 2026: days on market, closed sales, median price and months of supply,…

Prorations on a Richmond Closing Statement: Real Estate Tax, HOA Dues and Who Owes Whom

Close on October 1 in Henrico and you credit the buyer $874.63 in real estate tax on a $425,000 home; close the same day in…

Virginia Grantor Tax and Recordation Tax on a Richmond-Area Home Sale: A Worked Example for a $475,000 House

What Virginia charges when a deed is recorded, who usually pays each tax, and a worked example for a hypothetical $475,000 Richmond-area sale.

When Co-Owners Disagree About Selling a Richmond-Area Home: Buyouts, Partition and What a Court Can Order

What co-owners can do when they disagree about selling a Richmond-area home: negotiated buyout, joint listing, and Virginia partition, including what a court is told…

Selling a Pre-1978 Richmond Home: The Federal Lead Paint Disclosure, the Pamphlet and the 10-Day Inspection Window

Selling a Richmond home built before 1978 means a federal lead pamphlet, a signed contract attachment and a 10-day window for the buyer. Here is…

Manufactured Homes in Powhatan and Goochland: Land-Owned vs Land-Leased and What It Does to Resale

How land ownership versus land-lease status changes financing, appraisal comparables, disclosure duties, and buyer pool for manufactured homes in Powhatan and Goochland.

Your Home’s Insurance Claims History and a Richmond Sale: The CLUE Report and What a Buyer’s Insurer Sees

How the CLUE claims report works, what a buyer's insurer sees when it quotes your Richmond-area address, and five steps to take before listing so…