• To Sell or Not to Sell…That is the Question…

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    To sell or not to sell, that is the question… I’m sure you have probably heard that the real estate inventory is very low in LoCo. We’re not alone: it’s so low in Nashville a friend of ours wrote they are desperately seeking sellers. This morning, I read a Wall Street Journal article about declining housing inventory and it got me…

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  • Hello LoCo… the “Goodbye Tax” is Back (Updated)

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    Last Saturday, the Virginia General Assembly passed a new transportation bill (HB 2313) to help fund the states road systems. Part of the package is a 250% increase in the Grantor’s tax, the tax all Virginians pay when they sell a home or business property. About 4 years ago Heather wrote about the reduction of the Grantor’s…

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  • Say Goodbye to the “Goodbye Tax”! (Updated)

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    Yesterday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the creation of a regional transportation authority to levy taxes was unconstitutional. The tax that the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority had imposed raised the ‘grantors tax’ paid by home sellers in Northern Virginia from $1 per thousand of the sales price or assessed value (whichever is higher, of…

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