Kaine thinks so . (thanks to Richmond Sunlight for pointing out this article ) Kaine is proposing a statewide 25-cent increase in the grantors tax, which is now 10 cents per $100 of assessed value, that owners pay on the sale of a house. … Make no mistake – Virginia’s (and the localities’) transportation systems need help; they need maintenance and they need new infrastructure – roads, bike paths, rail lines – but taxing only one segment of the population that uses the system is wrong.
Browsing Category Sellers
Negotiate anything
If more Realtors and buyers and sellers could or would recognize these simple facts, we would all be better off. … quite well – and each time it was irrelevant, but important to the buyer to have – if only to work through it.
Best listing remarks of the day
Seen in the Charlottesville MLS this morning for a new listing in a great location close to Barracks Road and Barracks Road shopping center – !!! … APPLIANCES ON PREMISES ARE NOT WARRANTED (May not work) HEATPUMP OR FURNACE IS DISMANTLED.
Words all home sellers and listing agents should read
Tracking the Bloodhound Unchained conference in Phoenix via Twitter … and in particular, Russell Shaw, listing agent extraordinaire (which is likely underestimating him) … for a quick bona fides on Russell Shaw, read this : If you think traditional Realtors have had it rough imagine what it is like for the discount real estate companies. … The small discount companies aren’t even doing that well. some of the tweets about his presentation, in 140 characters or less: Courtesy of @AndyKaufman : Russell Shaw – I haven’t run a print ad in 16 years.
Notes from a mortgage broker in Charlottesville
Thanks to a conversation in a closing yesterday morning:1 – Many of his lenders are eliminating second mortgages in favor of PMI (which is tax deductible).2 – The 22903 zip code may be marked by Fannie Mae as a “declining market” – our closing yesterday indicated as much.Lesson:Times are changing; choose knowledgeable representation you trust.
Seeking a defense of Single-Agent Dual Agency
Will anybody defend the practice of the same Realtor representing both a buyer and seller on the same transaction? Find out at VARBuzz.
How not to sell your house
2 – Don’t call the Realtor with qualified buyers back for nine hours. 3 – Don’t show the house until after 5pm.The above are two reasons that unrepresented sellers frequently have a harder time selling their properties…. The property is going to have to be mighty special and unique to make us alter our schedules.In a buyers’ market (which we’re in, if you didn’t know) – I advise my sellers to do (almost) whatever it takes to get buyers through their house. You just never know when the “right” buyer is going to walk through the door.