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The Fight Is Over.. The Metro Is Coming To Loudoun!
Victory is ours... along with the spoils. Thought it will take around 6 years of birth pains to reap the benefits, the silver line received the federal funding to come to Loudoun County yesterday!
Construction is beginning in the Tysons Corner area and it will not be pretty. Dust, slow traffic, cranes,...
It Is Time To Push Your Uncle… For A Few Pennies
When someone sells their home in Virginia, they are required to pay a special tax to the government called a "GRANTORS TAX." A seller will pay $1 for ever $1,000 that the home sold for... OR... the current tax assessed value is. WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.
The Virginia Association of Realtors has...
What Are The Catches For The $8,000 Tax Credit?
To help stimulate the economy, the Senate voted last week to increase the tax credit for buyers from $7,500 (the amount given last year) to $8,000. Before you go out and purchase a new car on credit... you may want to consider a few credentials first.
The credit would give buyers up...
Loudoun Tax Assessments Leave The County With A Predicament
Our local Loudoun housing tax assessments were mailed out last Friday. A few highlights...
All taxable property has dropped by an average of 9.3%.
Residential properties were down 14.7% on average.
Condo's were down 24.1% on average.
The Sterling district fell by 31.1% (the highest drop). The second highest drop was in Leesburg 22.8%.
Because of these declines, the property tax...
All Aboard… The Silver Line Is Getting Closer
One small small stamp for Mary Peters, one huge step for northern Virginia.
Mary Peters gave the thumbs up on what many in this area have been hoping for, for a long time... The Silver Line extension of the metro. This is a 23 mile track that will extent from Falls...
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