NVAR

Priority Issues

Read about NVAR's work on several legislative and regulatory policy goals, including current priority issues, on-going issues, standing Public Policy Positions and recent Realtor® Advocacy Wins. Make your voice heard by submitting feedback for the annual NVAR Legislative Program, submitted every spring.

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NAR Federal
Issues

2023-2024 NVAR Legislative Agenda

Download the 2023-2024 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

Housing Supply, Attainability & Affordability
Common Interest Communities
Property Management and Residential Landlord and Tenant Issues
Realtor® Professionalism, Education and Practice
Fair Housing
Transportation, Infrastructure, and Emergin Technologies
Standing Positions

On-Going Issues

Sign Ordinances
New Virginia Laws
Property Tax Rates

NVAR Legislative Program

Every spring, NVAR compiles legislative and regulatory policy goals for the coming year into a document called the NVAR Legislative Program.

The Legislative Program is developed over several months based on feedback given by NVAR members. The process begins in March, when NVAR committees and forums are asked to submit issues to the NVAR Public Policy Committee for consideration. Individual Realtors® may also submit issues to the committee. A task force researches these issues and recommends pertinent ones for inclusion in the Legislative Program.

Once a draft program has been developed, the Public Policy Committee reviews it and sends a final draft to NVAR’s Board of Directors for consideration. Following approval by the Board, NVAR forwards the program to the Virginia Association of Realtors® for inclusion in the statewide list of legislative priorities.

An important component of the issues we look at is your voice. If you have suggestions for items we should be looking into please email us at govaffairs@nvar.com OR fill out this quick form.

Town Hall Notes Blog

Grantor's Tax Increase Effective July 1, 2020

Jun 23, 2020, 11:03 AM by User Not Found

Effective July 1, the grantors tax in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads will increase.

Effective July 1, the grantor's tax in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads will increase.

The legislature passed a 5 cent per $100 increase in Northern Virginia and a 6 cent per $100 increase in Hampton Roads to be used for their regional transportation projects.

The Governor’s proposal had included a 10-cent increase in both regions and NVAR successfully lobbied to have theirs reduced to 5 cents. The Realtor® associations in the Hampton Roads region agreed to a 6-cent increase.

In Northern Virginia, sellers will see two line items on the settlement sheet. A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FEE (WMATA) fee, which will remain at 15 cents per $100 – the same as the current regional grantors tax. The new line item will be the REGIONAL CONGESTION RELIEF FEE of 5 cents per $100. All monies raised will remain in the region for transportation.

Legislation was also passed allowing sellers to negotiate to have the buyer pay a portion, or all, of the grantor's taxes.

This tax will apply to the City of Alexandria, Arlington, all of Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties and any towns or cities located within those counties.

NORTHERN VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

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