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Arlington, VA illustrative estimate
Arlington home sale calculator: what you'd actually put in your pocket
The sale price is only the starting point. What matters is what you keep after your payoff, repairs, fees, and other costs come out. That's your net proceeds.
The home value starts with Zillow’s typical value for the area. Your house may be worth more or less. You can change the value and every cost below. Adjust anything you know, including your payoff, repair or credit risk, cleanout cost, agent commission, and how long you expect to carry the property.
Starting-value basis: Zillow typical home value for Arlington, VA (As of September 2026): $801,809. Editable estimate, not an appraisal. Source: Zillow Home Value Index
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Your starting home-value estimate may come from a public source when one is available. You can edit that estimate and each cost input above; your property's actual value and closing costs may differ.
Choose the condition that best fits your home, then update the value, mortgage payoff, and cost inputs with what you know. This is an estimate for local costs, not a verified local tax rate.
Selling a house in Virginia
Inherited house
Can you sell an inherited Virginia house before the estate is settled? Often, yes. In Virginia, real estate passes at death to the heirs, or to the people named in the will. An executor can sell it only after being appointed through the circuit court clerk, and only if the will directs a sale or grants a power of sale, or a court grants that power. Otherwise, the heirs or beneficiaries generally sign the deed together; if they cannot agree, a circuit court can order a sale. A sale by heirs or beneficiaries within one year after the death can be challenged by the deceased owner's creditors, unless no court action over the estate's debts is started and no report of debts is filed within that year. A court-ordered sale in that first year is protected when the money goes to a court-appointed commissioner. A surviving spouse may sometimes have a right to stay in the home. The will, list of heirs and appointment papers determine who signs. If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.
Sources: Va. Code §64.2-200; Va. Code §64.2-521; Va. Code §64.2-105; Va. Code §64.2-509; Va. Code §64.2-534; Va. Code §64.2-535; Va. Code §8.01-81; Va. Code §64.2-308.16; Fairfax County Commissioner of Accounts, "Real Estate"; Virginia State Bar, "What Happens to My Real Property When I Die?"
Foreclosure
Can you still sell your Virginia house in foreclosure? Often, yes, if your sale closes and pays off the loan before the foreclosure sale. Virginia home foreclosures are usually trustee's sales under a deed of trust: the trustee auctions the house without a court case. For an owner-occupied home, written notice of the sale generally must go to the owner at least 60 days ahead, or 14 days for other property, and the sale must be advertised in a local newspaper. Plan to close and pay off the loan before the trustee's sale; do not count on buying the house back afterward. The trustee can postpone a sale, and a postponed sale must be advertised again. Until you have a new date in writing, plan around the one on your notice. Confirm the current payoff amount before relying on a closing date, and call us right away so we can get started. Our agreement of sale will often get a trustee's sale postponed so we can close. It doesn't always work, but it works more often than people think.
Sources: Va. Code §55.1-320; Va. Code §55.1-321; Va. Code §55.1-322
Tenants
Can you sell a Virginia rental with tenants in it? Yes. A sale does not cancel the lease. The buyer steps into the landlord's place: the buyer can enforce the lease, and the tenant keeps the lease's protections against the buyer. Ending a tenancy still depends on the lease and Virginia's notice rules. The landlord must tell the tenant about the sale and give the buyer's name, address and a phone number. At the time ownership transfers, the seller must hand over the tenants' security deposits, plus any interest earned on them, to the buyer. If a property manager holds the deposits, the owner must ask for them in writing before closing, and the manager must tell each tenant the deposit went to the new owner. Either way, the new owner must return any deposit owed when the tenancy ends, even if the deposit was never passed along. Give the buyer the leases and deposit records so the sale can account for each tenancy.
Sources: Va. Code §55.1-1606; Va. Code §55.1-1607; Va. Code §55.1-1201; Va. Code §55.1-1213; Va. Code §55.1-1216; Va. Code §55.1-1226; Va. Code §55.1-1253
Virginia grantor tax and regional fees
What transfer taxes apply when a Virginia house sells? Virginia taxes the deed at recording. By law, the seller pays the grantor tax: 50 cents for each $500 of the greater of the sale price or value, about 0.1%. That is $100 on a $100,000 sale. Two regions add seller-paid fees. In Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park, a regional WMATA capital fee and a regional congestion relief fee each add 0.1%, for $300 total on $100,000. In Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach, a regional transportation improvement fee adds 0.06%, for $160 total. The sale contract can shift who pays. There are also separate state recordation taxes and, where adopted, local recordation taxes. Exemptions and transfers with little or no consideration can change the tax; the settlement agent confirms the amounts. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including Virginia state and local recordation taxes, grantor tax and any applicable regional WMATA capital fee, regional congestion relief fee or regional transportation improvement fee.
Sources: Va. Code §58.1-802; Va. Code §58.1-802.3; Va. Code §58.1-802.4; Va. Code §58.1-802.5; Va. Code §58.1-801; Va. Code §58.1-814; Va. Code §33.2-2501; Fairfax Circuit Court land records taxes and fees (eff. 7/1/2026); Prince William Circuit Court land records fees; HRTAC, Regional Transit Committee agenda, Dec. 1, 2020 (six district cities)
Code violations and sale requirements
Can you sell a Virginia house with open code violations? A sale may be possible, but the property's notices and orders matter. Under Virginia's statewide building code, localities can inspect existing buildings and order violations corrected. If a building is declared unsafe, the code official can order repairs or demolition, authorize emergency repairs when there is imminent danger, and demolish it if the owner ignores a demolition order. A locality can also adopt an ordinance requiring owners to remove, repair or secure buildings that endanger public health or safety. The locality can usually do the work after at least 30 days' notice; serious hazards and emergencies can have shorter timelines. The cost is charged to the owner and, if unpaid, becomes a lien that ranks with unpaid local real estate taxes. Existing orders, liens and any local requirements need to be addressed as part of the sale; an as-is agreement does not erase them. Send us the notices so the buyer and settlement agent can work through the repairs, deadlines and closing requirements. When you sell to us, we're the buyer, so the repairs become our job.
Sources: Va. Code §36-105; Va. Code §15.2-906; 13VAC5-63-480 (VMC §104); 13VAC5-63-485 (VMC §105); 13VAC5-63-490 (VMC §106, unsafe structures)
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Help for a specific Virginia sale
- If you received a mortgage trustee-sale notice for a Richmond home, the Richmond foreclosure guide explains the Virginia notice deadlines and how a trustee sale differs from a tax sale.
- For an inherited house in Roanoke city, the Roanoke inherited-house guide explains who can sign under Virginia estate rules and how to sell without cleaning out the house first.