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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.

Realtor® Advocacy
Wins

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

New Appraisal Rule Raises Exemption Limit from $250K to $400K

Oct 22, 2019, 14:04 PM by User Not Found

Certain home sales of $400,000 and below will no longer require an appraisal, under a new rule that took effect this month.

Certain home sales of $400,000 and below will no longer require an appraisal, under a new rule that took effect this month. Homes that qualify for the appraisal exemption can receive an evaluation instead. The National Association of Realtors® has advocated that any loan limit related to an appraisal exemption be tied to specific markets rather than a blanket number for the whole country. A $100,000 limit might be reasonable in some parts of the country, and a $500,000 limit might be reasonable in others, depending on average housing values, NAR says.

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