WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On March 12, the Alexandria City Council voted 7-0 to authorize advertisement of the maximum possible real (residential and commercial) property tax rates it will consider for the 2013 calendar year. Based on Council’s actions, the base real estate tax rate could be raised by a maximum of four cents, up to $1.038 per $100 assessed value. City Council could set any rate below the maximum of $1.038. The tax rate on tangible personal property, such as vehicles, boats and trailers, is proposed to increase from $4.75 to $5.00 per $100 of assessed value. The personal property tax rate on business equipment and other types of vehicles is not proposed to change

ARLINGTON, VA - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board voted unanimously on Monday, March 11, to approve a site plan development that will renovate two historic garden apartment buildings in the Rosslyn-Ballston Metro corridor, and replace three other garden apartments with a residential building.

Fairfax, Virginia - March 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the Northern Virginia area showing a second month of increased home sales compared to last year at this time, the first quarter of 2013 is gaining moderate traction.

EUGENE, OR - March 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc is pleased to add Lonnie Bush with REMAX First of Virginia Beach, Virginia to the expanding list of real estate agents choosing to add the custom IDX Broker software to their website in order to streamline the property search process for their clients. The innovative software extracts the raw listing data from Metropolitan Regional Info System (MRIS) and formats it to be displayed as an integrated portion of the website. Bush’s clients are now able to easily and quickly browse thousands of property listings straight off of Bush’s website.

EUGENE, OR - March 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Newport News, Virginia home seekers can now quickly and easily find their dream home online, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate professional Jake Hughes. The IDX solution Hughes now employs syncs his search page and property listings to thousands of homes listed on the Real Estate Information Network (REIN) database. Never before has it been so easy for Newport News home seekers to search for a property online.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Norfolk Department of Human Services is accepting applications for the city’s Real Estate Tax Relief/Deferral Program from Friday, March1 through June 1, 2013.

ARLINGTON, VA - February 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Looking for home renovation ideas? Have code enforcement or zoning questions? Ask the experts – from both Arlington County staff and industry – at the Saturday, March 9, 2013

ARLINGTON, VA - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board today approved the first residential building proposed since the Board adopted the

ARLINGTON, VA - February 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Arlington County Board today voted 4 to 0 to advertise a property tax rate of $1.021 per $100 of assessed value for Calendar Year (CY) 2013, including the stormwater sanitary district tax. This is five cents above the CY 2012 real estate tax rate

ARLINGTON, VA - February 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Citing the need to close a $22 million budget gap in Fiscal Year 2014, Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan today previewed for the County Board a proposed balanced $1.073 billion budget that calls for a mix of service cuts and a 3.2 cent real property tax rate increase