Commercial sellers • Virginia & West Virginia
Your Virginia or West Virginia commercial sale, with liens cleared and proceeds protected.
Selling commercial property in Virginia means paying off existing loans, delivering marketable title, handling the grantor's tax, and moving a large disbursement safely. Based in Leesburg, Prime Title & Escrow runs the title and escrow side from the first payoff request to the final wire of your proceeds, with independent, attorney-led service. Serving Virginia and West Virginia.
Ready to start?
Have these ready
- Your existing loan and payoff details
- Your entity's formation and authority documents
- Your rent roll and leases, if the property is leased
- Any prior title policy or survey
Planning a 1031 exchange? Tell us early so we can protect your deadlines.
Selling is its own discipline
Delivering clean title is where a sale is won or lost.
A commercial sale in Virginia rarely closes on the strength of the contract alone. Existing loans and lines of credit have to be paid off and released, the title has to come back marketable, leases and prorations have to be squared, and the Virginia grantor's tax and regional fees have to be handled.
We run that side of the deal from the first payoff request to the final wire of your proceeds, so the sale closes on schedule and your money reaches you safely.
What we handle for commercial sellers
- Ordering payoffs and securing lien releases
- A title search to confirm marketable title
- Clearing judgments, liens, and old defects
- Confirming your entity's authority to sell
- Coordinating lease assignments and prorations
- The Virginia grantor's tax and recording
- Protecting and disbursing your proceeds
Inside Virginia's commercial market
A strong market to sell into, if your closing is airtight.
Virginia's commercial market is deep, well capitalized, and still drawing buyers, especially in and around Loudoun County. That is good news for sellers, as long as the title and escrow work holds up its end. Here is the picture.
A market that anchors a county
Share of Loudoun County's annual revenue generated by data centers
Commercial property runs deep here. Data centers alone fund close to half of Loudoun County's budget.
City Journal / Loudoun County, 2025
Demand depends on the asset
Northern Virginia vacancy by property type, 2025
Lower vacancy means stronger demand. Data centers and industrial are tight, while office runs soft.
CBRE, Colliers, Newmark, 2025
Values are climbing
Loudoun County assessed commercial property value
Loudoun's commercial value jumped about 45% in a year, led by rising data center valuations.
Loudoun County assessment, 2025
Challenges, and how we clear them
What Virginia commercial sellers run into, and what we do about it.
Existing loans and payoffs
Commercial properties often carry more than one loan or line of credit, and payoff figures can be slow to land.
How we help: we request payoffs early, track every lienholder, and confirm the numbers before closing.
Delivering marketable title
A buyer expects clean, marketable title, and an unresolved defect can stall or sink the sale.
How we help: we search the title, surface issues early, and clear them so the deal stays on schedule.
Lien releases and old encumbrances
Paid-off loans are not always released of record, and old liens can linger on title for years.
How we help: we secure the releases and clear stale encumbrances so title transfers cleanly.
Entity authority to sell
Selling through an LLC, partnership, or trust requires the authority to sell confirmed and documented.
How we help: we review your operating documents and prepare the resolutions and signatures the sale needs.
Virginia grantor's tax and regional fees
In Virginia the seller pays the grantor's tax, and Northern Virginia jurisdictions add regional fees on top.
How we help: we calculate the exact grantor's tax and fees for your jurisdiction and handle the recording.
Leases, tenants, and prorations
On leased property, rents, security deposits, and operating costs all have to be assigned and prorated correctly.
How we help: we coordinate lease assignments, prorate rent and expenses, and account for deposits at closing.
1031 exchange deadlines
A 1031 exchange runs on strict identification and closing deadlines that leave no room for a slow closing.
How we help: we coordinate with your qualified intermediary and structure the closing to protect your timeline.
Proceeds and wire fraud
Your sale produces a large disbursement, and that makes it a prime target for wire fraud.
How we help: we verify your payout instructions, confirm by phone, and never change them on an email alone.
The risk we manage
The work that protects a sale before it ever closes.
$600B+
in risk the title industry clears for buyers and lenders each year
ALTA, 2026
Nearly 60%
of transactions need three to five title issues resolved before closing
ALTA, 2026
1 in 3
real estate deals face an attempted wire fraud
ALTA survey
$150K–$200K
average wire fraud loss, and commercial deals run higher
ALTA / Stewart
Prime clears this work before your sale reaches the closing table.
How your sale closes
Five steps, handled with care from payoff to proceeds.
1
Open and order
Send us your loan details and entity documents. We open the file and order the title search and payoffs.
2
Payoffs and title
We request payoff statements from every lender and confirm what the title search shows.
3
Curative and leases
We clear liens and defects, secure releases, confirm your authority to sell, and square leases and prorations.
4
Coordinate the close
We align with the buyer's side, lender, and any intermediary, and confirm the figures and the Virginia grantor's tax.
5
Fund and disburse
We collect and verify the funds, record the deed and releases, and deliver your net proceeds safely.
Why sellers choose Prime
Local knowledge, legal judgment, and more of the sale yours.
Local to Data Center Alley
Based in Leesburg, in the heart of Loudoun County, we know Virginia's commercial market and its closings firsthand.
Attorney-led
Real estate attorneys oversee your file, so payoff, title, and entity questions get legal judgment, not guesswork.
Independent and neutral
No affiliated arrangements and no divided loyalty. Our only focus is your transaction and a clean close.
Proceeds protected
Secure escrow and verified instructions guard the large wire your sale produces.
Commercial seller questions
What Virginia commercial sellers ask us.
Who pays Virginia's grantor's tax on a commercial sale?
The seller, as grantor, pays the grantor's tax, set at $0.50 per $500 of value, and in Northern Virginia the grantor also pays regional fees such as the WMATA capital fee and the regional congestion relief fee. The buyer separately pays the recordation tax on the deed. We calculate your exact amounts for the jurisdiction where the property sits.
How do you handle my existing loans and lien releases?
We request payoff statements from each lender, pay them from your proceeds at closing, and secure the releases so the loans come off title cleanly. If older liens or unreleased deeds of trust are still on record, we work to clear those too.
Can you close a sale held in an LLC, partnership, or trust?
Yes. We confirm the entity's authority to sell, prepare the resolutions and documents the structure requires, and handle out-of-state entity questions with your counsel so authority is settled before closing.
The property is leased. How are tenants and prorations handled?
We coordinate the assignment of leases, prorate rent and operating expenses as of the closing date, and account for security deposits, so the buyer steps into a clean set of tenant obligations.
Can you handle a 1031 exchange on the sale?
Yes. We coordinate with your qualified intermediary and structure the closing to fit the exchange, with attention to your identification and closing deadlines so the timeline holds.
How do you protect my proceeds from wire fraud?
We verify your payout instructions, confirm them with you by phone, and will never change them based on an email alone. Before your proceeds move, call our office to confirm the details.
Do you work with our broker, lender, and attorneys?
Yes. We coordinate with every party in the deal, keep the title and escrow side on schedule, and make sure each requirement is met before closing day.
Listing a Virginia or West Virginia commercial property, or already under contract?
Send us the details and we will open your file, order the payoffs and title search, and guide your sale to a clean close, with liens cleared, the grantor's tax handled, and your proceeds protected.
(703) 552-4155
118 Edwards Ferry Rd NE, Unit 210, Leesburg, VA 20176