A listing sheet says "HOA: $368 per quarter." That number is real. It comes from the Cameron Station Community Association's approved 2026 budget, a 2.78 percent increase over last year that the board signed off on at its October 28, 2025 meeting. It is also, for a large share of Cameron Station owners, only half the story.
Cameron Station is not one homeowners association. It is a master Community Association layered over six separately managed condominium sub-associations, each with its own management company, its own board, and its own resale paperwork. If you own a townhome or a detached single-family home, the master association's quarterly assessment is the whole picture. If you own a condo, that same $368.41 figure is folded into a different bill entirely, and selling means requesting documents from two organizations that don't share a filing cabinet, a fee schedule, or a clock.
The bundled fee that unbundles at closing
Cameron Station's own FAQ page draws a clear line: condominium owners pay dues to their condo association, not to the master association, because the master assessment is already built into that monthly condo bill. Day to day, that's convenient. One check, one due date.
Resale works differently. A condo seller still needs a resale packet from their own condo sub-association, on top of whatever the master association requires, and the FAQ is explicit that pricing and delivery details come from "your Condominium Management Company," not from the master office. Two separate requests, two separate fees, two separate 14-day statutory clocks that only run concurrently if you happen to submit both on the same day.
That's the detail a portal listing can't show you: the assessment might be one number, but the disclosure paperwork behind it isn't.
Who actually holds the paperwork
Cameron Station's six condo sub-associations are split across three management companies, each covering a different set of addresses:
| Buildings / Streets | Managed By |
|---|---|
| 400 Cameron Station Boulevard | CAMP Management |
| 5108, 5112, 5116 & 5120 Donovan Drive | CAMP Management |
| 401-427, 437-465, 467-491, 495-517 & 523-533 Cameron Station Boulevard | Gordon James Realty |
| 229-317 Cameron Station Blvd, 5050-5104 Donovan Drive, 5080-5112 English Terrace | Community Management Corporation |
| 171 & 191 Somervelle Street, 4950 & 4951 Brenman Park Drive | CAMP Management |
| John Ticer Drive, additional Barbour Drive/Kilburn Street/Donovan Drive/Martin Lane addresses | A sixth, separately contracted manager |
A buyer or seller who assumes "the Cameron Station HOA" means one phone number is going to lose a week finding the right one. If you own on Cameron Station Boulevard, the building two blocks away might report to a different company entirely, with a different fee schedule and a different turnaround time.
What changed in 2023, and why it matters more now than it used to
Until mid-2023, Virginia handled condo resale certificates, POA disclosure packets, and cooperative disclosures under three separate statutes, each with slightly different rules. The General Assembly folded all three into a single Resale Disclosure Act, and as of July 1, 2023, every association in the state uses one standardized certificate form. That part is good news for a community like Cameron Station: at least the shape of the document is now consistent, even when the entity producing it isn't.
The part that catches sellers off guard is the payment timing. Under the current rule, resale certificate fees are due when the seller places the order, not at settlement, unless a given association has adopted a different policy. That means a Cameron Station condo seller who orders both the master association's paperwork and their sub-association's packet is paying two separate fees, out of pocket, weeks before anyone knows whether the deal will close. Order late, and you're also racing a 14-day statutory delivery window against a listing agent trying to get to market.
Why the 2026 budget date matters for sellers right now
The CSCA board approved its 2026 assessment increase in late October 2025, which is a useful marker for anyone listing in Cameron Station this year. Certificates ordered before that meeting would have reflected the prior year's rate. Certificates ordered any time in 2026 should reflect the current $368.41 quarterly figure for single-family, townhouse, and condo-adjacent master assessments. If a seller's paperwork shows a number that doesn't match the current budget, that's worth a phone call to the management company before it becomes a discrepancy a buyer's lender flags during underwriting.
What's actually inside the packet
Virginia law spells out what a resale certificate has to contain, and the list is longer than most sellers expect. Buyers reviewing a Cameron Station packet, whether it comes from the master association or a condo sub-association, should expect to see the current budget and financial statements, the assessment amount and any unpaid balance tied to the unit, pending or recently approved special assessments, reserve fund standing, any pending litigation involving the association, and rules governing rentals, parking, and architectural changes.
That last category is worth sitting with. Cameron Station's own governing documents require prior written approval for any exterior modification or structural change, and the association's FAQ notes that review can take up to 45 days. A seller who added a fence, a deck, or a storage shed without going through that process may find it surfacing as a noted violation in the resale certificate itself. Since each condo sub-association enforces its own architectural rules independently of the master association, a modification approved by one building's board carries no weight with another's.
If the timeline slips
Virginia gives both sides some protection when a resale certificate doesn't show up on time. If an association fails to deliver within 14 days of a written request, either the buyer or seller may be able to cancel the contract outright. Separately, once a buyer does receive the certificate, they generally have three days to walk away if it reveals something materially different from what they were told going in, a protection that runs from receipt of the document or from contract ratification, whichever comes later.
For a Cameron Station transaction with two certificates in play, that means two separate cancellation clocks tied to two separate delivery dates. A buyer who receives the condo sub-association's packet on time but is still waiting on the master association's paperwork is in a different legal position than a buyer who has both in hand. Sellers who order early, ideally as soon as a listing goes live rather than after an offer is accepted, are the ones who avoid finding this out mid-contract.
A few questions that come up often
Do I need a resale certificate if I own a single-family home in Cameron Station? Yes. Single-family and townhome owners deal directly with the master association for their disclosure packet, without the additional condo sub-association layer that condo owners navigate.
Who pays for the resale certificate? Under current Virginia practice, the seller is generally responsible for these fees, and they're now due at the time the certificate is ordered rather than folded into settlement costs.
Can I speed up the process if I'm on a tight closing timeline? Associations can typically expedite delivery for an additional cost, but the underlying 14-day statutory window still applies as the outer limit, and expedited service has to be requested from each association separately if more than one is involved.
Cameron Station's mix of housing types is part of what makes it work as a neighborhood, but it also means no two sales look quite alike on paper. If you're getting ready to list, or trying to make sense of a resale packet that just landed in your inbox, Paul Gonzalez has spent years working through exactly this kind of Alexandria paperwork with condo and townhome sellers alike. Let's Connect before you order anything, and we'll map out which offices you actually need to call.
