Rochester · Strafford County · New Hampshire
Find the right office for a deed, probate, or transfer-tax question. You can also compare Rochester selling-situation pages, a guide, local articles, the market report, and a home-sale calculator.
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The Registry of Deeds keeps Strafford County land records. The Family & Probate Divisions handle family and probate questions, and Rochester City Hall is the general city contact. The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration publishes transfer-tax guidance.
For help sorting out how a sale fits your situation, call us — we’ll sort it out with you.
Useful offices
Strafford County’s three cities and ten towns · land records
The Registry keeps the county’s land records. Contact this office about a recorded deed or another land-record question.
259 County Farm Road, Suite 202, Dover, NH 03820 · 603-742-1741.
Strafford County directory listing · family and probate questions
Contact the Family & Probate Divisions about a family or probate question. The Strafford County directory lists this court office for local contact.
259 County Farm Road, Suite 203, Dover, NH 03820 · 1-855-212-1234.
City of Rochester · general city contact
Call City Hall with a general question for the City of Rochester.
31 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867 · 603-332-1167.
New Hampshire · real estate transfer tax
The Department provides guidance on real estate transfer-tax payment, required filings, and exemptions.
Use the Department’s transfer-tax guidance for payment and filing information.
A New Hampshire sale rule
New Hampshire real estate transfer tax charges the buyer and seller each $0.75 per $100, or fraction of $100, of the taxable price. Each side’s tax is rounded to the nearest whole dollar. For a price of $4,000 or less, the minimum is $20 each; on a $100,000 taxable sale, each side owes $750.
The closing professional handles the tax stamps through the county Registry of Deeds and required filings with the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration, including any exemption. Ask the closing professional whether an exemption applies to your sale.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including New Hampshire real estate transfer tax.
Selling situations
Find Rochester information for an inherited property and questions about selling it.
Open the Rochester page →Read about sale options when a foreclosure notice or sale date is involved.
Open the Rochester page →Review house-sale questions that can come up during a divorce.
Open the Rochester page →See options for selling a Rochester house with tenants in place.
Open the Rochester page →Read about selling a house with code notices or repair issues.
Open the Rochester page →Find sale information for a fire-damaged Rochester house.
Open the Rochester page →Review sale options when a property has liens or back taxes.
Open the Rochester page →Read or compare
Read the Rochester guide and articles, check the market report, follow the selling process, or use the calculator to compare what you could keep from a sale.
Rochester, NH Home Sale Net Proceeds Calculator
CalculatorCompare what you would keep from listing your house or selling as-is for cash. Change the repair costs, cleanout, monthly bills and closing costs to fit your house.
Read the Rochester report for local market context.
Compare sale options and practical steps for a Rochester house.
Browse articles about local seller questions and sale options.
Compare the available ways to sell an as-is house in Rochester.
See what happens from the property address through written terms and closing.
“LISTEN, PROPERTY TAXES GOT TOO HIGH FOR MY FIXED INCOME. SOLD IT TO THEM. WALKED AWAY WITH CASH. GLAD IT'S OVER.”
“Facing foreclosure ... Very stressful time... They handled it professionally and got me out of the debt...”
“no open houses. no realtors tracking dirt in. just a straight cash sale for our house so we could move. Glad it's over.”
Property-specific help
Share the address and what you’re sorting out — an estate, a notice, the house’s condition, or another sale question. Call 888-274-5006.
Share the property address and the question you want to sort out.
Contact the Strafford County Registry of Deeds at 603-742-1741 or visit its office at 259 County Farm Road, Suite 202, Dover. The Registry keeps land records for the county’s three cities and ten towns.
The Strafford County directory lists the NH 7th Circuit Court — Family & Probate Divisions at 259 County Farm Road, Suite 203, Dover. Call 1-855-212-1234.
The buyer and seller each pay $0.75 per $100, or fraction of $100, of the taxable price. Each side’s tax is rounded to the nearest whole dollar. For a price of $4,000 or less, the minimum is $20 each; on a $100,000 taxable sale, each side owes $750. The closing professional handles the tax stamps and required filings.
Call Rochester City Hall at 603-332-1167 or visit 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. The Strafford County cities and towns directory lists City Hall as the City’s general contact.