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Augusta, ME illustrative estimate
Augusta home sale calculator: what you'd actually put in your pocket
The sale price is only the starting point. What matters is what you keep after your payoff, repairs, fees, and other costs come out. That's your net proceeds.
The home value starts with Zillow’s typical value for the area. Your house may be worth more or less. You can change the value and every cost below. Adjust anything you know, including your payoff, repair or credit risk, cleanout cost, agent commission, and how long you expect to carry the property.
Starting-value basis: Zillow typical home value for Augusta, ME (As of August 2026): $282,091. Editable estimate, not an appraisal. Source: Zillow Home Value Index
The seller’s half is $1.10 for each $500, or part of $500, plus $1.90 for each $500, or part, of value above $1 million. The buyer pays a separate half. Exemptions may change the amount.
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Your starting home-value estimate may come from a public source when one is available. You can edit that estimate and each cost input above; your property's actual value and closing costs may differ.
Choose the condition that best fits your home, then update the value, mortgage payoff, and cost inputs with what you know. This estimate uses the tax rate and calculation shown above. Your percentage replaces it. Local taxes, exemptions and the property’s taxable value can change the final amount.
Selling a house in Maine
Inherited house
Can you sell an inherited Maine house before probate is finished? Often, yes, once the Probate Court appoints a personal representative and issues letters of appointment. Under Maine's Probate Code, a personal representative can sell estate land for cash or on credit, at a public or private sale, without a separate court order for each sale, unless the will or a court order limits that power. In a court-supervised estate, the court can add limits. Those limits only bind a good-faith buyer if they are written on the personal representative's letters, so buyers check the letters. A person who deals in good faith with the personal representative is otherwise protected. A surviving spouse is entitled to a $22,500 homestead allowance, which is paid ahead of most estate debts, and the personal representative must respect it when paying out the estate. At closing, any mortgage is paid off from the sale. Maine's automatic estate tax lien stops following the house once the personal representative sells it for value. If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.
Sources: 18-C M.R.S. §3-715, personal representative may sell land; §3-504, supervised administration; limits must be endorsed on letters; §3-714, protection for persons dealing with a personal representative; §2-402, homestead allowance; 36 M.R.S. §4112, estate tax lien; Maine Revenue Services, Estate Tax FAQ
Foreclosure
Can you still sell your Maine house in foreclosure? Often, yes, but the real deadline comes before the sale. Maine foreclosures go through court. On a home loan for the house you live in, the lender must first give you written notice and at least 35 days to catch up. Once you're sued, if you live in the 1–4 unit home, you can ask for mediation through the court's Foreclosure Diversion Program within 20 days of getting the court papers. If mediation is scheduled, no final judgment can issue until the mediator's report is done. If the court rules for the lender, you get a redemption period, usually 90 days from the judgment, to pay what the court says is owed, and a sale that closes in time can do that. When the redemption period ends, your right to pay off the loan ends. The lender then advertises a public sale, which is held 30 to 45 days after the first ad. If the court has entered a foreclosure judgment, tell us the date right away so we can try to close before the redemption period ends.
Sources: 14 M.R.S. §6111, 35-day notice of right to cure; §6321-A, foreclosure mediation program; §6322, judgment and period of redemption; §6323, public sale after redemption period; Maine Judicial Branch, Foreclosure Diversion Program
Tenants
Can you sell a Maine rental house with tenants still living there? Yes. A sale doesn't cancel the tenants' rights. The buyer steps in as the new landlord, and a written lease stays in force for its term. A month-to-month tenancy at will generally takes at least 30 days' written notice to end, and a sale isn't one of the reasons Maine allows a shorter notice. Security deposits have firm rules. On a sale, the seller must either hand each deposit to the buyer with an accounting, or return it to the tenant less lawful deductions. If the deposit goes to the buyer, the seller must also mail each tenant a notice with the buyer's name and address and a copy of the accounting. The accounting and transfer must happen no later than the closing, with written proof given to the buyer at closing. Once that's done, the seller is released from further liability for those funds. The buyer then takes on the deposits, must keep them apart from its own money, and must return them as Maine law requires.
Sources: 14 M.R.S. §6035, transfer of security deposit; §6038, treatment of security deposit; new owner assumes responsibility; §6002, tenancy at will; 30-day notice
Maine real estate transfer tax
How much is Maine's real estate transfer tax, and who pays it? Maine taxes each deed that transfers real estate at $2.20 for every $500 of value or fraction of $500. By law the tax is split evenly: half on the seller (the grantor) and half on the buyer (the grantee). On a $100,000 sale, that's 200 units × $2.20 = $440 in total, or $220 each. Since November 1, 2025, the part of the value above $1,000,000 carries an extra $3.80 per $500, so most homes aren't affected. The county register of deeds calculates and collects the tax from the transfer tax declaration filed when the deed is recorded. Some transfers are exempt, such as certain family transfers with no payment, deeds to or from government, and a personal representative's deed handing estate property to heirs. Exemptions have conditions, and a regular sale to a buyer usually doesn't qualify. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the real estate transfer tax.
Sources: 36 M.R.S. §4641-A, rate of tax; liability for tax; Maine Revenue Services, Transfer Tax; MRS Property Tax Bulletin No. 31, exemptions under §4641-C
Code violations and sale requirements
Can a Maine town force repairs or demolition of a run-down house? Yes. Under Maine's dangerous-buildings law, a town's municipal officers can declare a building dangerous after giving notice and holding a hearing. In unorganized areas, the county commissioners do this. A building qualifies if it is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, a fire hazard, or a hazard because of poor maintenance, dilapidation or abandonment. The order says what must be done with the building, often removal or demolition. It can allow time if the owner shows the ability and willingness to fix the building properly. Owners and others with an interest in the property, such as a mortgage holder, get notice and can appeal. If the order isn't followed, the town has the work done. It can recover its costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, through a special tax assessed against the land or a lawsuit against the owner. When you sell to us, we're the buyer, so the repairs become our job.
Sources: 17 M.R.S. §2851, dangerous buildings; §2853, recovery of expenses
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