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Baltimore 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 Baltimore, MD (As of September 2026): $184,804. Editable estimate, not an appraisal. Source: Zillow Home Value Index
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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 is an estimate for local costs, not a verified local tax rate.
Selling a house in Maryland
Inherited house
Can you sell an inherited Maryland house before probate is finished? Usually, yes, but the personal representative signs, not the heirs. Under Maryland law, a person's property passes at death to the personal representative appointed in the probate case (the executor named in the will, or an administrator if there is no will), who holds legal title to manage and distribute it. Unless the will or a court order limits that power, the personal representative can sell estate property without the court's approval or ratification. If the will restricts a sale, or family members disagree, the personal representative can ask the court for permission. A buyer dealing in good faith with the personal representative is protected. At closing, any mortgage or other liens are paid from the sale. If the house passes to someone other than close family, such as a niece, nephew or friend, Maryland's 10% inheritance tax may be due through the Register of Wills. If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.
Sources: Md. Code, Est. & Trusts §1-301, property passes to the personal representative; §7-401, powers without court approval, including power to sell; §7-402, petition for court permission; §7-404, protection of persons dealing with the personal representative; Maryland Registers of Wills, inheritance tax
Foreclosure
Can you still sell your Maryland house in foreclosure? Often, yes, if the loan can be paid off at closing before the sale. The lender must mail a notice of intent to foreclose at least 45 days before filing, and can't file until 90 days after the default. Owner-occupants can request foreclosure mediation, generally within 25 days after being served with the lender's final loss mitigation affidavit. An individual acting for the lender holds the foreclosure sale under the power of sale or assent to decree in the loan documents, with at least 10 days' notice to you. You can catch up the loan until 1 business day before the sale. The sale isn't final until the circuit court ratifies it, and you have 30 days after the notice of the report of sale to file exceptions. If you live there and are 60+ days behind, you can cancel a contract to sell within 5 days of signing. A deed or other document affecting title cannot be recorded during those 5 days. If a foreclosure sale is scheduled, tell us the date right away so we can try to close before it.
Sources: Md. Code, Real Prop. §7-105, sale by an individual; court ratification; §7-105.1, notice of intent, filing timing, mediation, right to cure; §7-301, residence in default; §7-310, 5-day right to cancel a sale contract; Office of Financial Regulation, Maryland's mortgage foreclosure process
Tenants
Can you sell a Maryland rental house with tenants still living there? Yes. A sale doesn't end the lease; the buyer steps into the landlord's place with the same rights under it. If the property has 1 to 3 units and a tenant named on the written lease has lived there at least 6 months, Maryland generally requires you to send the tenant written notice of their right to make an offer before you offer the property to anyone else. The tenant gets 30 days to make an offer, and if it matches the terms in your notice, you must accept it. An unsolicited third-party offer, or a price at least 10% below the lowest price previously offered to the tenant, can also give the tenant 30 days to match the offer. Exceptions include transfers to family, court-ordered and foreclosure sales, and certain estate and trust transfers. Security deposits go to the buyer with an accounting showing each deposit's amount and date, any interest-rate records, and the tenant's name and last known address. Maryland sets no separate deadline for that handoff, but you stay liable for any deposit you don't pass along. Deposits must be returned with interest within 45 days after a tenancy ends.
Sources: Md. Code, Real Prop. §8-101, new owner takes the landlord's rights; §8-119, tenant opportunity to purchase; §8-203(d)(3) and (e), security deposits on sale and return; DHCD, Right of First Refusal; DHCD, Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights
Maryland transfer and recordation taxes
Who pays Maryland's transfer and recordation taxes when you sell? Maryland charges a state transfer tax of 0.5% of the price. Each county and Baltimore City also sets its own recordation tax, and many counties charge a county transfer tax. On a $100,000 sale, the state transfer tax is $500; the other taxes depend on the property's county and the current local rates. By law, these taxes are presumed to be split equally between buyer and seller unless the contract says otherwise. When the buyer is a first-time Maryland home buyer who will live there, the state rate drops to 0.25% and the seller pays all of it, plus the recordation and local transfer taxes unless the parties expressly agree otherwise. Some transfers are exempt, so confirm with your settlement company. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including Maryland's state transfer tax, recordation tax and any applicable county transfer tax.
Sources: Md. Code, Tax-Prop. §13-203, state transfer tax rate and first-time buyer rate; §12-103, recordation tax set by county per $500; §12-111, who may pay recordation tax; Real Prop. §14-104(b)–(c), who pays; Tax-Prop. §12-108 and §13-207, exemptions; DLS, County Revenue Outlook Fiscal 2026
Code violations and sale requirements
Can you sell a Maryland house with code violations? Usually, yes, but your local code controls the details. In Maryland, repair and demolition orders generally come from your county or city. State law lets counties adopt building codes and set their own administrative and court remedies and penalties to enforce them, and lets counties and towns prevent and remove nuisances. Towns can also inspect and require repairs to plumbing, wiring, gas, water and sewer lines on private property. Each local code decides the repair deadlines, the fines, whether the government can do the work or tear down an unsafe building, and how those costs are charged back to the owner, so the answer differs from place to place. Some local codes even make a buyer responsible for open violations after the sale. Before you sign, ask the local code office what is open on the property. When you sell to us, we're the buyer, so the repairs become our job.
Sources: Md. Code, Local Gov't §10-317, county building laws and enforcement remedies; §10-328, county nuisance abatement; §5-209, municipal nuisance removal; §5-211, municipal building code and required repairs
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If your Hagerstown house has an open code notice, see how local rules can affect a sale and how we can talk it through with you. Read our Hagerstown code-violation information.