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Amherst, MA illustrative estimate
Amherst 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 Amherst, MA (As of September 2026): $538,281. Editable estimate, not an appraisal. Source: Zillow Home Value Index
The standard deeds excise is $2.28 for each $500, or part of $500, of the estimated sale price. Barnstable County has a higher combined rate of $3.24; change the percentage if that rate applies. Exemptions may apply.
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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 Massachusetts
Inherited house
Can you sell an inherited Massachusetts house before probate is finished? Often, yes. If the house is being sold through the estate, the deed normally has to be signed by the personal representative the Probate and Family Court appointed; being an heir or named in the will is not enough. A personal representative can sell estate real estate to an arm's-length buyer. For the sale to be conclusive, either the will must give a power to sell, or the court must grant a license to sell. If there is no will, a license is required, and the petition needs the consent of interested parties or notice to them. A surviving spouse or minor children may have a continuing homestead estate, which can affect who must sign. The closing may also need the Massachusetts estate tax lien cleared, by a Department of Revenue release certificate or, when no estate tax return is required, a recorded affidavit. If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.
Sources: G.L. c.190B §3-715(23½), personal representative's power to sell real estate; G.L. c.202 §19, license to sell real estate; Probate and Family Court, Petition for Sale of Real Estate (MPC 210); G.L. c.188 §7, homestead continuing at death; G.L. c.65C §14, estate tax lien and release; Department of Revenue, Estate Tax Guide; Department of Revenue, Estate Tax Forms (M-792, M-4422)
Foreclosure
Can you still sell your Massachusetts house in foreclosure? A sale may still be possible if the loan can be paid off before the auction. Most Massachusetts foreclosures use the mortgage's power of sale, without a judge deciding the case. The lender usually files a Servicemembers case in Land Court first, but that case only checks whether the owner is protected as a servicemember. For an eligible owner-occupied home with one to four units, the lender must send a right-to-cure notice and allow 90 days to cure before accelerating the loan. This right is available once in a five-year period. A loan-modification review can extend that to as long as 150 days for certain riskier loans. The sale is a public auction run by the lender or its agent or attorney. Notice is published once a week for three weeks, starting at least 21 days before the sale, and mailed to the owner at least 14 days before. The right to redeem ends at the sale. Have the title company or an attorney confirm the current sale date and amount needed. Our agreement of sale will often get a foreclosure sale postponed so we can close. Signing alone doesn't postpone it automatically; we use the agreement to ask for the postponement, and it works more often than people think.
Sources: Mass.gov, Massachusetts law about mortgage foreclosure; Land Court, Servicemembers cases FAQ; G.L. c.244 §35A, 90-day right to cure; G.L. c.244 §35B, foreclosure-avoidance review for certain loans; G.L. c.244 §14, notice and public auction; G.L. c.244 §18, redemption ends at power-of-sale sale
Tenants
Can you sell a Massachusetts rental with tenants in it? Yes. Selling does not end a residential tenancy at will. The buyer becomes the landlord, and the terms of any written lease still need to be considered. The tenants' money moves with the property. The seller must transfer each security deposit and its accrued interest to the buyer, and credit the buyer for prepaid last month's rent and its accrued interest. Within 45 days of the transfer, the buyer must tell each tenant in writing that it now holds the money. Interest runs at 5% a year, or the lower amount the bank actually paid. A proper transfer and written notice can release the seller from responsibility for the tenant’s money; returning the money to the tenant is another option. Even if the seller never hands it over, the buyer becomes liable to the tenant. Give the buyer the leases, deposit and last month's rent records, interest receipts and any tenant notices before closing.
Sources: G.L. c.186 §13, sale does not end a tenancy at will; G.L. c.186 §15B(2)(a), (3)(b), (5) and (7A), deposits, last month's rent, interest and transfer on sale; Attorney General, Guide to Landlord and Tenant Rights
Massachusetts deeds excise
What transfer tax applies when a Massachusetts house sells? Massachusetts calls it the deeds excise, and it is paid when the deed is recorded at the registry of deeds. When the price is over $100, the rate is $2.28 for each $500 or fraction of $500, which works out to $4.56 per $1,000. In Barnstable County the combined state and county deeds excise is $3.24 per $500, or $6.48 per $1,000. That includes $3.42 per $1,000 for the state and $3.06 per $1,000 for the county. On a $100,000 sale that is $456 under the standard rate, or $648 in Barnstable County. State law puts the excise on the person who signs the deed, which in a sale is the seller. Some transfers, such as deeds where a government body is a party, are taxed differently or not at all, so the closing professional confirms the amount. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the Massachusetts deeds excise.
Sources: G.L. c.64D §1, rate, Barnstable County rate and exceptions; G.L. c.64D §2, person subject to the excise; Department of Revenue, Directive 95-4, Enforcement of the Deeds Excise; Barnstable County Registry, current combined state/county rate
Code violations and sale requirements
Can you sell a Massachusetts house with open code violations? A sale may be possible, but the property's orders and state sale requirements matter. If a home violates the State Sanitary Code, the local board of health, or the housing commissioner in Boston, Worcester or Cambridge, can order the owner to fix it and recover its costs. A building inspector can order an unsafe structure made safe or removed. If the owner does nothing, the town can do the work, and the costs can be recorded as a lien and added to the tax bill. An ordinary home sale also needs fire-department smoke and carbon monoxide certification. A home with a septic system generally needs a Title 5 inspection, subject to the state’s timing rules and exemptions. Responsibility for arranging that inspection can move to the buyer through a written agreement, but the inspection deadline still applies. An as-is agreement does not erase these orders or requirements. Send us the notices so the buyer and closing professional can work through the repairs, deadlines and closing requirements. When you sell to us, we're the buyer, so the repairs become our job.
Sources: G.L. c.111 §127B, board of health orders and cost recovery; 105 CMR 410.000, State Sanitary Code, Chapter II; G.L. c.143 §6, unsafe-structure notice; G.L. c.143 §9, unsafe structures made safe or removed; G.L. c.139 §3A, municipal lien for demolition and securing costs; G.L. c.148 §26F, smoke detectors on sale; G.L. c.148 §26F½, carbon monoxide inspection on sale; MassDEP, Buying or Selling Property with a Septic System
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