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Built for Maine closings
This page is for Maine title agencies, escrow offices and closing attorneys who need a new website or a rebuild of the one they have. It explains how we design a Maine title company website, which calculators and online forms are included, and what the monthly cost is. We build websites for the title industry and nothing else, and every Maine project starts with the state rules below.
Maine closings are handled by title companies and by real estate attorneys, often together, and title insurance rates are filed by each underwriter with the Maine Bureau of Insurance. The state levies a real estate transfer tax that, unusually, is split evenly between buyer and seller by statute, so it appears on both sides of the closing statement.
Deeds are recorded at county registries of deeds, and two counties are divided into registry districts. Southern Maine is a commuter and relocation market tied to Boston; the coast and the lakes are second-home markets whose buyers and sellers are often elsewhere when the papers are signed. A Maine site is built for both.
- Filed premium rates configured to your underwriter
- Transfer tax computed and split evenly between buyer and seller
- Registry of deeds fees by county and district
- Order intake built for attorney and title-company closings
- Local SEO for Portland, southern Maine, the Midcoast and Down East
- Seller net sheets accurate to Maine customs
Calculators built for Maine, fitted to your site
Custom calculators are the core of what we do. Each one we build for a Maine agency runs on Maine’s actual rules — filed premium schedules, the real estate transfer tax that Maine splits evenly between buyer and seller, and registry of deeds fees in each county — and is styled to your brand and placed in your own page layout, rather than embedded as a generic widget with your logo pasted on top.
Choose the tools that match your Maine workflow. These six are the ones Maine agencies ask for first; fourteen are available.
Title Insurance Calculator
Owner's & lender's premiums at Maine's filed rates.
Open calculator →Closing Cost Calculator
Full buyer/seller breakdown — title, taxes, recording, and settlement fees.
Open calculator →Transfer Tax Calculator
State & county transfer taxes and stamps, by location.
Open calculator →Seller Net Sheet
What the seller walks away with after commission, payoff & closing costs.
Open calculator →Buyer Cash-to-Close
Everything a buyer needs at the table — down payment, prepaids, and closing costs.
Open calculator →Contract Deadline Calculator
Every deadline in the Maine purchase contract — inspection, financing, title, closing — as calendar dates from the effective date.
Open calculator →Maine-specific from day one
Transfer tax, split evenly
Maine’s transfer tax is paid half by the buyer and half by the seller. Both estimates carry their half.
County registries of deeds
Sixteen counties, and York and Oxford each with two registry districts. Fees are tabled by registry.
Seasonal and second-home
Coastal Maine closes for buyers who are in Massachusetts or Florida. Intake built for mail-away and remote signings.
Forms that do the back-and-forth for you
Intake forms live on your Maine site, so an agent opens the order, a lender requests what they need and the buyer and seller complete their sheets online instead of by email. Each submission arrives as a finished PDF that goes straight into the file in your title software. Every form carries your branding and works on a phone. The six below are the most used by Maine agencies; eleven are available.
Submit a Contract
Clients upload a signed purchase contract and any addenda — you open the file and start title work right away.
Open form →Buyer Information Sheet
Buyers complete intake online and you receive it as a PDF — or they download it to fill out by hand.
Open form →Seller Information Sheet
Sellers complete intake online and you receive a PDF — or download it to complete on paper.
Open form →Payoff Authorization
Sellers and refinancers e-sign to authorize a payoff request — so net sheets are accurate and prior liens clear at closing.
Open form →Open a Title Order
Agents and lenders open a new file in one step — property, parties, lender, and closing date. No back-and-forth emails.
Open form →Secure Document Upload
Clients upload IDs, payoffs, and sensitive documents through an encrypted portal.
Open form →Half and half: a transfer tax that lands on both estimates
Most states put the transfer tax on one side of the table by custom. Maine puts it on both by statute: the tax is computed on the consideration and each party pays half. That means the buyer cash-to-close and the seller net sheet each need to carry exactly half of the same number, and a calculator built for a seller-pays state charges one side double and the other side nothing.
We compute the tax once and split it, show each party their half with a note explaining Maine’s rule, and pair it with the registry of deeds fees for the county — or the district, in York and Oxford — where the property sits.
It is the kind of detail that makes an agent trust the rest of the estimate.
Portland is a Boston market; the coast is a Florida market
Cumberland and York counties have absorbed a decade of buyers from greater Boston who work remotely or commute the turnpike, and they research like Massachusetts buyers: online, early, comparing estimates. Penobscot and Kennebec are steady in-state markets around Bangor and Augusta where referrals decide who closes. Hancock, Knox, Lincoln and the lakes region are second-home markets whose sellers winter in Florida and whose buyers fly in for a weekend.
The southern Maine pages are written for the relocating buyer: how Maine closings work, the split transfer tax, what an owner’s policy costs here. The coastal pages are written for the remote party: mail-away closings, remote notarization, secure document exchange. Bangor and Augusta pages lead with the order form and the net sheet.
Same calculators, same order form, one funnel, a front door in each market.
One flat monthly fee, no contracts
Add-Ons & Widgets
- Title & closing-cost calculators at Maine rates
- Seller net sheet calculator
- Online forms & “Order Title” intake
- Branded to your company
Grow
- Custom 25-page website, content migrated
- All 14 calculators, forms & order intake
- Location pages for your counties
- Secure ADA-compliant hosting & local SEO
Dominate
- Everything in Grow, on a 50-page site
- 2 monthly blog posts & Google review automation
- Google & Facebook ads management
- CRM, online payments & priority support
No setup fee, no long-term contract, 60-day money-back guarantee. Full plan comparison →
Maine title website questions
Who pays the transfer tax in Maine?
Both parties. Maine’s real estate transfer tax is computed on the consideration and split evenly between buyer and seller by statute. Our calculators show each side its half.
Who handles closings in Maine?
Title companies and real estate attorneys, often working together. The site fits either workflow, with order intake, document exchange and calculators built for both.
How are Maine title rates regulated?
Each underwriter files its rates with the Maine Bureau of Insurance. Premiums differ between underwriters, so the calculators are configured to yours.
Who pays for the owner's policy in Maine?
The buyer customarily pays for the owner’s and lender’s policies. The calculators default to that and can be changed per deal.
Where are deeds recorded in Maine?
At the county registry of deeds; York and Oxford counties are divided into two registry districts each. Our recording fee tables follow the registry.
Is the site built for out-of-state buyers and sellers?
Yes. Coastal and lakes pages are written for remote parties, with mail-away and remote-notarization intake and secure document upload.
What does a Maine title agency website cost per month?
Three plans: $75 a month puts the Maine calculators and forms on your existing website; $150 a month is a custom 25-page site with all fourteen calculators, forms, hosting and local SEO; $399 a month is a 50-page site with monthly blog content and ads management. There is no setup fee and you can cancel any month.
We already have a Maine title company website. Can you redesign it?
Yes, and that is the most common project. We move your existing content over, preserve your page addresses so your Google rankings carry across, add the Maine calculators and intake forms, and host the new site on secure, ADA-compliant hosting. If you want to keep the site you have, the $75 plan adds the tools to it as-is.
Real estate transfer tax under 36 M.R.S. § 4641-A. Verify current rates, registry fees and filed premiums before relying on any figure.
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