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Built for Maryland closings
Looking for a website for your Maryland title company, escrow company or real estate closing practice? Below is what goes into a Maryland title website from us — the state-specific calculators, the intake forms, the local pages — and what it costs each month. Title companies are the only clients we build for, so the Maryland rules below are where every design begins.
Maryland has one of the most complicated closing-cost tax structures in the country. There is a state transfer tax, a county transfer tax that each county sets for itself, and a recordation tax that also varies by county. Baltimore City, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County are among the highest; several rural counties charge far less. Customs and statute decide how the taxes are split, and first-time homebuyers get a reduction on the state transfer tax with the balance shifted to the seller.
Settlements are conducted by title companies whose producers are licensed by the Maryland Insurance Administration; attorneys are not required. Title insurance rates are filed by each underwriter. A calculator that treats Maryland as one jurisdiction is wrong in every one of its twenty-four.
- Filed premium rates configured to your underwriter
- State, county and recordation taxes by jurisdiction
- First-time-homebuyer reduction and seller shift applied when they qualify
- Clerk of circuit court recording fees by county
- Local SEO for Montgomery, Prince George's, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard and the Shore
- Seller net sheets and buyer cash-to-close that show the split correctly
Calculators built for Maryland, fitted to your site
No two states price a closing the same way, so we never ship a generic calculator. For Maryland that means tools built on filed premium schedules, the state transfer tax, each county's own transfer tax and recordation tax, the first-time-homebuyer rules that shift who pays what, and clerk of court recording fees, each designed in your colors and set into your site so an agent or lender sees your agency, not a third-party tool.
You choose which calculators go on the site. The six below are the ones Maryland closers use most; all fourteen are available on any plan.
Title Insurance Calculator
Owner's & lender's premiums at Maryland'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 →Mortgage / Recordation Tax
Mortgage, intangible, and recording taxes calculated on the loan amount.
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 →Built for Maryland’s tax stack
Three taxes, 24 jurisdictions
State transfer tax, county transfer tax and recordation tax, each set locally. Montgomery, Baltimore City and Prince George’s all differ. The calculator knows each one.
First-time-buyer rules
Maryland cuts the state transfer tax for first-time buyers and shifts it to the seller. The estimate applies it when it qualifies.
Settlement companies close
Maryland title producers licensed by the Insurance Administration conduct settlements. The site is built for that model.
Forms that do the back-and-forth for you
Every Maryland build includes online intake: the order form, the contract upload and the buyer and seller sheets are on your site, branded to you, and each one lands in your inbox as a completed PDF ready for the file. No retyping and no chasing signatures by email. These are the six Maryland agencies rely on most, out of eleven in total.
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 →Twenty-four jurisdictions, twenty-four answers
Ask what the transfer and recordation taxes are on a Maryland sale and the honest answer is: which county? The state transfer tax is uniform, but each county sets its own county transfer tax — some charge none — and its own recordation tax, expressed per five hundred dollars of consideration and, in some counties, stepped by price. Montgomery County alone has multiple recordation tiers. Baltimore City stacks a substantial county-level transfer tax on top of the state’s.
Then the split. Custom divides the taxes between buyer and seller, and statute overrides it for first-time buyers: the state transfer tax is reduced and the seller pays what remains. Whether the buyer qualifies changes the seller’s net.
Our Maryland calculators take the price, the county and the first-time status and return each tax on the correct side of the statement. The tables are maintained centrally, so when a county council changes its rate, your site changes with it.
Settlement companies compete on the estimate
Because Maryland settlements are conducted by title companies rather than attorneys, the agencies compete directly for Realtor and lender referrals, and the currency of that competition is the estimate. An agent preparing a listing in Columbia wants a seller net sheet that reflects Howard County’s taxes; a lender in Bethesda wants a cash-to-close that reflects Montgomery’s. The agency whose website produces those numbers correctly, on a phone, in a minute, gets the file.
We build a page for each county you settle in, written for that county’s taxes and market, with the calculators configured to it and the order form on the page. Montgomery and Prince George’s are Washington-suburb markets; Baltimore County and City are a different world; Anne Arundel, Howard and Frederick sit between; the Eastern Shore is a second-home market. Each page reads like it knows the difference.
One site, one funnel, a front door in each jurisdiction.
One flat monthly fee, no contracts
Add-Ons & Widgets
- Title & closing-cost calculators at Maryland 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
Month to month, cancel anytime, backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee. Compare the three plans in detail →
Maryland title website questions
What taxes are charged on a Maryland real estate sale?
A state transfer tax, a county transfer tax set by each county, and a recordation tax that also varies by county. Our calculators apply all three for the specific county and show which side pays each.
How does Maryland's first-time-homebuyer rule work?
A qualifying first-time buyer pays a reduced state transfer tax, and the remaining state transfer tax is paid by the seller. The calculator applies the reduction and the shift when the buyer qualifies.
Do Maryland closings require an attorney?
No. Settlements are conducted by title companies whose producers are licensed by the Maryland Insurance Administration. The site is built for that model.
How are Maryland title rates regulated?
Each underwriter files its rates with the Maryland Insurance Administration. Premiums differ between underwriters, so the calculators are configured to yours.
Who pays for the owner's policy in Maryland?
The buyer customarily pays for the owner’s and lender’s policies. Transfer and recordation taxes are customarily split, subject to the first-time-buyer statute. The calculators default to those customs.
Can you build pages for individual Maryland counties?
Yes. Each county you settle in gets its own page with its own tax configuration, from Montgomery and Prince George’s to Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Howard, Frederick and the Eastern Shore.
What are your prices for Maryland title companies?
$75 a month for calculators and forms added to your current site, $150 a month for a full custom 25-page Maryland title website with hosting and local SEO, or $399 a month for the 50-page plan with monthly content and ads. All plans are month to month with no setup fee.
Do you redesign existing title company sites in Maryland?
We do. A redesign keeps what works — your content, your URLs and the rankings attached to them — and replaces the rest with a site built for Maryland closings: state-configured calculators, online intake, county pages and secure hosting. Agencies that prefer to keep their current site can add the calculators and forms alone on the Add-Ons plan.
State transfer tax under Tax-Property Article § 13-203; county transfer and recordation taxes under Titles 12 and 13 and local ordinances. Verify current rates before relying on any figure.
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