Montgomery County Transfer Tax Calculator

Published on July 21st, 2025

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Montgomery County Transfer Tax Calculator: What to Expect

This simple calculator can help home sellers in Montgomery County estimate their transfer taxes. To get a ballpark idea of the transfer fees you might pay in the [location nickname], enter your home’s estimated selling price above.

Need a selling price? Try HomeLight’s free Home Value Estimator to see what your house might be worth. To receive a more accurate listing price, contact a top Montgomery County real estate agent and request a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA), a report that will compare your home against nearby listed and recently sold properties.

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How the Montgomery County Transfer Tax is Calculated

Montgomery County’s transfer tax, known as a transfer tax, is calculated at a rate of 1% of the property’s sale price.

For example, if you sold your home for $651,000 (Montgomery County’s median home price), you could expect to pay $6,510 in Montgomery County transfer taxes.

Buyers and sellers are also liable for paying state transfer taxes, which are levied at a rate of 0.5%, unless a first-time home buyer exemption is applied, which is levied at a rate of 0.25%.

»Learn more: Understanding Maryland’s Transfer Tax: A Quick Guide

See the bigger home sale picture: To see what your entire home sale might cost, try HomeLight’s Maryland Seller Closing Cost Calculator. You’ll also get a preliminary look at your estimated net proceeds.

Does the Seller Always Pay the Montgomery County Transfer Tax?

Who pays the Montgomery County transfer tax can sometimes be a point of negotiation between the buyer and seller during the closing process.

Some Montgomery County home sales may be exempt, such as:

When property is transferred to a state agency, the state itself, or a political subdivision within the state.
When property is transferred between family members or domestic partners, such as to a spouse, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or a domestic partner

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More Resources to Plan Your Montgomery County Home Sale

Here are some additional tools to help you plan your Montgomery County home sale:

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As you look ahead to your next home purchase, here are some helpful buyer tools:

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