Montgomery County
Who buys houses for cash in Montgomery County, Maryland?
Old Line Home Buyers, a Maryland family run buyer, buys Montgomery County houses for cash as-is in Silver Spring, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Bethesda, Wheaton, Takoma Park, Olney, Damascus, Burtonsville, Potomac and Clarksburg. Written offer usually within a day, closing in two to three weeks through a licensed Maryland title company, no repairs, no fees, no commissions.
The short version
- Before a single-family house settles here, a radon test less than a year old is shared and the seller hands over twelve months of utility bills. As the buyer we order and pay for the test, condos and estate sales are exempt, and the result never changes our offer.
- Recordation tax is $4.45 per $500 on the first $500,000 and steps up above that, the county transfer tax is 1% and the state adds 0.5%, all paid from the proceeds at closing.
- A single-family rental needs an annual county license from the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, and since July 23, 2024 the county caps rent increases at six percent at most, with landlords of two or fewer units exempt. Selling never requires a license.
- The Register of Wills at 50 Maryland Avenue in Rockville opens estates, and liens on unpaid county taxes sell on the second Monday in June. A cash closing before that date pays the county from your proceeds.
How a cash sale works in Montgomery County
- You tell us the address and the condition. We look in person or on video.
- Within a day you have a written offer with the math shown. It holds at closing, radon result or not.
- You pick the date. A licensed Maryland title company pays the recordation and transfer taxes from the proceeds and wires you the balance.
- If the house is rented, the county license, any city license in Rockville, Gaithersburg or Takoma Park, and the tenant’s 30 day offer window under state law are handled on our side.
What to check before you sign with any cash buyer
- Buyer or wholesaler. Since October 1, 2025, a buyer who intends to assign your contract has to disclose it in writing. We buy to renovate or hold.
- Who orders the radon test. The buyer can. If a buyer asks you to, they are shifting a cost that is theirs to carry.
- The closing table. A licensed Maryland title company, with every county line on the settlement sheet.
Get your Montgomery County cash offer
Written, usually within a day, with the math shown.
Prefer to talk? Call (443) 505-7653
Montgomery County seller questions
- Do I need a radon test or utility bills before I sell my Montgomery County house for cash?
- No test on your side. We order and pay for it as the buyer. For the utility rule you provide what exists, and if the house sat empty that is fine.
- Does the county rent cap affect selling a rental for cash?
- Not the sale. The cap limits increases on the current tenant, and landlords with two or fewer units are exempt. We buy with the lease as it stands.
- How fast can you close on a Silver Spring or Rockville estate house?
- Two to three weeks once the personal representative has letters from the Register of Wills, and on the estate’s timeline if it needs longer. Estate sales are exempt from the radon rule.