Takes about two minutes. Or call
(313) 710-6129 — we answer.
How selling to us works in Baltimore
Tell us about the house
The address is enough to start in Baltimore. If you know the condition, the roof age or
what is owed, that gets us to a firmer number faster.
Get a written offer in 24 hours
A real number on paper, with the comparable sales and the repair estimate it came
from. No obligation and nothing to sign.
You pick the closing date
Seven days if you need it, ninety if you do not. We buy as-is, cover standard closing
costs, and take the house with whatever is still in it.
The Baltimore market, by the numbers
From our own transaction records and HUD data for Baltimore ZIP codes.
Updated 2026-09-14.
Baltimore · MD
930 sq ftMedian size
1920Median year built
18ZIP codes we buy in
The typical Baltimore home we look at was built in 1920, which means roof age, original electrical, and HVAC are the items that most often blow up a retail contract after inspection. We buy those as-is and price the repairs into the offer instead of asking you to make them.
Baltimore rowhouses bring two things almost nowhere else does: ground rent that must be identified and redeemed before title will clear, and a shared party wall with whatever is happening next door. Both are routine for us and disqualifying for most mortgage buyers.
City-level numbers say very little here. We underwrite the block, not the ZIP.
Ground rent has to be found and cleared
Ground rent still exists on many parcels here and must be identified and redeemed or assumed before title will clear. It is routine for us and a common reason mortgage buyers fall out.
That is 18 ZIP codes across Baltimore — including 21202, 21205, 21206 and 21207. Not listed? We still look at it — Maryland deals outside these ZIPs come through regularly.
How a closing actually works in Maryland
Maryland closings involve a title company or attorney, and ground rent is the item that most often surprises people — it must be identified and either redeemed or assumed before title will clear. Municipal water balances attach to the property too.
On our side the sequence is the same every time: title search, payoff figures ordered on
any existing mortgage, liens and municipal balances identified, then funds and deed recorded.
Nothing about a cash sale skips title work — what it skips is the lender, the appraisal
and the financing contingency, which is where most retail contracts on Baltimore houses
actually die.
General information about how these transactions typically proceed, not
legal or tax advice. Your closing agent or attorney is the authority on your specific file.
Our offer versus listing it in Baltimore
Listing with an agent
Our cash offer
Agent commission
About 6% of the sale price
None
Repairs before closing
Buyer and appraiser both have a say
None — we buy as-is
Cleaning and showings
Open houses and strangers in the house
Neither
Time to close
60–90 days, then another 30–45 to close
7–14 days once title is clear
Financing falls through
The most common reason a sale collapses
No lender involved
Closing costs
Customarily paid by the seller
We cover the standard ones
Certainty of the number
Offers can be renegotiated after inspection
The written number is the number
Listing timelines are typical rather than measured; commission is the customary 6% and varies by agreement.
Three days to change your mind
If you accept an offer, you have three days after signing to walk away for any reason
at all, with nothing owed and no explanation needed. We would rather lose a deal than
have someone feel cornered into one.
Sometimes you should not sell to us
If the house is in good shape and you are not in a hurry, listing it will almost
always net you more than we can offer. That is not us being modest — we buy at a
discount because we take on the repairs, the carrying costs and the risk.
We will tell you when that is your situation. It is a faster conversation for both of
us than pretending otherwise.
Why Baltimore sellers call us
Most people who reach out are not shopping for the highest number — they are solving
something with a deadline attached. These pages cover what changes in each case:
Every offer on this site is underwritten by a person, not a form. If the
numbers do not work for you, say so and I will tell you what would.
Common questions from Baltimore sellers
There are outstanding water bills. Who pays those?
They are paid from the proceeds at closing. Municipal water liens attach to the property, not to you personally, which is why they must be cleared as part of the sale.
My property has ground rent. Can you still buy it?
Yes. Ground rent has to be identified and either redeemed or assumed for title to clear. It is routine here and it is one of the main reasons mortgage buyers fall out.
What fees or commissions will I pay?
None. There is no agent commission, no listing fee, and we cover standard closing costs. The number on the offer is what you net, minus any existing mortgage payoff or liens.
Get your Baltimore cash offer
Send the address and we will come back within a day with a written number and the comps
it came from. If listing would net you more, we will tell you that instead.
Takes about two minutes. Or call
(313) 710-6129 — we answer.
Also from Restar
Want the data behind all of this?
Restar Acquisitions is the acquisitions arm of Restar — a housing-market analytics
platform tracking 180+ metrics across every U.S. market, with composite scores and 12-month
price forecasts. The numbers on this page come from the same work.
