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DMV Title Guy provides local closing education for Gaithersburg, MD. Eligible title and settlement requests can be referred to Pruitt Title LLC for review.
What to Understand
Title and Closing Topics in Gaithersburg, MD
These are common parts of a real estate closing. The provider that accepts the transaction must confirm its responsibilities, availability, pricing, timing, terms, and required disclosures directly.
- Title Search & Examination
- Owner's Title Insurance
- Lender's Title Insurance
- Settlement & Escrow Services
- Title Curative Work
- Deed Preparation & Recording
- 1031 Exchange Closings
- Refinance Closings
- Commercial Transactions
- New Construction Closings
- Investor / Wholesale Closings
- Remote signing options (when available)
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How It Works
The Closing Process in Gaithersburg
From contract to keys, here's the typical process after a title company accepts a transaction in Gaithersburg, MD.
Provider Acceptance
The selected provider confirms whether it accepts the transaction and supplies its scope, pricing, timing, and terms.
Title Search
The accepted provider reviews relevant records and identifies matters that may need attention before settlement.
Title Commitment
The provider delivers the applicable commitment, requirements, exceptions, and coverage information.
Closing Coordination
The provider coordinates the accepted closing tasks with the lender, parties, and agents.
Settlement & Recording
The provider follows its written instructions for signing, funding, disbursement, recording, and post-closing work.
Montgomery County· Recording & transfer taxes
What closing actually costs in Gaithersburg, MD
- Median home price
- $525,000
- Typical total
- 3% to 6% for buyers, 2% to 4% for sellers
- County transfer tax
- 1%
- Recording office
- Montgomery County
Gaithersburg's housing stock runs from entry-level condos to executive homes, so the percentages stay flat while the dollar totals move a long way across the market. A condo purchase here adds an association resale packet and, in most cases, a transfer or document fee the association sets — a private charge, not a government one, and not capped by any statute. Get the association's fee schedule with the resale packet rather than discovering it on the settlement statement.
Gaithersburg is an incorporated city but levies no transfer tax of its own; deeds record with Montgomery County in Rockville.
Montgomery County levies a county transfer tax of 1% on top of Maryland's 0.5% state transfer tax — 1.5% combined. On a $525,000 sale that is $7,875 of transfer tax before anything else. Absent an agreement otherwise the county transfer tax is shared evenly between buyer and seller. A qualifying first-time Maryland homebuyer gets a reduced state rate of 0.25%, which the seller then pays in full.
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