Run comps

Comps by state

Property Scan for Maryland real estate agents

Send any Maryland address and get a CMA back in minutes, built from recorded sales, with every adjustment shown.

Where the sales come from in Maryland

The deed is recorded in the county land records, and state and county transfer and recordation taxes are figured on the consideration (the price). The State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) keeps each transfer's consideration in its property records, which the state also publishes as open data.

State transfer tax (plus county recordation tax and, in many counties, county transfer tax): State: 'the rate of the transfer tax is 0.5% of the consideration payable for the instrument of writing.' For first-time Maryland home buyers of improved residential property they will live in: 'the rate of the transfer tax is 0.25% of the consideration payable for the instrument of writing and the transfer tax shall be paid entirely by the seller.' Recordation tax: 'the governing body of a county may set, by law, the recordation tax rate in the county' (charged per $500 of consideration). Md. Code, Tax-Property §§ 13-203, 12-103

Maryland has 23 counties and Baltimore City. Property Scan covers any of them, pulled on demand.

Official open data on Maryland sales:

Every comp in a Property Scan report is a closed sale with a recorded price, adjusted for market time with the FHFA House Price Index for Maryland, which rose 1.0% in the four quarters to the second quarter of 2026 (how comps are chosen and adjusted).

Works alongside your MLS

Keep your MLS for everything else. MLSs that serve Maryland include:

  • Bright MLSThe Mid-Atlantic, from New Jersey to Virginia

Pricing opinions under Maryland rules

Under Maryland's appraiser law, a real estate licensee's opinion of a recommended listing or purchase price is not an 'appraisal', as long as it is not called an appraisal.

“"Appraisal" does not include an opinion to a potential seller or third party by a person licensed under Title 17 of this article about the recommended listing price or recommended purchase price of real estate, provided that the opinion is not referred to as an appraisal.”
Md. Code, Business Occupations and Professions § 16-101(b)(3)

Every Property Scan report says it's a comparative market analysis, not an appraisal. Not legal advice.

Sources

Facts checked October 30, 2026.

The best test is a Maryland home you know. Your first 3 reports are free, with no card.

Run comps on a home you sold