Sell Your Vacant St. Mary's County Land For Cash
Get a fair ALL cash offer on your bare St. Mary’s County land today, from Mechanicsville down to Ridge and Point Lookout.
No Fees. No Commissions. No Hassle.
We Pay All Closing Costs. Our offers are net offers!
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We buy vacant St. Mary’s County land, all the way down the peninsula.
St. Mary’s is a peninsula with the Potomac on one side and the Patuxent on the other, so tidal water is never far from anything. That single geographic fact drives most of what makes land here hard to sell, and it is why so much of the county sits under a regulatory overlay of one kind or another.
We buy with our own funds. No listing, no showings, no waiting on somebody else’s financing, and no commission taken off what you walk away with. Tell us where the parcel is, we research it, and we send a written offer, usually within 48 hours.
No commissions. No agent fees. We pay the closing costs.
Why St. Mary’s land sits unsold
Critical Area coverage is extensive on a peninsula
With water on both sides and a long shoreline, a great deal of St. Mary’s land falls within 1,000 feet of tidal water and therefore inside the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area. The overlay limits clearing, grading, and how much of a lot can be covered, and the buffer nearest the water is tighter still. Combine that with a septic requirement and many parcels become very hard for a retail buyer to plan around.
Perc failures and preservation easements
Most rural parcels here are outside public water and sewer, so buildability comes down to a passing percolation test, and failures are common. Separately, a good deal of the county’s farmland sits under agricultural preservation easements that permanently restrict what a buyer can do with it. Owners are sometimes unaware an easement was recorded by a previous generation until a title search surfaces it.
Land at the southern end of the county is remote enough that ordinary buyer traffic is thin regardless of what the parcel can support. None of that stops us buying.
What it costs to sell St. Mary's County land the traditional way
St. Mary’s transfer costs sit in the middle of the range for the counties we buy in, and they come out of your side when you list.
| Listing With An Agent | SOLD To Clever Land Buyers LLC | |
|---|---|---|
| Agent commission: | Around 6%, if an agent will take a vacant lot listing at all | NONE |
| Recordation tax: | About 0.8% of consideration, charged per $500 | We cover it |
| County transfer tax: | Applies on top of the state rate, so confirm the current figure with the county | We cover it |
| Maryland state transfer tax: | 0.5% of the sale price | We cover it |
| Perc test: | A buyer who wants to build will require one, at your cost, and it may fail | Not needed |
| Days until sold: | 150+ days is routine, and remote southern parcels often sit for years | 90 days or less |
Rates change. Confirm current figures with the county or your title company before relying on them.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. Our offer is a net offer.
Where we buy in St. Mary's County
Anywhere in the county, from the northern end down to the point.
- Leonardtown
- Mechanicsville
- Hollywood
- California
- Great Mills
- Callaway
- Chaptico
- Bushwood
- Avenue
- Ridge
- Piney Point
- St. Inigoes
Situations we buy in
- Peninsula parcels inside the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area
- Rural land that will not perc, or has never been tested
- Farmland under an agricultural preservation easement
- Remote southern parcels with thin buyer traffic
- Inherited land, whether or not probate has finished
- Land with delinquent taxes or an approaching county tax sale
- Landlocked parcels with no deeded access
- Wetlands, floodplain and irregular parcels
- Owners who live out of state and are done managing a property remotely
- Parcels an agent has already tried and failed to sell
More on how the sale runs is on our how it works page, and the numbers against listing are on compare options. We buy across Maryland and in Florida too.
St. Mary's County questions we get most
Q:How much of St. Mary’s is in the Critical Area?
A: A great deal of it. The county is a peninsula with the Potomac on one side and the Patuxent on the other, so a large share of parcels sit within 1,000 feet of tidal water. The overlay limits clearing, grading and lot coverage. We check your parcel as part of our research and it does not stop us buying.
Q:There is a preservation easement on my farmland. Can I still sell?
A: Yes. An agricultural preservation easement restricts what a buyer can do with the land permanently, which narrows the buyer pool sharply and is often why a listing goes nowhere. Tell us early if you know of one, and we will factor it in rather than discovering it at title.
Q:My land will not perc. Will you still buy it?
A: Yes. Outside public water and sewer a buyer who wants to build needs septic approval first, so a failed test or none on record is one of the main reasons rural land here sits. We buy without one and you do not need to pay for testing before talking to us.
Q:Can I sell if I owe back property taxes?
A: Yes. Delinquent taxes do not stop a sale. In almost every case the county is paid straight out of the closing proceeds, so you do not need to clear the bill first. Selling before the parcel reaches the annual tax sale usually leaves you with considerably more.
More general questions are on our FAQ page, or just send us a note or call 240-245-2466.
Get Your St. Mary's County Cash Offer
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Get Started: Get Your Cash Offer Below…
We are direct land buyers. There are no commissions or fees and no obligation whatsoever. Start below by sharing where your property is and where we can send your offer…