Unsure which documents you need to sell? We make the checklist simple, work with a local attorney to keep you on track, and can buy your home for cash if you want a fast close.
Selling a house in Massachusetts comes with a short list of items that can stall a closing if you find them late. Most of it is routine once you know what applies to your property, and a good closing attorney handles the filings for you.
Below is the checklist most sellers need, plus the extra documents that come up in specific situations. If you are missing something or working against a deadline, we can step in, keep things moving, and buy the home as-is for cash if that is the simpler path.
These apply to most Massachusetts home sales. Your attorney or buyer will expect them.
Your local fire department inspects the alarms and issues a certificate of compliance. Book early, as it must still be valid on closing day.
Massachusetts requires this notification for every sale, with no year-built cutoff. It is a disclosure, not a requirement to delead before selling.
If the home is on a private septic system, a Title 5 inspection is required for the sale, completed within the allowed window.
If you are selling a condominium, the association issues a 6D certificate stating what is owed on the unit; anything unpaid is cleared at closing.
Your closing attorney orders this from the city or town. It confirms property taxes and municipal charges owed.
Sellers usually pay the deed excise when the deed is recorded, at $2.28 per $500 of price statewide, with a different rate in Barnstable County.
The closing attorney prepares the new deed that transfers ownership to the buyer at closing.
A valid photo ID for each seller, used to verify identity at the closing table.
Most sales only need the items above. In some situations the closing team will add one or more of these.
Selling an estate property means the court's letters of authority for the executor or administrator, so the sale can proceed.
If someone is signing on your behalf, a valid power of attorney that the closing attorney can accept.
If the home is held in a trust, the trustee certificate and related paperwork the attorney will request.
When a sale follows a divorce, the relevant judgment or agreement showing who can sign and how proceeds are split.
Used when a seller may be a foreign person for tax purposes, to handle federal withholding correctly at closing.
Share a few details about the home and where you are in the process. No cost, no obligation.
We make a fair, no-obligation cash offer, and we can point you to the documents your specific sale needs.
We close through a licensed Massachusetts attorney who handles the filings, on a timeline that works for you.
We can guide you step by step, or buy the property for cash if you want a quick, simple close. Either way, no repairs and no fees on your side.
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