Pikesville, MD homes: buying and selling

Where Pikesville is

Pikesville is named for Zebulon Pike. Main roads are Reisterstown Road (MD 140), Park Heights Avenue (MD 129), Old Court Road, Milford Mill Road and I-695.^[1]

Housing stock

Pikesville has 14,391 homes with a median year built of 1975, and 55% went up between 1960 and 1989. About 38% are detached houses and 16% townhouses; the rest are mostly condos and apartments.^[2]

Getting around

• Metro SubwayLink stops at Milford Mill and Old Court. Scheduled trips to Charles Center take about 18 and 21 minutes.^[3]

Before you buy or rent here

• Baltimore County charges a 1.5% transfer tax and $2.50 per $500 in recordation tax, and a deed that changes ownership must come with a lien certificate.^[4]
• Maryland's state transfer tax is 0.5% of the price. When the buyer is a first-time Maryland homebuyer who will live in the home, the state rate drops to 0.25%, paid entirely by the seller.^[5]
• Baltimore County requires rentals with six or fewer units to be registered and licensed before a tenant moves in, with each unit inspected by a state-licensed home inspector.^[6]
• Renting out a home built before 1978? It must be registered with the Maryland Department of the Environment and brought up to the lead risk-reduction standard, with a passing lead-dust test, before each new tenant moves in.^[7][8][9]

Public schools: Baltimore County Public Schools. Check any address with the district's official boundary locator.

Parks and landmarks

• The Pikesville Armory at 610 Reisterstown Road, built in 1903, was listed on the National Register in 1985.^[10]
• Gwynns Falls Stream Valley Park covers 236.6 acres, and Sudbrook Park 16.8 acres at 626 McHenry Road.^[11]

Our work in Pikesville

Pikesville is one of the towns that comes up most in our sales archive, along with Owings Mills next door.