50-State Home Seller Net Sheet & Closing Cost Guides

$0.50 per $500 of value (0.10% deed tax); mortgage tax typically paid by buyer

No state transfer tax ($0 state-level real estate excise tax)

Flat $2.00 affidavit of property value fee (Constitutional ban on real estate transfer taxes)

$3.30 per $1,000 of sale price (0.33%), customarily split 50/50 between buyer and seller

$1.10 per $1,000 statewide (0.11%), plus city transfer taxes in LA, SF, Oakland, San Jose, and Culver City

$0.01 per $100 statewide (0.01% documentary fee); select mountain resort towns charge 1% – 2% local transfer tax

State conveyance tax of 0.75% (up to $800k) to 2.25% (luxury tiers) + 0.25% to 0.50% municipal conveyance tax

4.0% combined state & county transfer tax, customarily split 50/50 (2.0% paid by seller, 2.0% by buyer)

$0.70 per $100 (0.70% documentary stamp tax on deed statewide; $0.60 per $100 in Miami-Dade for single-family)

$1.00 per $1,000 of sale price (0.10% Georgia real estate transfer tax)

Tiered conveyance tax from $0.10 per $100 (0.10%) up to $1.25 per $100 (1.25%) based on price and buyer homeowner exemption

No state real estate transfer tax ($0)

$0.50 per $500 state + $0.25 per $500 county (0.15% combined), plus municipal transfer stamps in Chicago and select suburbs

No state transfer tax ($0; constitutionally banned since 2008), small county disclosure filing fee ($10–$20)

$0.80 per $500 above $500 (approx. 0.16% revenue tax stamps paid by seller)

No state transfer tax ($0; mortgage registration tax was repealed)

$0.50 per $500 of sale price (0.10% deed transfer tax paid by seller)

No state transfer tax ($0 statewide; Orleans Parish charges a flat $325 documentary transaction tax)

$2.20 per $500 (0.44% total), split 50/50 between buyer and seller (seller pays 0.22%)

0.50% state transfer tax + county transfer tax (0.5% – 1.5%) + county recordation tax ($7–$14 per $1,000), split 50/50 by default

$4.56 per $1,000 of sale price (0.456% deed excise stamps statewide; $6.12 per $1,000 in Barnstable County)

$7.50 per $1,000 state transfer tax (0.75%) + $1.10 per $1,000 county transfer tax (0.11%) = 0.86% total paid by seller

$3.30 per $1,000 of sale price (0.33% state deed tax; 0.34% in Hennepin and Ramsey counties)

No state real estate transfer tax ($0)

No state transfer tax ($0; constitutionally banned by Missouri voters)

No state real estate transfer tax ($0)

$2.25 per $1,000 of sale price (0.225% Nebraska documentary stamp tax paid by seller)

$2.55 per $500 in Clark County / Las Vegas (0.51%); $2.05 per $500 in Washoe County / Reno (0.41%)

$1.50 per $100 total (1.50% total), split 0.75% paid by seller and 0.75% paid by buyer

Progressive NJ Realty Transfer Fee (approx. 0.85% – 1.21% paid by seller; seniors 62+ qualify for reduced rates)

No state real estate transfer tax ($0), though New Mexico levies Gross Receipts Tax (GRT ~7.5%–8.5%) on real estate commissions

$2.00 per $500 NYS transfer tax (0.40% statewide; 0.65% over $3M) + NYC RPTT (1.0% – 1.425%) if located within the 5 boroughs

$1.00 per $500 of sale price (0.20% NC excise revenue stamps paid by seller; higher in select coastal Dare/Currituck counties)

No state real estate transfer tax ($0)

$1.00 per $1,000 state fee + up to $3.00 per $1,000 county permissive conveyance fee (0.10% – 0.40% paid by seller)

$0.75 per $500 of sale price (0.15% Oklahoma documentary stamp tax paid by seller)

No state transfer tax ($0 statewide; Washington County charges a 0.10% local transfer tax split 50/50)

2.0% standard combined state & local transfer tax (up to 4.278% in Philadelphia and 5.0% in Pittsburgh), customarily split 50/50

$2.30 per $500 (0.46% up to $800k; 0.92% on the portion above $800k) paid by seller

$1.85 per $500 of sale price (0.37% SC deed recording fee paid by seller; higher in select Hilton Head/Beaufort resort communities)

$0.50 per $500 of sale price (0.10% SD real estate transfer fee paid by seller)

$0.37 per $100 (0.37% TN recordation tax), though by custom the BUYER typically pays the recordation tax in Tennessee

No state real estate transfer tax ($0; constitutionally banned in Texas)

No state real estate transfer tax ($0)

1.45% standard Vermont Property Transfer Tax (customarily paid by the BUYER in Vermont; seller pays VT Land Gains Tax only on short-term land flips)

$1.00 per $1,000 Grantor's Tax (0.10%) + 0.10% to 0.15% Regional Congestion Relief Fee in Northern VA, Hampton Roads, and Richmond

Graduated Real Estate Excise Tax (REET): 1.10% up to $525k, 1.28% ($525k–$1.525M), 2.75% ($1.525M–$3.025M), plus 0.25%–0.50% local city/county REET

$1.10 per $500 state + $0.55 to $1.65 per $500 county excise tax (approx. 0.33% – 0.55% paid by seller)

$3.00 per $1,000 of sale price (0.30% Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Fee paid by seller)

No state real estate transfer tax ($0)