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Sellers owe a number of fees at closing, including realtor commission fees, transfer taxes, recording fees, title insurance, and more. Here’s what they are, how much you can expect to pay, and how to save on many seller closing costs.
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Written by Trent Seigfried
Edited by Josiah Wilmoth
Written by Trent Seigfried
Trent Seigfried is a data analyst at Clever Real Estate. He gathers data and finds insights on real estate data and other related issues.
Edited by Josiah Wilmoth
Josiah Wilmoth is a Content Team Lead at Clever Real Estate. He's an authority on discount real estate brokers, low commission real estate agents, and other companies that advertise savings on realtor fees.
Sellers owe a number of fees at closing, including realtor commission fees, transfer taxes, recording fees, title insurance, and more. Here’s what they are, how much you can expect to pay, and how to save on many seller closing costs.
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Written by Thomas O'Shaughnessy
Written by Thomas O'Shaughnessy
Thomas O'Shaughnessy is the Vice President of Marketing at Clever Real Estate, a real estate education platform where home buyers, sellers, and investors can learn how to make smarter financial decisions.
For an investor, nothing’s more deflating than the prospect of paying capital gains taxes on their property sale. In some cases, capital gains can eat up the majority of a sale’s profits, and the formula used to calculate capital gains can be extremely confusing to anyone who’s not a tax professional. So what is capital […]
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Written by Thomas O'Shaughnessy
Written by Thomas O'Shaughnessy
Thomas O'Shaughnessy is the Vice President of Marketing at Clever Real Estate, a real estate education platform where home buyers, sellers, and investors can learn how to make smarter financial decisions.
The Texas real estate market is in a transitional phase; while median statewide home values are quite affordable, sitting at just over $211,000 according to Zillow, it’s really a state of contrasts. Dense urban markets like Austin ($402,000 median home value) are booming, while smaller markets like San Angelo ($136,000 median home […]