DuPage County Transfer Tax Calculator: What to Expect

This simple calculator can help home sellers in DuPage County estimate their transfer taxes. To get a ballpark idea of the transfer fees you might pay, enter your home’s estimated selling price above.

Need a selling price? Try HomeLight’s free Home Value Estimator to see what your house might be worth. To receive a more accurate listing price, contact a top DuPage County real estate agent and request a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA), a report that will compare your home against nearby listed and recently sold properties.

How the DuPage County Transfer Tax is Calculated

DuPage County’s transfer tax, known as a Real Estate Transfer Tax, is calculated at a rate of $0.25 per $500 of the property’s sale price.

For example, if you sold your home for $429,149 (DuPage County’s median home price), you could expect to pay $214.57 in DuPage County transfer taxes.

Sellers are also expected to pay for Illinois state transfer taxes, which are equal to $0.50 per $500 of the property’s sale price.

See the bigger home sale picture: To see what your entire home sale might cost, try HomeLight’s Illinois Seller Closing Cost Calculator. You’ll also get a preliminary look at your estimated net proceeds.

Some DuPage County home sales may be exempt, such as:

Deeds or trust documents that, without additional consideration, confirm, correct, modify, or supplement a deed or trust document previously recorded
Deeds or trust documents where the actual consideration is less than $100
Tax deeds

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More Resources to Plan Your DuPage County Home Sale

Here are some additional tools to help you plan your DuPage County home sale:

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As you look ahead to your next home purchase, here are some helpful buyer tools:

DuPage County Transfer Tax Calculator