Los Angeles Transfer Tax Calculator

Published on July 16th, 2025

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Los Angeles Transfer Tax Calculator: What to Expect

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

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How the Los Angeles Transfer Tax is Calculated

Los Angeles’s transfer tax, known as a Real Property Transfer Tax, is calculated at a rate of $2.25 per $500 of the property’s value (equivalent to 0.45%).

Below is a table showing Los Angeles’s transfer tax tiers:

Value of Property Conveyed	Base Rate*	ULA Rate	Applicable Tax Rate
> $100; ≤ $5,150,000	$2.25 / $500	0%	0.45%*
> $5,150,000; <$10,300,000	$2.25 / $500	4%	4.45%*
≥ $10,300,000	$2.25 / $500	5.5%	5.95%*

Source: City of Los Angeles Office of Finance

For example, if you sold your home for $1,280,000 (Los Angeles’s median home price), you could expect to pay $5,760 in Los Angeles transfer taxes.

Another Transfer Tax Los Angeles Sellers Typically Pay

Many counties and local governments also charge home sellers a real estate transfer tax. Los Angeles also charges what’s called the “United to House LA” tax, or ULA Tax, for high-value properties.

It is levied at a rate of 4% for sales over $5,150,000 but under $10,300,000 and a 5.5% for sales of $10,300,000 or more.

As of July 1, 2025, the thresholds will change so that properties sold for more than $5,300,000 but under $10,600,000 will be taxed at 4%, and those sold for $10,600,000 or more will be taxed at 5.5%.

»Learn more: Understanding the Los Angeles Transfer Tax

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Does the Seller Always Pay the Los Angeles Transfer Tax?

While it’s customary for the seller to pay the Los Angeles Real Property Transfer Tax, who pays can sometimes be a point of negotiation between the buyer and seller during the closing process.

Some Los Angeles home sales may be exempt, such as:

Title confirmation in the seller’s name
Conveyances during marriage dissolution
Securing or satisfying a debt
Transferring interests into or out of a living trust
Alterations in title-holding methods
Court-ordered conveyances not related to sales
Conveyances as gifts or due to the death of the title holder
Establishing or confirming separate or community property due to marriage considerations
Name change confirmations

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