Massachusetts Transfer Tax Calculator

Published on July 16th, 2025

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Massachusetts Transfer Tax Calculator: What to Expect

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

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How the Massachusetts Transfer Tax is Calculated

Massachusetts’s transfer tax, known as a transfer tax, is calculated at a rate of $2.28 per $500 of the property’s sale price.

For example, if you sold your home for $614,000 (Massachusetts’s median home price), you could expect to pay $2,798.84 in Massachusetts transfer taxes.

»Learn more: Understanding Massachusetts’s Transfer Tax: A Quick Guide

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

Does the Seller Always Pay the Massachusetts Transfer Tax?

While it’s customary for the seller to pay the Massachusetts transfer tax, who pays can sometimes be a point of negotiation between the buyer and seller during the closing process.

Some transactions might be eligible for exemptions from transfer taxes.

Here are several scenarios where transfer tax exemptions may apply:

Mortgage deeds
Deeds that correct, modify, or supplement previously recorded deeds
Deeds transferred between husband and wife, or parent and child, when no monetary consideration is exchanged
Tax deeds
Deeds releasing property that serves as security for a debt
Deeds for the division of property between owners without any monetary consideration
Foreclosures of mortgages by the foreclosing parties

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More Resources to Plan Your Massachusetts Home Sale

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

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