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Ohio homeowners with a house on the market might get a slight surprise before they sign the final paperwork. That\u2019s because fees for selling a house<\/a> typically include 3% to 6% in commission, plus another 2% to 4% for closing costs, including taxes, settlement fees, and title fees.<\/p>\n

The average home sale price in Ohio was $302,384<\/a> in August 2024 compared to a 2023 average of $285,746. That means $6,047 to $12,095 of your home sale may go towards paying closing costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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While Ohioans can typically expect to pay less in closing costs than sellers in higher-cost places like the District of Columbia or New York State, the average seller in Ohio can expect to pay relatively high closing costs compared to their Midwestern neighbors in Missouri and Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ohio has a statewide mandatory transfer tax that sellers will pay at closing, in addition to settlement fees, agent commissions, and property taxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":29395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-logistics","category-closing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nClosing Costs for Sellers in Ohio: Taxes, Fees, and Concessions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ohio has a statewide mandatory transfer tax that sellers will pay at closing, in addition to settlement fees, commissions, and property taxes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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