Closing costs & net proceeds in Minnesota.
Enter your home's price and see the agent commission, seller closing costs, transfer tax, and your estimated take-home — every rate drawn from the source cited on this page.
- Median sale price: $372,000
- Typical agent commission: 5.84%
- Seller closing costs: 1%
- Est. seller transfer tax: 0.33%
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Every rate, with its source.
The calculator applies these Minnesota rates to the price you enter. Each figure comes from the source cited beneath it.
A worked example at the Minnesota median.
Each line below is the $372,000 median multiplied by the sourced rate beside it — the same math the calculator above runs on any price you enter.
| Line | Rate | At the median |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price (median) | — | $372,000 |
| Agent commission | 5.84% | −$21,725 |
| Seller closing costs | 1% | −$3,720 |
| Transfer tax (seller) | 0.33% | −$1,228 |
| Total selling costs | ≈7.17% | −$26,673 |
| Estimated net proceeds | $345,327 |
Net proceeds are before mortgage payoff, repairs, and any buyer concessions — those depend on the house. Sources: Redfin state market tracker, May 2026; Clever Feb 2026 survey (state avg); Redfin national 1-3% excl. commission, low end (transfer tax shown separately), May 2026; HomeLight, Jan 2025 (deed tax 0.33%, seller pays).
How Minnesota's rates turn into dollars.
At 5.84%, the average agent commission in Minnesota runs above the 5.68% average across the 50 state figures in the same Clever survey — about $595 more on a $372,000 sale than a seller paying the cross-state average rate. That rate alone is about $21,725 at the median, typically split between the listing agent and the buyer's agent (Clever Feb 2026 survey (state avg)).
Transfer tax is where states differ most. Minnesota's estimated seller share is 0.33% — about $1,228 handed over when the deed records on a median-priced sale (HomeLight, Jan 2025 (deed tax 0.33%, seller pays)). State deed tax of $1.65 per $500 of net consideration. Hennepin and Ramsey counties add a 0.01% environmental response fund charge.
The remaining 1% — about $3,720 at the median — covers the seller's closing costs: title work, settlement, recording, and prorations (Redfin national 1-3% excl. commission, low end (transfer tax shown separately), May 2026). Minnesota doesn't mandate an attorney at the closing table, so legal fees only land on this line if a seller chooses to hire one.
The anchor for all of this math is Minnesota's median sale price — $372,000 (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026). A typical listing went under contract in 25 days (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026), which works out to about 4 weeks of mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, and utilities the seller keeps carrying in the meantime — a cost no closing statement itemizes.
For scale: that $372,000 median sits below the midpoint of the 50 state medians in the same Redfin tracker ($413,000), and the 25-day pace is quicker than the cross-state median of 42 days — a tailwind for sellers who need the money sooner rather than later. The wait runs on property taxes too: Minnesota's 1.12% average effective rate ranks 19th of 50 — in the upper half of states.
Quick answers on Minnesota selling costs.
What is the seller transfer tax in Minnesota?
Minnesota's estimated seller transfer tax is 0.33% of the sale price — about $1,228 on the $372,000 median-priced sale (source: HomeLight, Jan 2025 (deed tax 0.33%, seller pays)). State deed tax of $1.65 per $500 of net consideration. Hennepin and Ramsey counties add a 0.01% environmental response fund charge.
How much does it cost to sell a house in Minnesota?
On Minnesota's $372,000 median sale, agent commission at 5.84% runs about $21,725 and seller closing costs at 1% add roughly $3,720, plus about $1,228 in seller transfer tax. That totals about $26,673 — roughly 7.17% of the price — before mortgage payoff, repairs, or concessions. Sources: Clever Feb 2026 survey (state avg); Redfin national 1-3% excl. commission, low end (transfer tax shown separately), May 2026.
What would a seller net on a median-priced Minnesota home?
Selling at the $372,000 median (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026) with all of the sourced rates on this page applied leaves an estimated $345,327 — before the mortgage payoff and any repairs or concessions, which vary house by house. Minnesota listings went under contract in a median of 25 days (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026), and every extra week on the market adds another round of carrying costs to that math.
What the math doesn't show.
The numbers above describe the traditional route in Minnesota: agent commission, seller closing costs, and transfer tax come off the price before your mortgage payoff — roughly 7.17% of the price in all. On top of that sit repairs, concessions, and the weeks of waiting before a financed buyer closes. Every figure is an estimate from the sourced rates; your real costs vary by county, property, agent, and buyer.
Where a cash sale differs: some owners sell as-is to an independent cash buyer to skip the agent commission and repairs and close on their own timeline. The headline price is usually lower, but so are the costs and the wait — so the net can land closer than it looks once you subtract everything above.
Your cash option: Request offers on a Minnesota house sold as-is — no repairs, no commissions, no fees to you. Comparing is free, and you decide what happens next.
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