Closing costs & net proceeds in New Hampshire.
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: $538,000
- Typical agent commission: 5.57%
- Seller closing costs: 1%
- Est. seller transfer tax: 0.75%
What will you net?
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Every rate, with its source.
The calculator applies these New Hampshire rates to the price you enter. Each figure comes from the source cited beneath it.
A worked example at the New Hampshire median.
Each line below is the $538,000 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) | — | $538,000 |
| Agent commission | 5.57% | −$29,967 |
| Seller closing costs | 1% | −$5,380 |
| Transfer tax (seller) | 0.75% | −$4,035 |
| Total selling costs | ≈7.32% | −$39,382 |
| Estimated net proceeds | $498,618 |
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 est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately); NH transfer tax 1.5% total, $0.75/$100 owed by each party; seller half (HomeLight, Jan 2025).
How New Hampshire's rates turn into dollars.
At 5.57%, the average agent commission in New Hampshire comes in under the 5.68% average across the 50 state figures in the same Clever survey — about $592 less on a $538,000 sale than at the cross-state average rate. That rate alone is about $29,967 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. New Hampshire's estimated seller share is 0.75% — about $4,035 handed over when the deed records on a median-priced sale (NH transfer tax 1.5% total, $0.75/$100 owed by each party; seller half (HomeLight, Jan 2025)). Real estate transfer tax of 0.75% of selling price, split equally between buyer and seller.
The remaining 1% — about $5,380 at the median — covers the seller's closing costs: title work, settlement, recording, and prorations (Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately)). New Hampshire is an attorney-close state: legal professionals are required at the closing itself, so their fees are part of the bill rather than an optional extra.
The anchor for all of this math is New Hampshire's median sale price — $538,000 (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026). A typical listing went under contract in 38 days (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026), which works out to about 5 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 $538,000 median sits above the midpoint of the 50 state medians in the same Redfin tracker ($413,000), and the 38-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: New Hampshire's 2.18% average effective rate ranks 4th of 50 — among the highest in the country.
Quick answers on New Hampshire selling costs.
What is the seller transfer tax in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire's estimated seller transfer tax is 0.75% of the sale price — about $4,035 on the $538,000 median-priced sale (source: NH transfer tax 1.5% total, $0.75/$100 owed by each party; seller half (HomeLight, Jan 2025)). Real estate transfer tax of 0.75% of selling price, split equally between buyer and seller.
How much does it cost to sell a house in New Hampshire?
On New Hampshire's $538,000 median sale, agent commission at 5.57% runs about $29,967 and seller closing costs at 1% add roughly $5,380, plus about $4,035 in seller transfer tax. That totals about $39,382 — roughly 7.32% of the price — before mortgage payoff, repairs, or concessions. Sources: Clever, Feb 2026 survey (state avg); Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately).
What would a seller net on a median-priced New Hampshire home?
Selling at the $538,000 median (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026) with all of the sourced rates on this page applied leaves an estimated $498,618 — before the mortgage payoff and any repairs or concessions, which vary house by house. New Hampshire listings went under contract in a median of 38 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 New Hampshire: agent commission, seller closing costs, and transfer tax come off the price before your mortgage payoff — roughly 7.32% 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 New Hampshire 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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