Closing costs & net proceeds in North Dakota.
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: $311,000
- Typical agent commission: 5.84%
- Seller closing costs: 1%
- Seller transfer tax: none
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Prefilled with the North Dakota median sale price ($311,000). Change it to your home's price.
Every rate, with its source.
Four sourced North Dakota figures drive every estimate on this page; the citation sits right beneath each one.
What's behind the North Dakota numbers.
Every dollar figure on this page starts from one number: North Dakota's $311,000 median sale price (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026). The typical listing there went under contract in 44 days (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026) — roughly 6 weeks of mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, and utilities a seller keeps paying while they wait, the quiet carrying cost the line items below never show.
For scale: that $311,000 median sits below the midpoint of the 50 state medians in the same Redfin tracker ($413,000), and the 44-day pace is right around the cross-state median of 42 days — a fairly typical wait between listing and going under contract. The wait runs on property taxes too: North Dakota's 0.98% average effective rate ranks 22nd of 50 — in the upper half of states.
Commission is the biggest line on the sheet: North Dakota's 5.84% average runs above the 5.68% average across the 50 state figures in the same Clever survey — about $498 more on a $311,000 sale than a seller paying the cross-state average rate. Expect about $18,162 of a median sale to go there, typically split between the listing agent and the buyer's agent (Clever, Feb 2026 survey (state avg)).
The transfer-tax line swings the most from state to state; in North Dakota it's simple, because sellers owe no statewide transfer tax on the sale (ND has no real estate transfer tax (PropertyShark, Dec 2025)). Recording fees apply.
Then come the seller's closing costs: 1%, roughly $3,110 at the median, covering title work, settlement, recording, and prorations (Redfin national est., May 2026 (low end of 1-3% range excl. commission, transfer tax itemized separately)). North Dakota 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 median sale, line by line.
Here is the whole ledger at the $311,000 median: each row multiplies that price by the cited rate beside it, just as the calculator above does for any number you enter.
| Line | Rate | At the median |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price (median) | — | $311,000 |
| Agent commission | 5.84% | −$18,162 |
| Seller closing costs | 1% | −$3,110 |
| Transfer tax (seller) | None | $0 |
| Total selling costs | ≈6.84% | −$21,272 |
| Estimated net proceeds | $289,728 |
The net figure is pre-payoff: the mortgage balance, repairs, and any buyer concessions vary house by 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); ND has no real estate transfer tax (PropertyShark, Dec 2025).
North Dakota closing-cost questions.
Do North Dakota home sellers pay a state transfer tax?
They don't — the seller's side of a North Dakota sale carries no statewide transfer tax (source: ND has no real estate transfer tax (PropertyShark, Dec 2025)). Recording fees apply.
What share of the sale price goes to selling costs in North Dakota?
About 6.84% at the median: a $311,000 sale in North Dakota carries roughly $18,162 in agent commission (5.84%) and about $3,110 in seller closing costs (1%), with no seller transfer tax on top, for a combined $21,272 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 are the net proceeds on a typical North Dakota home sale?
At the $311,000 median (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026), subtracting every sourced selling cost on this page leaves an estimated $289,728 — before the mortgage payoff and any repairs or concessions, which vary house by house. With North Dakota listings taking a median of 44 days to go under contract (Redfin state market tracker, May 2026), each extra week of waiting quietly adds carrying costs on top.
What the math doesn't show.
What this page has been adding up is the traditional route in North Dakota: commission, seller closing costs, and transfer tax claim roughly 6.84% of the price ahead of your mortgage payoff. Repairs, concessions, and the wait for a financed buyer to close stack on top. Each figure is an estimate built from the sourced rates; actual costs depend on county, property, agent, and buyer.
The cash-sale alternative flips the trade: an independent cash buyer takes the house as-is, so the commission, repair, and waiting costs largely fall away while the headline price comes down. After subtracting everything above, the gap between the two nets is often smaller than it first looks.
Your cash option: Request offers to sell your North Dakota house as-is for cash: no repairs, no commissions, no fees to you. Comparing is free, and the decision about what happens next stays yours.
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