State guides
What changes where you live
The steps to sell or buy without an agent are national, but the closing practice, the disclosure rules, and the transfer taxes are local. These guides cover the part that depends on your state.
CA California No statewide transfer tax, but counties charge a documentary transfer tax and some cities add a steep one of their own. FL Florida A documentary stamp tax of 70 cents per $100 of price applies on the deed, except in Miami-Dade, which has its own rate. TX Texas Texas charges no real estate transfer tax, one of only a handful of states with none.