Cost to sell a house in Seattle, WA.
On a typical $295,000 Seattle sale, total seller costs to list and close traditionally run about $29,229 roughly 9.9% of the sale price. Here's the line-item breakdown.
- Median DOM
- 24 days
- Median income
- $84,852
- Total transfer rate
- 2.28%
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List with an agent
$295,000 sale price
- Agent commission (5.5%)$16,225
- State + local transfer tax (2.2800000000000002%)$6,726
- Owner's title insurance (0.45%)$1,328
- Recording / settlement / attorney$800
- Pre-listing repairs (1%)$2,950
- Staging + photography$1,200
Time to close: typically 60-90 days from list to keys.
HomeInvestor cash offer
$230,100 offer (~78% of retail)
- Agent commission$0
- Transfer tax(Buyer pays)$0
- Title insurance(Buyer pays)$0
- Closing / attorney fees(Buyer pays)$0
- Repairs(As-is, buyer's problem)$0
- Staging / photography(Not needed)$0
Time to close: 7-21 days. No showings, no contingencies.
Net difference
Listing nets you more: $35,672
The trade is time, certainty and effort vs the last few percent of retail. If your house needs repairs or you can't wait 90 days, the cash path usually wins on the math too.
Attorney required?
Not required in Washington, but title companies handle most closings.
Transfer tax
WA REET is graduated from 1.1% to 3% — usually 1.78% effective.
Repair credits
On a traditional listing, post-inspection repair credits in Seattle commonly cost sellers another $2-8k beyond the budget above.
Seattle adds a local surtax
King County REET — +0.50%
King County REET runs above the state baseline once the sale price clears $525K; effective rate in Seattle often reaches ~2.28%.
Result: on a $295,000 sale, Seattle's transfer tax line is $6,726 instead of $5,251 at the state baseline.
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