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These Cities Have Transfer Taxed Due Upon The Sale of Real Property.

Please note: In a purchase agreement everything is negotiable, however, customarily this fee is split 50/50 between seller & buyer. This may be different depending on the area.

Alameda = $ 5.40 per $1000
Albany = $8.50 per $1000
Berkeley = $15.00 per $1000
Bishop=$1.10per $1,000
Cotati=1.90 per $1,000
Cloverdale=$1.10 per $1,000
Culver City=$4.50 per $1,000
Davis=$1.10 per $1,000
El Cerritos=$7.00 per $1,000
Hayward = $4.50 per $1000
Los Angeles=$4.50 per $1,000
Mountain View=3.30 per $1,000
Oakland = $15.00 per $1000
Palo Alto=$3.30 per $1,000
Petaluma=$2.00 per $1,000
Piedmont = $13.00 per $1000
Pomona=$2.20 per $1,000
Redondo Beach=$2.20 per $1,000
Richmond=$7.00 per $1,000
Riverside=$1.10 per $1,000
Rohnert Park=$1.10 per $1,000
Sacramento=$2.75 per $1,000
*San Francisco (see below)
San Jose=$3.30 per $1,000
San Leandro = $6.00 per $1000
San Mateo=$5.00 per $1,000
Sam Pablo=$7.00 per $1,000
San Rafael-$2.55 per $1,000
Santa Monica=$3.00 per $1,000
Santa Rosa=$2.00 per $1,000
Sebastopol=$2.00 per $1,000
Stockton=$3.00 per $1,000
Vallejo=$3.30 per $1,000
Winters=$1.10 per $1,000
Woodland=$1.10 per $1,000

To figure how much you will have to pay take the sale price in thousands and multiply the $ amount above. Example sold for $452,000 in Oakland. You multiply 452 X 15 = $6,780.oo Since this cost is typically split 50/50 between buyer & seller half would be $3,390.oo each.

*San Francisco $5.00 up to $250,000 sales price
6.80 up to one million, $7.50 thereabove.

Both the County of Alameda and Contra Costa have an additional "County" transfer tax. The tax is $1.10 per thousand dollars of the sale price. Normally a seller paid closing cost.


Please note: Things change all the time. Interested parties should depend on their own investigations.