NYC Buyer Closing Cost Calculator [Interactive] | Hauseit® (2024)

The Mansion Tax in NYC is a progressive buyer closing cost which ranges from 1% to 3.9% of the purchase price on sales of $1 million or more. The NYC Mansion Tax consists of 8 individual tax brackets. The lowest rate of 1% applies to purchases at or above $1 million and less than $2 million. The highest Mansion Tax rate of 3.9% applies to purchases of residential property valued at $25 million or more. Prior to the 2019 update, the Mansion Tax was a fixed rate of 1% for all purchases of $1 million or more.

Title insurance is an insurance policy against any defects or future claims against the title for issues which were unknown at the time of purchase when the original title search was conducted.This means you’ll be protected if a previous owner comes out of the woodwork ten years after your purchase, and claims that there was a mistake in the chain of title and that he never sold the property to the seller of your property, which means the seller of your property didn’t have a right to sell it to you.

Title insurance comes in the form of an owner’s policy (which protects your home equity based on the purchase price) and a lender’s policy which insures your mortgage lender from any title-related losses on your loan’s principal balance. You can also purchase an additional insurance policy called a ‘Market Value Rider’ which will automatically step-up the amount of your Title Insurance policy coverage to match appreciation in the market value over time.