Closing Costs In Florida

State and County fees: 

  • 70 cents per $100 (.007)            Documentary Stamps/State Tax on the Deed (Sales Price0
  • 35 cents per $100                      Documentary Stamps/State Tax on the mortgage
  • 20 cents per $100                      Intangible Tax/County Tax on note, bond or any other obligation for payment .   
  • $10 first page,                           Recording charges 

Owner's mortgage policy of Title Insurance:

  • Up to  100,000                        $5.75 per 1,000
  • Up to 1,000,000                      $575 for first 100,000 plus

                                                           $5.00 per 1,000 thereafter 

  • Up to 5,000,000                      $5,075 for first 1,000,000 plus

                                                           $2.50 per 1,000 thereafter

 PURCHASE EXAMPLE:
$300,000 sales price, $270,000 loan amount

Doc Stamps on Deed=                    $2,100
(.70 X 3000= $2,100) 
Doc Stamps on Mortgage=             $945
(.35 X 2,700) 
Intangible Tax=                                $540
(.20 X 2700= $540)
Title Insurance Premium=                $1,575
($575 + (5.00 X 200)= $1,575)
Record 12 pages=                            $103.50
($10 + 11 x $8.50= $103.50)

 

Sample grid for Florida home purchase taxes & Title Insurance (excl. Miami-Dade County):

Loan Amount

Title Insurance
w/o Prior Policy discount*

County Tax on Mortgage

State Tax on Mortgage**

$150,000

$825

$300

$525

$200,000

1,075

400

700

$250,000

1,325

500

875

$300,000

1,575

600

1,050

$350,000

1,825

700

1,225

$400,000

2,075

800

1,400

$450,000

2,325

900

1,575

$500,000

2,575

1,000

1,750

$550,000

2,825

1,100

1,925

$600,000

3,075

1,200

2,100

$650,000

3,325

1,300

2,275

$700,000

3,575

1,400

2,450

$750,000

3,825

1,500

2,625

$800,000

4,075

1,600

2,800

$850,000

4,325

1,700

2,975

$900,000

4,575

1,800

3,150

$950,000

4,825

1,900

3,325

$1,000,000

5,075

2,000

3,500

To qualify for the prior policy discount, Borrower must provide a copy of their previous Title Insurance Policy, and policy must be less than 3 yrs old for the discount to apply to a purchase.  The discount amount is based upon the amount of the prior policy.  The cost of a simultaneously issued Lender’s policy in a purchase transaction is $150.


 Refinance
Property taxes are due in November. 
There is a doc stamp of $3.50 per thousand and an intangible tax of $2.50 per thousand required on every refinance in Florida.  There are not any additional transfer taxes for cash out, just use the new loan amount to calculate the doc stamps and intangible tax.