You can include your attorney's fees, some of the settlement/closing fees (see below), title insurance, and excise taxes.
Sales expenses are listed in the sellers column of your settlement statement and include:
- commissions
- appraisal fees
- broker's fees
- legal fees
- advertising fees
- home inspection reports
- title insurance
- transfer taxes or fees
- geological surveys
- loan charges (points) or other fees paid on the buyer's behalf
- any fees for a service that helped you sell your home without a broker (listing fees, promotional fliers, etc.)
Sales expenses do not include:
- mortgage payoffs
- home equity loan payoffs
- rent-back costs
- payoff to creditors
- property taxes
- home owner association fees
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