Lee County closing costs
The county-specific transfer tax and deed recording fees for Lee County, Florida - the local details that change your total beyond the statewide rate.
- Effective transfer tax
- 0.7%
- ≈ $2,800 on a $400,000 home
- Typical lender + 3rd-party fees
- $9,018
- median of 12,748 purchase loans · HMDA 2023
Lee County compared with Florida counties
In the verified Florida county records we have, Lee County's effective transfer-tax rate ranks #1 of 18 by highest rate. At $400,000, the county-specific transfer tax is $2,800, which is the same as the state-level calculation before city surtaxes.
- County rank
- #1 of 18
- within verified Florida county pages
- Tax at $400,000
- $2,800
- state baseline $2,800
- HMDA fee sample
- 12,748
- purchase loans in 2023
Lee County transfer-tax data: official source linked on this page, reviewed 2026-Q2.
Transfer tax in Lee County
Florida's documentary stamp tax on deeds is $0.70 per $100 of consideration (0.70%) and is a STATE tax collected by the Clerk at recording — it applies uniformly in all 66 non-Miami-Dade counties, so it is NOT a Lee County tax (county_transfer_tax_rate = null). Lee County levies no county-specific transfer tax or surtax (the discretionary surtax exists only in Miami-Dade). By Florida custom the seller typically pays the deed doc-stamp tax. No major Lee County city (Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs) imposes a local transfer tax.
Recording fees in Lee County
Deed recording fee: $10.00 for the first page and $8.50 for each additional page. Additional indexing charge of $1.00 per name for instruments containing more than four names. (Lee County Clerk of Court Official Records.)
Official recorder: Lee County recorder ↗ — the authoritative source for the current recording fee schedule.
What lenders actually charge in Lee County
Across 12,748 home-purchase mortgages originated in Lee County in 2023, the median total loan costs — lender fees plus third-party services such as appraisal and title, excluding prepaids and escrow — were $9,018, of which about $3,912 was the lender’s own origination charges. That is reported loan-level data from every lender under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act — not a national average — so it reflects what buyers in this county actually paid. Lender fees vary widely, so comparing a few rate quotes is the single biggest lever on your closing total.
Source: FFIEC HMDA Data Browser ↗ (2023 purchase originations, FIPS 12071, ODC-BY 1.0). Median total loan costs exclude prepaids and escrow.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the transfer tax in Lee County?
Lee County (Florida): the applicable real-estate transfer tax works out to about 0.7%. Florida's documentary stamp tax on deeds is $0.70 per $100 of consideration (0.70%) and is a STATE tax collected by the Clerk at recording — it applies uniformly in all 66 non-Miami-Dade counties, so it is NOT a Lee County tax (county_transfer_tax_rate = null). Lee County levies no county-specific transfer tax or surtax (the discretionary surtax exists only in Miami-Dade). By Florida custom the seller typically pays the deed doc-stamp tax. No major Lee County city (Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Bonita Springs) imposes a local transfer tax.
What are recording fees in Lee County?
Deed recording fee: $10.00 for the first page and $8.50 for each additional page. Additional indexing charge of $1.00 per name for instruments containing more than four names. (Lee County Clerk of Court Official Records.)
How much are closing costs in Lee County?
Closing costs in Lee County follow Florida's structure plus this county's specific transfer-tax and recording fees. Use the calculator below for an estimate; for the exact recording schedule, the county recorder is the authoritative source.
What do lenders charge in fees in Lee County?
In 2023, the median total loan costs — lender fees plus third-party services like appraisal and title, excluding prepaids and escrow — across 12,748 home-purchase mortgages in Lee County were about $9,018, of which roughly $3,912 was the lender's own origination charges. This is reported loan-level data under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act; actual fees vary by lender, so comparing quotes matters.
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