The seller’s largest expense is usually a real estate broker’s fee, which is usually 5 percent to 6 percent of the sales price. Rates cannot exceed 6 percent for residential closings and are negotiable at the time a seller enters into a listing agreement with a real estate agent. The seller also has to pay a conveyance tax to the state of Connecticut equal to .5 percent (except when the property is worth more than $800,000 or when it is a commercial type of real estate). There is also a town tax equal to $1.10 for every $1,000 of sales prices. Typically attorney fees range from $400 to $900. There will be small recording fees. Also unpaid taxes, sewer and water assessments must be paid at closing.