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Estimate your full closing costs as a buyer in New York City — including transfer taxes, title insurance, mortgage tax, and attorney fees.
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Open calculator →Every line item a buyer or seller will pay at closing in New York City — what each cost is, who pays it, and how to estimate the total. Updated for current transfer tax rates and mansion tax thresholds.
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New York has no non-compete statute and no ban — the 2023 bill was vetoed. Enforceability runs on the BDO Seidman test, and NY courts strike overbroad clauses rather than narrowing them.
New Jersey has no non-compete statute, so enforceability runs on a three-part common-law test — and NJ courts narrow an overbroad clause rather than voiding it. Plus the pending 2026 ban, and how New York differs.
New Jersey shifted the mansion tax to the seller in July 2025 and replaced the flat 1% with a graduated rate up to 3.5%. Most advice still online describes the old rule. Here are the current bands and the pricing cliff at each threshold.
The 3-business-day window after an NJ residential contract is signed is the most powerful tool in the buyer's or seller's toolkit — and the most commonly misunderstood. Here's exactly how it works.
Co-founder disputes are the leading cause of avoidable startup failure. The document that prevents most of them takes a few days to draft and a lifetime to forget — until something goes wrong.
Most severance agreements are negotiable. Most people don't negotiate them. Here's how to figure out what's standard, what's not, and where the leverage is to push back.
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Realty transfer fee, recording charges, title and attorney fees for a New Jersey purchase, itemised.
What a New Jersey seller nets after the realty transfer fee and the mansion tax, which the seller now pays.
Mansion tax, mortgage recording tax and the rest of the NYC buyer-side line items.
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