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Estimate closing costs for homes in Fairfax, VA. Fairfax County is the largest jurisdiction in Northern Virginia and its median home price is around $650,000. The tax schedule is Virginia's standard one — no county transfer tax on top.
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Fairfax County is the largest recording jurisdiction in Northern Virginia, but that volume shows up in turnaround time rather than in the tax schedule: the rates are Virginia's standard ones. On a $650,000 Fairfax sale, the buyer's state recordation tax runs about $1,625 and the seller's grantor tax about $650, before title insurance, settlement fees and the clerk's per-page recording charges.
Fairfax County adds no transfer tax of its own, and deeds for the towns inside it — Vienna, Herndon, Clifton — record with the Fairfax Circuit Court Clerk rather than with the town.
A sale in Fairfax County carries two separate regional fees, each $0.10 per $100: the regional WMATA capital fee under Va. Code § 58.1-802.3, which applies because this is a Northern Virginia Transportation Authority member, and the regional congestion relief fee under § 58.1-802.4, which applies because this is Planning District 8. Both statutes place the fee on the grantor, though in each case the parties may agree the buyer pays part of it, so the default is $0.20 per $100 of the sale price on the seller. On a $650,000 sale the two together come to $1,300. Purchase closings only: a refinance records a deed of trust rather than a conveyance, so neither fee nor the grantor tax applies to one.
Recordation tax is Virginia's state rate of $0.25 per $100 under Va. Code § 58.1-801, paid by the buyer. Under § 58.1-814 a locality that adopts an ordinance may add one-third of that ($0.0833 per $100), also charged to the buyer — so no Virginia locality levies $0.10 as recordation tax. Whether Fairfax County has adopted that ordinance is not reflected in these figures; confirm with the Circuit Court Clerk before relying on a recordation number.
Closing costs in Fairfax, VA typically range from 2% to 5% of the purchase price for buyers and 1% to 3% for sellers. For a $500,000 home, expect $10,000–$25,000 in buyer closing costs. Exact amounts depend on loan type, title insurance choices, and Fairfax County recording fees.
Both buyers and sellers pay closing costs in Virginia. Buyers typically cover title insurance, loan fees, recording fees, and prepaid items. Sellers pay the grantor tax, their settlement fee, and agent commissions. In Fairfax, some costs are negotiable between parties.
The Virginia grantor tax is $0.50 per $500 of the sale price (effectively 0.1%). This is paid by the seller at closing. On a $500,000 home, the grantor tax is $500.
No local transfer tax — Virginia gives localities no power to levy one. But a purchase in Fairfax does carry two state-imposed Northern Virginia regional fees totalling $0.20 per $100, payable by the seller by default and not owed on a refinance. See the local tax section above for the statutes and a worked figure.
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These are estimates based on standard Fairfax County rates. Every transaction is different — contact Will Rapuano at Pruitt Title LLC for an accurate, line-by-line closing cost breakdown for your Fairfax, VA property.