West Virginia Seller Closing Costs & Net Proceeds Calculator

West Virginia's median sale price was $256,183 in August 2026 (Redfin), up 0.5% year-over-year, with homes taking a median of 56 days to sell. Run that price through this calculator's West Virginia defaults: a 6% commission comes to about $15,371, and typical seller closing costs of 0.6%–1.6% add roughly $2,818 at the midpoint. Total deductions land near $18,189 — about 7.1% of the sale price before your mortgage payoff. The state's real estate excise tax already sits inside that closing-cost figure rather than on top of it: at the state-only rate of $1.10 per $500 (0.22%), it comes to about $564.

The catch is that most West Virginia counties add their own excise tax, commonly bringing the combined rate to about 0.33% — roughly $845 on a median-priced sale, or $282 more than the state rate alone. A few counties run higher still: Harrison at about 0.35% ($897) and Preston at about 0.385% ($986). The difference isn't huge, but it isn't zero either, so confirm your county's rate with a local title company before listing. One cost you can usually cross off: the owner's title policy is customarily the buyer's to pay in West Virginia.