Tennessee Title Insurance Rate & Transfer Tax Calculator
Title Insurance
Rates - Title insurance rates must be filed with the Tennessee
Commissioner of Insurance. The home seller typically pays the owner's
policy and the buyer customarily pays for the loan policy. Search and
Examination Fees - in most counties there is a charge for title
examination in addition to the title insurance premium. In a few counties,
an all-inclusive rate that includes the title examination fee in the
title insurance premium charge. If there is a separate fee for title
examination, the seller customarily pays it. Deed Transfer Taxes and
Documentary Stamps in Tennessee - The current deed transfer tax is $0.37
per every hundred dollars of consideration (sales price). The purchaser
customarily pays the deed transfer tax. Mortgage Transfer Taxes - The
mortgage tax is $.115 per one hundred dollars or fraction thereof of
indebtedness. This Tennessee title insurance rate and transfer tax calculator
will estimate the title insurance rates and transfer tax for one to
four family, owner occupied residential units and condominiums.