How much is the conveyance tax on a typical Colchester home sale?

On Colchester's median single-family or condominium sale of $408,500, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,085: $3,064 to the state and $1,021 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Colchester, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Colchester was $408,500 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $329,250 and $529,250.

Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Colchester?

In most Connecticut residential sales the seller pays both the state and the municipal conveyance tax, unless an exemption, a special rule or a contract term says otherwise.

Colchester CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $408,500
Conveyance tax at the median: $4,085
Home sales, 2024–25: 172

What Colchester charges

Colchester charges the base municipal conveyance tax of 0.25% of the sale price, the rate most Connecticut towns charge.

The state adds its own tax on top. For a home or condominium it is 0.75% of the first $800,000 of the price, 1.25% of the portion from $800,000 to $2,500,000, and 2.25% of anything above that — see how the brackets work. In most Connecticut residential sales the seller pays both, unless an exemption or a contract term says otherwise; see who pays the conveyance tax.

On Colchester’s median home sale of $408,500, that is $3,064 to the state and $1,021 to the town, or $4,085 in all.

Home sale prices in Colchester

172 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Colchester between October 2024 to September 2025. The median was $408,500, and the middle half of sales fell between $329,250 and $529,250.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	154	$412,950
Condominium	18	$320,163

The median moved from $239,000 in the 2015 list year to $408,500 in 2024, a change of +71 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Colchester, by list year (a list year runs October to September). Arm’s-length sales only. A break in the line is a year the town reported no sales to the state, usually its revaluation year. Source: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management sales data.

3 of the 2024–25 sales were priced above $800,000, where the state rate on the portion above rises to 1.25%.

Conveyance tax paid in Colchester

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Colchester’s 2024–25 home sales carried an estimated $736,283 in conveyance tax: $552,402 to the state and $183,881 to the town. That ranks 77 of the state’s 169 towns. The town-by-town study has every town and how the estimate is built.

Nearby towns

Town	Municipal rate	Median sale	Tax at median
Bozrah	0.25%	$370,000	$3,700
East Haddam	0.25%	$400,000	$4,000
East Hampton	0.25%	$400,000	$4,000
Hebron	0.25%	$458,125	$4,581
Lebanon	0.25%	$372,500	$3,725
Marlborough	0.25%	$442,000	$4,420
Salem	0.25%	$402,500	$4,025

Colchester in dark green, the towns next to it in light green. Every town on the map opens its own page. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file, public domain.

Common questions

What is the conveyance tax in Colchester, CT?: Colchester charges the base municipal conveyance tax of 0.25% of the sale price, the rate most Connecticut towns charge. The state adds its own tax on top: for a home or condominium, 0.75% of the first $800,000 of the price, 1.25% of the portion from $800,000 to $2,500,000, and 2.25% above that.
How much is the conveyance tax on a typical Colchester home sale?: On Colchester's median single-family or condominium sale of $408,500, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $4,085: $3,064 to the state and $1,021 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Colchester, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Colchester was $408,500 between October 2024 to September 2025. The middle half of sales fell between $329,250 and $529,250.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Colchester?: In most Connecticut residential sales the seller pays both the state and the municipal conveyance tax, unless an exemption, a special rule or a contract term says otherwise.

Sources

Primary sourceReal Estate Sales 2001-2024 GLConnecticut Office of Policy and Management, via data.ct.gov
Primary sourceReal Estate Conveyance TaxConnecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research
Primary sourceConnecticut General Statutes § 12-494, Imposition of tax on conveyances of real propertyConnecticut General Assembly

Sale prices are single-family and condominium sales with no assessor non-use code, which leaves out family transfers, foreclosures and other sales that are not at a market price. Tax figures apply today’s rates. Data last updated by the state on 2026-08-12.

General information about Connecticut real estate transactions, not legal advice. Every transaction is different.