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

On Putnam's median single-family or condominium sale of $311,250, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,113: $2,334 to the state and $778 to the town.

What do homes sell for in Putnam, CT?

The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Putnam was $311,250 between October 2023 to September 2024. The middle half of sales fell between $260,500 and $364,375.

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

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.

Putnam CT Conveyance Tax & Home Prices

Municipal rate: 0.25%
Median home sale: $311,250
Conveyance tax at the median: $3,113
Home sales, 2023–24: 82

What Putnam charges

Putnam 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 Putnam’s median home sale of $311,250, that is $2,334 to the state and $778 to the town, or $3,113 in all.

Home sale prices in Putnam

Putnam did not report its 2024–25 sales to the state, which is usual for a town in a revaluation year, so the figures on this page are from the year before: October 2023 to September 2024.

82 single-family homes and condominiums sold at arm's length in Putnam between October 2023 to September 2024. The median was $311,250, and the middle half of sales fell between $260,500 and $364,375.

Type	Sales	Median
Single-family	50	$325,000
Condominium	32	$299,450

The median moved from $154,000 in the 2015 list year to $311,250 in 2023, a change of +102 percent.

Median single-family and condominium sale, Putnam, 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.

Conveyance tax paid in Putnam

Run sale by sale at today’s rates, Putnam’s 2023–24 home sales carried an estimated $262,326 in conveyance tax: $196,744 to the state and $65,582 to the town. That ranks 131 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
Killingly	0.25%	$355,500	$3,555
Pomfret	0.25%	$387,500	$3,875
Thompson	0.25%	$359,950	$3,600
Woodstock	0.25%	$458,000	$4,580

Putnam 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 Putnam, CT?: Putnam 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 Putnam home sale?: On Putnam's median single-family or condominium sale of $311,250, the state and town conveyance tax comes to $3,113: $2,334 to the state and $778 to the town.
What do homes sell for in Putnam, CT?: The median arm's-length single-family or condominium sale in Putnam was $311,250 between October 2023 to September 2024. The middle half of sales fell between $260,500 and $364,375.
Who pays the conveyance tax when a home sells in Putnam?: 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.