By Ben Jimenez
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Mesquite, TX
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September 30, 2026
Say you're selling in Mesquite, where the median home price runs around $359,000, and you want a real number for what you'll actually walk away with. Total commission in Texas runs about 5.88% combined between both agents, so that's roughly $21,100 off a $359,000 sale before anything else.
Comparing cities? See my DFW neighborhood guides for home prices, property taxes and schools by city.
Title insurance typically runs $1,000 to $3,000 in Dallas County depending on the home's value, plus prorated property taxes and any closing cost concessions you agree to during negotiation. On a $359,000 home with $220,000 still owed, a realistic net after commission, title, and closing costs lands somewhere around $115,000 to $120,000.
Mesquite is in the middle of a real downtown transformation, with new development timed around the city's growth ahead of the 2026 World Cup, and thousands of new homes are planned in south Mesquite. That matters for your appraisal because a buyer's lender may compare your home against fresher new construction nearby, not just older resale comps, which can push value either direction depending on your home's condition and updates.
Texas has no state-level real estate transfer tax, one of only 13 states without one. That's a real savings compared to states that stack a transfer tax on top of commission and closing costs.
The honest next step is a real net sheet built on your actual payoff balance and current Mesquite comps, not a percentage rule of thumb.
Combined agent commission runs about 5.88% of sale price, plus title insurance ($1,000 to $3,000), prorated taxes, and any buyer concessions you agree to, typically 6.5 to 8% of sale price all in.
No. Texas is one of only 13 states with no state-level real estate transfer tax, which keeps total seller costs lower than in states that add one on top of commission.
Not necessarily, it depends on your home's condition. New construction gives an appraiser a fresh comparison point, which can help a well-updated home or work against one that needs work.
Request a payoff quote directly from your loan servicer, it accounts for accrued interest and is different from your current statement balance, and it changes daily.
It depends on the specific neighborhood, some Mesquite subdivisions charge a resale certificate or transfer fee that comes out of proceeds, worth confirming before you list.
Ben Jimenez is a Dallas-Fort Worth real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC (Texas license 0784675). Since 2021 he has closed 56+ transactions and $23M+ in sales, with a 5.0 rating from 46+ five-star reviews. He helps buyers and sellers in Mesquite with new construction, relocation, investment and multifamily property, homes that didn't sell with another agent, downsizing, buying and selling at the same time, first homes and $1M+ luxury homes.
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