{"id":80,"date":"2026-10-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyclosed.com\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:08:43","slug":"transaction-coordinator-cost-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyclosed.com\/blog\/transaction-coordinator-cost-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Transaction Coordinator Cost in New Jersey (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The transaction coordinator cost in New Jersey<\/strong> follows the national market: most coordinators charge $300 to $800 per file, and standard residential files usually sit between $350 and $550. Our contract-to-close coordination starts at $500 per transaction side and is collected at closing through title or escrow. A deal that dies in attorney review doesn’t leave you with a coordination bill.<\/p>\n

Quick answer:<\/strong> Most coordinators charge $300 to $800 per file, with typical residential files at $350 to $550. Our contract-to-close service starts at $500 per side, listing coordination at $350 and dual agency at $900. You pay at closing through title or escrow, and a contract-to-close file that doesn’t close carries no coordination fee.<\/p>\n

Why does attorney review change the work on a New Jersey file?<\/h2>\n

Every contract a licensee prepares for a one-to-four family home or a vacant one-family lot has to carry the attorney review clause set out in N.J.A.C. 11:5-6.2(g)<\/a>. The top of the first page says the contract will become final within three business days.<\/p>\n

The three days count from delivery of the signed contract to the buyer and the seller, and Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays don’t count. Either attorney can disapprove inside the window by notice to the brokers and the other party. If nobody does, the contract is binding at the end of the period. The parties can extend it in writing.<\/p>\n

The holiday rule is where a federal calendar gets you in trouble. N.J.S.A. 36:1-1 lists Good Friday, Juneteenth on the third Friday in June and general election day as New Jersey legal holidays. Lincoln’s Birthday is on the list too, though subsection (d) keeps state offices open that day, so we ask the attorneys how they’re counting it when a review crosses February 12.<\/p>\n

Attorney review also moves everything behind it. On the NJ REALTORS Standard Form of Real Estate Sales Contract (Form 118), the inspection, mortgage application and mortgage commitment clocks start when review ends. If an attorney disapproves and the terms get renegotiated, those dates move too. We wrote more about what starts the clock in our post on when the attorney review period begins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What else adds work to a New Jersey file?<\/h2>\n