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3 Reasons You Likely Won’t Pay Income Taxes When You Sell Your Home

Posted in Tax News on July 10, 2012

1) You Don’t Have a Capital Gain   Due to the housing market, many homeowners no longer have a gain in their home. A gain is the sales price minus the cost basis. The cost basis is generally the purchase…

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The Last Mortgage Refinance

Posted in Tax News on May 13, 2011

What direction do you think interest rates are headed in? Homeowners have ridden the variable interest rate mortgage ride for all it’s worth. The prime rate hit 20% in 1980.  Since then interest rates have been in a long and…

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Why Parents Should Not Give Their House to Their Children

Posted in Estate Planning, Tax News on November 12, 2010

Frequently, parents will be encouraged to give their home to their children so the government won’t take it to pay any nursing home bills.  This is usually very bad advice.  Why is this not an appropriate strategy?

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How to Sell Your House and Move to Your Dream Home

Posted in Tax News on September 17, 2010

The difficulties in the housing market have been well documented.  If you have been trying to sell your home and have been unsuccessful, here’s a tip. Don’t reduce the asking price (again)…raise the commission!

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