Capital Gains Tax

Downsizing as an Empty Nester: When and How to Sell the Family Home

The typical home seller is now 64, a record. How to know when it's time to let go of the family home, and how Florida portability, Stay NJ, STAR and Connecticut's tax relief shape where you go next.

Selling a Vacation Home at the Jersey Shore or in the Catskills

Second homes don't get the $250K/$500K tax exclusion, and the Shore and the Catskills each add their own rules, from New Jersey's new seller-paid fee to NYC watershed septic limits. What to know before you sell.

Selling a Home You Bought Less Than Two Years Ago: What It Costs You

Selling before the two-year mark can cost you the full capital gains exclusion, but a job move, health issue or divorce may qualify you for a partial one. What an early sale really costs, state by state.