Eliminating Tax on Home Sellers’ Capital Gains Would Have Mixed Results for the Housing Market
President Trump said this week that he is considering removing capital gains tax for home sales. Home sellers who lived in their home for two
Daryl Fairweather is the chief economist of Redfin. She is the author of Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love and Work and has been featured on 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, as well as in the New York Times and Washington Post. Prior to joining Redfin she was a senior economist at Amazon working on problems related to employee engagement and managing a team of analysts. During the housing crisis, Daryl worked as a researcher at the Boston Fed studying why homeowners entered foreclosure. Daryl received her Bachelor's of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received her Ph.D. and Master's degrees in economics at the University of Chicago where she specialized in behavioral economics.
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President Trump said this week that he is considering removing capital gains tax for home sales. Home sellers who lived in their home for two
If you’re looking to buy or sell a home this year, there are new rules around how buyers’ agents are paid that you need to
The 2024 election results show that voters are willing to greenlight big spending to fund affordable housing. Across the country, cities and states approved hundreds
Redfin’s economists expect there will be more home sales in 2025, largely due to pent-up demand. But some would-be homebuyers will still be priced out,
This was originally published to Forbes on July 30, 2024. The pros and cons of owning a home versus renting one are changing along with the
This was originally published to Forbes on August 29, 2024. The housing market is poised for a dynamic shift this fall, driven by recent declines
President Trump said this week that he is considering removing capital gains tax for home sales. Home sellers who lived in their home for two
If you’re looking to buy or sell a home this year, there are new rules around how buyers’ agents are paid that you need to
The 2024 election results show that voters are willing to greenlight big spending to fund affordable housing. Across the country, cities and states approved hundreds
Redfin’s economists expect there will be more home sales in 2025, largely due to pent-up demand. But some would-be homebuyers will still be priced out,
This was originally published to Forbes on July 30, 2024. The pros and cons of owning a home versus renting one are changing along with the
This was originally published to Forbes on August 29, 2024. The housing market is poised for a dynamic shift this fall, driven by recent declines