A Tax Trap Is Hampering Housing Mobility — RISMedia
By: Beth McGuire | Published: 2026-01-28 20:27:20 | Source: www.rismedia.com
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For years as luxury real-estate brokers in the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia), we’ve watched a stubborn trend erode housing mobility: Long-time homeowners are increasingly choosing not to sell. It is not because they don’t want to, but because the U.S. tax code penalizes them for doing so.
Under current law, individuals…
