5 Government Policies You Should Know Before Buying a Home

FOX Business Network’s Trish Regan, host of the Intelligence Report, weighs in the top 5 government policies that everyone should know before buying their first home:

  1. Hold on to your home for 2 years. If you sell after 24 months, you’ll be exempt from capital gains taxes up to $250,000 for a single person and $500,000 for a married couple.
  2. Your mortgage may not be as steep as you think, thanks to Uncle Sam. The government incentivizes home ownership with a tax deduction on interest for a mortgage up to $1.1 million.
  3. Another Uncle Sam incentive: You can deduct your real estate taxes.
  4. Watch the Fed. Be aware that as interest rates move higher, it could negatively affect your home’s value. We’re still in a record low interest rate environment but it can’t continue forever. Home buyers need to know that at some point the Fed will raise rates, which means mortgages will become more expensive and buyers will not be able to afford as much home.
  5. Local zoning matters. Your home location dictates where your kids will attend school. So, choose carefully…and make sure you like the school.

 

 

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