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US Capital Gains Tax on Selling Your Home in 2026: How the $250,000 and $500,000 Exclusions Work United States | October 25, 2026 A homeowner buys a house for $350,000. After several years of living there, the property is worth $650,000. The homeowner decides to sell. Does the Internal Revenue Service tax the entire $650,000 selling price? Does the person owe tax on the $300,000 increase in property value? Can selling expenses and improvements reduce the gain? And how much tax could a married couple save? For eligible homeowners, federal tax law offers an important benefit. Under Internal Revenue Code Section 121, a qualifying individual may exclude up to $250,000 of gain from selling a principal residence. Qualifying married couples filing jointly may exclude up to $500,000. These amounts remain the published federal limits as of October 25, 2026. The exclusion is valuable, but it is not automatic for every residential property. The homeowner normally must satisfy ownership and reside...

Is Airbnb Investing Still Worth It in 2026? Occupancy, Income, Regulations and Examples From the US, Dubai and India International Real Estate | October 22, 2026 A property investor buys an apartment in a tourist destination. The property looks attractive, and nearby short-term rental advertisements show nightly prices much higher than ordinary monthly rent. If the apartment could be rented for $200 per night, twenty booked nights a month would produce $4,000 in gross booking revenue. That sounds better than a long-term tenant paying $2,000 a month. But what happens when the apartment receives only ten bookings? What if guest turnover, management fees, utilities, repairs and platform charges absorb a significant share of revenue? And what if the city prohibits the type of short-term rental the investor planned to operate? Those questions matter more in 2026 than a headline nightly rate. Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms can still provide a profitable business model in suitab...

  Housing Bubble Risk 2026: Zurich and Tokyo Are High Risk — Where Dubai, London and New York Stand Global Real Estate | October 12, 2026 Are the world's biggest property markets heading for another housing crash? The latest UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2026 gives a more nuanced answer. Among the 23 major cities studied, only Zurich and Tokyo are currently classified by UBS as having a high housing-bubble risk . Zurich leads the index with a score of 1.69 , followed by Tokyo at 1.54 . Miami, which had topped the index in the previous two editions, has fallen into the lower elevated-risk category. Several other closely watched markets—including Dubai, Seoul, Geneva and Lisbon —also sit in the elevated-risk group. At the other end of the spectrum, UBS classifies London, Paris, New York, San Francisco and São Paulo as low risk . That does not mean homes in London or New York are cheap. It also does not mean Zurich or Tokyo is guaranteed to crash. The index measures the exte...