real estate

How to calculate capital gains taxes when selling your home

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Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images As home values climb, more Americans owe capital gains taxes when selling property. But knowing how to calculate your home’s profit could reduce your bill, experts say. Most Americans do not owe taxes for selling a primary residence because of a special tax break — known as the Section … Read more

How to reduce capital gains taxes on your home sale

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The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images More Americans are paying capital gains taxes on home sale profits amid soaring property values — but there are ways to reduce your bill, experts say. In 2023, nearly 8% of U.S. home sales yielded profits exceeding $500,000, compared with about 3% in 2019, according to an … Read more

How to Invest in Art? The Secret Is to Stop Worrying: Pursuits Weekly

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Hi, I’m James Tarmy, and I cover art and culture and real estate for Pursuits. Last year’s art market was—and I’m being nice here—very boring. Everything seemed stuck in neutral, with art fairs such as Art Basel Miami Beach doing … fine, and auctions weeks like the November evenings sales in New York also doing … Read more

Here’s how to negotiate a lower commission fee from your real estate agent

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Real estate agents’ fees — a pesky part of the home buying and selling process — aren’t necessarily set in stone. Rather they are often negotiable, a fact that could help parties on both sides of a transaction save money.  And it can be as easy as politely asking for a lower fee: Nearly two-thirds … Read more

How to negotiate real estate agent commissions

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Fuse | Corbis | Getty Images When you buy or sell a home, your real estate agent’s commissions can trim thousands of dollars off the sale price — but many consumers don’t realize you can negotiate those terms. Nearly a third, 31%, of homebuyers and sellers negotiated commissions with their agents, according to a new … Read more

How To Change A 359-Year-Old Culture

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Saint-Gobain’s Benoit Bazin is transforming his company’s culture to make sustainability the foundation for how it innovates and goes to market By Diane Brady, Forbes Staff C ulture is a powerful force when it stretches back centuries. In the case of Saint-Gobain, that culture begins in a small French village that created an innovative new … Read more

How to pick an architect and how to manage the build

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Experts suggest thinking about how you’ll use your home in future when considering a building project. 10’000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty Images Extending your home or remodeling your kitchen and bathroom may be an exciting prospect but it’s worth carefully planning the design and build to manage the risks involved, according to specialists who … Read more

How to Create a Soulful but Up-to-Date Kitchen

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DON’T LET the exposed brick fool you. Until recently, this vibrant kitchen in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, was dingy, dull and stripped of original details—the victim of a hit-and-run renovation that removed every bit of character from the circa-1900 row house, says architect-designer Sarah Jacoby. The upshot? In 2022, when the new owners, an education administrator and … Read more