[net.invest] Mortgage Down Payments and Good Inv

sarwate@uicsl.UUCP (11/22/85)

In buying and selling a home, the tax on the capital gain is deferred if your
new home COSTS more than your old home.  There are various technicalities which
adjust the various prices involved, and the new home must be purchased within
a certain time period of selling your old home.  Note, however, that it is
NOT NECESSARY to invest all the money obtained from the sale of your old home
into your new home in order to qualify for tax deferral.

					Dilip V. Sarwate
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