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Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your personal finance questions

and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money.

I'm Sean Piles.

To send us your money questions, call or text us on the Nerd Hotline at 901-730 6373.

That's 901-730 Nerd.

Or email us at podcast at NerdWallet.com.

This episode, my co-host, Liz Weston and I answer a listener's question about taxes on

the sale of an inherited home.

But first, I'm talking with banking nerd Chanel Bassette about all the money folks have

saved during the pandemic and what they're planning to do with it.

So hey, Chanel, welcome on to the podcast.

Thanks, Sean.

It's great to be here. So

Nerdwlett recently partnered with Marcus by Goldman Sachs for a survey about how people

saved money during the pandemic. And what were the key findings? We found the pandemic was

spurring some people to save more. We found that 87% of the American surveyed were saving

for just something. Okay. interesting. I think that makes

sense because so many people weren't able to travel, go out to restaurants. We hear from a lot of

listeners who were saving a lot more because their expenses were less and some people were actually

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