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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Why Downsizing Your Home Isn’t the Money Move It Used to Be

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Older Americans often downsize their home as their needs change. WSJ personal-finance reporter Veronica Dagher joins host J.R. Whalen to explain why many find downsizing doesn’t make financial sense in the current housing market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:14.5

Here's your money briefing for Friday, October 13th.

0:20.6

I'm JR Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.

0:26.0

Many Americans approaching retirement put downsizing their home on their to-do list to buy

0:31.0

a smaller house to fit their needs and to raise an extra cash.

0:35.0

But downsizing isn't the sure thing at once was.

0:38.2

Home values have really gone up so much, making people's homes a lot more valuable than

0:43.5

they were just five, ten years ago.

0:46.8

And so for those who have lived in the same home for decades, if you go to sell, you could

0:51.4

face some really significant capital gains taxes.

0:56.2

What options do prospective downsizers have?

0:58.6

We'll talk to Wall Street Journal, Personal Finance Reporter Veronica Dagger, after the break.

1:08.5

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1:32.1

Older Americans often downsize to a smaller house to simplify their lives and bolster their

1:37.8

finances.

1:38.8

But in the current economy, the math might not be in their favor.

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