The law allows the exemption on a house sale only once every two years.
It typically takes 6-8 weeks between when a contract is signed and a house sale closes.
Mixed in with papers about a house sale are the homeowner's medical records.
And older homeowners can exclude from income $125,000 of the gain on their house sale.
The used-but-still-elegant pair I bought at a house sale 12 years ago for $30 are now in shreds.
The Melrues went through with the house sale just to bluff us.
This contrasts with most countries where the house sale becomes legally binding very quickly.
Leading specialists dealing with public house sale report a revival of activity by private purchasers.
His house sale has fallen through leaving him nearly penniless.
At $20 million, it was the most expensive house sale in Westchester County history.