Income Taxes on the Abandonment, Foreclosure or Repossession of Property

Income Taxes on the Abandonment, Foreclosure or Repossession of Property Dispositions of property include sales and exchanges, but also include abandonment, foreclosures and repossessions. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, you can have a gain or loss on these types of dispositions. When you abandon property, you voluntarily and permanently give up possession with the …

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GSEs’ Long Run of Declining Delinquencies Comes to an End

For the first time in over a year neither Fannie Mae nor Freddie Mac are showing any downward movement in their seriously delinquent mortgage rates. Fannie’s percentage of single-family loans at least three payments past due remained unchanged between the months of June and July at 4.08 percent, according to the latest monthly summary report …

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