Tax Topics: Homeownership

The federal tax code includes various provisions that benefit homeowners, ranging from deductions for mortgage interest and property taxes to temporary tax credits for homebuyers.

Income tax treatment of housing
Tax provisions benefitting homeowners

Distributional Effects of Tax Expenditures

Encouraging Homeownership Through the Tax Code

How to Better Encourage Homeownership

The Effect of Proposed Tax Reforms on Metropolitan Housing Prices

Big Government and Housing (TaxVox article) 

Homebuyer tax credits
First-time homebuyer credit in 2009 stimulus bill  

TaxVox articles
Stimulating the Stimulus: Helping New Homebuyers  

The Homebuyer Tax Credit: When Will They Ever Learn? 

The Homebuyer Tax Credit Land Rush  

Should Government Policies Favor Owners Over Renters? 

All TaxVox articles on homeownership

Mortgage Crisis
The Latest Data on the Home Affordable Modification Program