Real Estate Capital Gain

A real estate capital gain refers to the difference between the sales price and purchase price of a property.  That difference is a capital gain.  In reality, the difference in purchase and sales prices may be adjusted for improvements, depreciation taken and other influences for income tax purposes.

The converse of a capital gain is a capital loss.  When the sales price is less than the purchase price (adjusted for certain items, of course) the result is a capital loss.

Capital gains and losses can also refer to other assets such as securities and personal property.  Capital gains can be offset by capital losses for income tax purposes.  Capital gains have their own income tax rate which is separate from ordinary income and usually more favorable due to the usual duration of many years of ownership.

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• GAIN Capital Group Included On Inc. 5000 List Of FastestGrowing Companies For...
GAIN Capital Group, a market leader in the online foreign exchange industry, has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies for the fourth consecutive year.
• Rich In Reserves, Chinese Central Bank Is Short Of Capital International Hera...
After snapping up roughly 1 trillion worth of U.S. Treasury bonds and mortgage backed debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the last seven years, the Chinese central bank is running low on capital.
• Japanese Bonds Have Biggest Gain In 4 Weeks On Drop In Stocks Bloomberg.com
Sept. 5 Bloomberg Japans government bonds advanced the most in four weeks after a tumble in stocks and an unexpected decline in capital spending added to signs that the worlds second largest economy is entering a recession.
• Capital Planners Approve Design For MLK Memorial News 12 Augusta
The National Capital Planning Commision approved the final site building plans for a memorial for Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington.
• Ahead Of The Bell: Dollar To Lure Global Capital AP Via Yahoo Finance
Jefferies Co. analyst Daniel T. Fannon said Thursday that he believes a strengthening dollar will lead to an influx of global capital into U.S. equities a boon for domestic asset managers with significant foreign operations.