Property taxes drain cash flow. Capital gains eat equity. As policymakers debate relief, which tax break actually benefits homeowners most?

President Donald Trump says he’s eyeing the elimination of capital-gains tax on home sales as a way to coax more people into selling their homes, amid a housing market that’s been frozen for nearly three years by high prices and high interest rates.

Removing or increasing capital gains limits on home sales, as President Trump mentioned this week, would benefit longtime homeowners in the country’s more expensive housing markets.