Tax Strategies for Homeowners

Editor's note: As a special feature for March, TheStreet.com offers an ongoing series on everything you need to know about taxes. Today is part 11.

If we weren't talking about Britney Spears (and her disappearing panties) in 2006, we were talking about the housing market.

And it was quite stressful. If you were one of the 12 million buyers and sellers last year, you were probably worried about buying high and selling low, as well as about fluctuating interest rates and the ever-pending housing market crash. ...