I wish reporters highlighted the stepped up basis tax loophole that causes the bizarre behavior, rather than claiming that grandmothers just can’t “afford” to sell. Many grandmothers would “afford” to sell their house if there were no tax benefit to holding it until death. Same with the “Buy, borrow, die” behavior that ProPublica reported on (https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trov...). Instead of advocating for an esoteric unconstitutional wealth tax, why didn’t they advocate for closing the loophole that creates the incentive?