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Inheriting a home can leave siblings with financial headaches — how to avoid costly mistakes

Cnbc · · 1289 words · By Sharon Epperson; Stephanie Dhue
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What to know about Inheriting a home can leave siblings with financial headaches — how to avoid costly mistakes

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Money 101 newsletter with Sharon Epperson, an eight-week financial education series with special monthly editions.

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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Money 101 newsletter with Sharon Epperson, an eight-week financial education series with special monthly editions.

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Common ground

When Ashton and Adison Lawrence inherited their grandmother's South Carolina home earlier this summer, the brothers knew they weren't just inheriting a piece of real estate.

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Claim 1: “Braxton, founder and managing principal of The Real Wealth Coterie”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm that Lazetta Rainey Braxton is the founder and managing principal of 'The Real Wealth Coterie'.
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Claim 2: “Cerulli Associates, a consulting and market research firm, estimates that older generations will leave a much larger sum — more than $100 trillion — to heirs through 2048.”
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Multiple sources (Cerulli Associates, Hyrizen, Crain Currency) confirm Cerulli's projection that nearly $100 trillion will be transferred from baby boomers and older generations to heirs by 2048.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cerulli may refer to: Vincenzo Cerulli (1859–1927), Italian astronomer and founder of the Collurania-Teramo Observatory in Teramo Enrico Cerulli (1898–1988), Italian scholar of Somali and Ethiopian s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Great Wealth Transfer is an intergenerational wealth transfer that is underway in the United States, among other nations, with the baby boomer generation leaving significant wealth to their heirs.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wealth_Transfer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the demographic cohort preceded by the Silent Generation and followed by Generation X. The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964. T…
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Claim 3: “Visa's chief economist Wayne Best told CNBC that his firm's analysis excluded the wealth of the wealthiest 1%, estimated at $28 trillion.”
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One web search result mentions that Visa's process 'subtracted the wealth of the top 1%', but the specific figure of $28 trillion for that 1% is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Visa’s process started with the total amount of wealth held by today’s baby boomers, which it put at about $93 trillion. The report then stripped out liabilities, which includes mortgage debt, of $5 t…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/honey-i-shrunk-inheritance-ma…
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web search NEUTRAL — For the Great Wealth Transfer, Visa calculated that boomers will pass on $36 trillion of their $93 trillion in wealth, translating to about $515,000 per inheriting household.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/great-disappointm…
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web search NEUTRAL — The great wealth transfer refers to the $124 trillion expected to shift from Baby Boomers and older generations to their heirs by 2048. That’s more than the total global GDP of $115 trillion for 2024.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/women-will-inheri…
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Claim 4: “Ashton, 39, a certified financial planner and senior wealth advisor at Mariner in Greenville, South Carolina.”
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Search results for 'Ashton' returned information about Ashton Kutcher and others, but no evidence was found regarding an Ashton Lawrence who is a CFP and senior wealth advisor at Mariner in Greenville, SC.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 150 days remain until the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — These are the 2,977 victims of the September 11 attacks and as well as 6 victims from the bombing of February 26, 1993, as they appear inscribed at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New Y…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Minor league players and teams affiliated with the Washington Nationals professional baseball organization include:
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Claim 5: “Wayne Hassay, an attorney and managing partner at Maguire Schneider Hassay in Columbus, Ohio.”
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Claim 6: “Adison, 34, a senior manager at an advertising sales and media business in Raleigh, North Carolina.”
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LinkedIn profile for Adison Lawrence confirms he is a Senior Manager at Spectrum Reach (an advertising sales and media business) in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area.
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web search NEUTRAL — As a Senior Manager at Spectrum Reach, I'm a people-first leader with a passion for… · Experience: Spectrum Reach · Education: Erskine College · Location: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area · 500+ connec…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adisonlawrence
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web search NEUTRAL — Ad Manager can help you manage your ad business and grow your revenue in any industry.Powerful tools to grow your business. Ad Manager offers robust tools that scale to the needs of growing businesses…
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web search NEUTRAL — Retail Media & E-Commerce Advertising Manager. Easily apply. Ghost Controls.This role will create and manage communications strategies, including pitches, announcements, and executive comms (closely p…
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Claim 7: “Under federal tax law, when a homeowner dies, the inherited home's cost basis resets to fair market value on the date of death.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to verify the specific federal tax law regarding the cost basis reset of inherited homes.
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Claim 8: “Lazetta Rainey Braxton, a certified financial planner and member of the CNBC Financial Advisor Council.”
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Multiple sources confirm Lazetta Rainey Braxton is a CFP and a member of the CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council.
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web search NEUTRAL — This article written by Lazetta Rainey Braxton, MBA, CFP® originally appeared on CNBC.com.As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® and Family Wealth Strategist, I've long believed that the most challenging d…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lazettabraxton
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web search NEUTRAL — Lazetta Rainey Braxton, MBA, CFP®, is a strategic entrepreneur, Fintech advisory member, and wealth strategist who anchors human capital as the primary asset—the source from which financial wealth, in…
https://www.lazetta.com/about
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web search NEUTRAL — Lazetta Rainey Braxton. "A lot of people have a difficult time combining mind and heart.She is a member of the CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council and a contributor on Wealth Management to the Wall…
https://flocktheory.com/speaker/lazetta/
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Claim 9: “In an analysis published in July, Visa said baby boomers will leave $36 trillion to younger generations over the next 20 years.”
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Multiple independent sources (Fortune, INFO 24 HRS) report that Visa's analysis indicates baby boomers will pass roughly $36 trillion to heirs over the next 20 years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Visa Inc. () is an American multinational payment card services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers worldwide, most commonly through Visa-…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Visa requirements for Indian Citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other countries placed on citizens of India. As of 2026, Indian citizens has access to 27 visa-free, 4…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Visa requirements for United States citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states that are imposed on citizens of the United States. As of 2026, holders of a United…
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Claim 10: “A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Money 101 newsletter with Sharon Epperson, an eight-week financial education series with special monthly editions.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Sharon Epperson's 'Money 101' is an 8-week financial wellness/literacy series with monthly updates/editions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There is concern that the possible higher education bubble in the United States could have negative repercussions in the broader economy. Although college tuition payments are rising, the supply of co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Haley Sacks (born 1991), also known as MrsDowJones, is an American entrepreneur. One of the first financial influencers, she is the founder and CEO of Finance is Cool, a media company and educationa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Finance & Investment newsletter. Money 101 with Sharon Epperson.A structured, eight-week financial wellness series led by CNBC's senior personal finance correspondent.
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Claim 11: “Mitchell Kraus, a CFP and co-founder of Capital Intelligence Associates in Santa Monica, California.”
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Claim 12: “Inherited homes accounted for a record 8.85% of all U.S. single-family residential and rural property transfers in 2025, according to data shared with CNBC from real estate data provider Cotality.”
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The claim states inherited homes accounted for 8.85% of all transfers in 2025. However, evidence from Cotality reports an 'all-time high of 7.4 percent' for residential transactions, creating a discrepancy in the specific percentage.
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web search NEUTRAL — Inherited homes accounted for an all-time high of 7.4 percent of all residential real estate transactions during that time frame, with California totaling nearly 18 percent of all homes passed to bene…
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/inherited-homes-reach…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to a recent report from the real estate intelligence firm Cotality, a record 18 percent of all property transfers in California were through inheritance in 2025, up from 12.6 percent in 2019…
https://www.newsweek.com/more-americans-inheriting-their-hom…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Cotality’s unmatched database of property deeds, a record 340,000 homes across the United States were transferred through inheritance in the 12 months ending in August 2025.
https://www.cotality.com/insights/articles/why-inherited-hom…
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