©St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010

Thirty-eight states assess a tax when you sell a home.

Missouri's real estate agents want to make sure their state never makes it 39.

The "Vote YES to Stop Double Taxation Committee" — funded by state and national real estate trade groups — said it submitted "tens of thousands" of signatures Sunday to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would prohibit transfer or sales taxes on real estate in Missouri. Read more.