if you wait until 2014 youre just delaying the tax until next year.
if you have to pay taxes on capital gains shouldnt the IRS have to pay me for capital losses if i lose my investment?
If I wait until 2014 to sell I can deduct the cost of mortgage interest when I buy a house after the first. If I were to sell them today I wouldn't have that deduction and would have to pay on the entire profit.