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U.S. Homeowners Oppose Proposal To Replace Home Mortgage Interest Rates Deduction With 15% Tax Credit Only six percent of homeowners said they favored the proposal. The remaining nine percent said they were undecided. In addition to replacing the home mortgage interest deduction - an important component of the U.S. tax code since 1913 - the Advisory Panel would eliminate deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes; eliminate interest deductions for home equity loans and second homes; and eliminate the Low Income Housing Credit. "Our survey represents a random sampling of homeowners," said Michael Bearden, president and CEO of HouseHunt-Inc.com. "While not scientifically designed, we feel that our survey results accurately reflect homeowner sentiment." Bearden also pointed to a national survey conducted earlier by RT Strategies on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders. That survey found that 68% of respondents said they want to retain current homeowner deductions." In late October, the million-member National Association of Realtors launched an aggressive advertising and public relations campaign to convince members of Congress and the leadership of key congressional committees to oppose the Advisory Panel's recommendations. The real estate industry trade association predicts that home prices, particularly in high cost areas, could decline as much as 15% if the proposal is adopted. Eight members of the House Ways and Means Committee recently sent a letter to Treasury Secretary John Snow urging the Bush Administration to reject the Advisory Panel's proposal. One of the committee members, Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL), said that a typical middle-class homeowner in his state would see a tax hike of $2,000-$2,500 under the proposal.
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- Commonwealth Bank says to cut mortgage rate by 0.58% (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
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- St George cuts home loan rate to 7.74% (The West Australian)
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA -- The average rate for a conventional 30-year fixed mortgage on a owner-occupied, single-family home with 20 percent down late Monday was 6.375, the same as it was on Friday, Sarasota's Sentinel Mortgage reported.
- Westpac cuts home loan rates (Herald Sun)
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- Westpac, NAB cut home loan rates (Daily Telegraph)
WESTPAC and NAB have cut home loan rates, but by not as much as the RBA's 75 basis point cut yesterday.
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