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Economic Commentary

Mortgage Interest Deductibility and Housing Prices

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Over the past few years, there have been several proposals for replacing the income tax system with a system based on taxing consumption. Many of the proposed reforms include eliminating the deductibility of home-mortgage interest, but this provision raises a question: Since the deduction subsidizes home ownership, will eliminating it substantially reduce the value of owner-occupied housing?

02.01.1996EC 2/1/1996

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Cecchetti, Stephen, and Peter Rupert. 1996. “Mortgage Interest Deductibility and Housing Prices.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 2/1/1996.

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