Thursday, December 6, 2012

Don't let the Mortgage Interest Deduction be pulled over the fiscal cliff!

ACTION ALERT!

Tell Congress today that the recovering housing market cannot be held hostage to the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations between Congress and the White House. Don't let Congress or the Administration tap into your mortgage interest deduction to reduce the federal deficit.

NAR has issued a Call-for-Action asking Congress to preserve the mortgage interest deduction as is. Congress, as part of negotiations on avoiding the "Fiscal Cliff," has made direct references to "closing loopholes" and "limiting deductions" as a way to raise revenues. Clearly, the mortgage interest deduction is high on this list of revenue raisers.

Congress may decide to reduce or limit the MID at any time.

 Limiting the MID impacts ALL homeowners, not just those who take the deduction, by decreasing the value of all housing. Every REALTOR® needs to respond today. Please click here to urge your Member of Congress to preserve the mortgage interest deduction: