Housing & Mortgage Markets – Week of 07.07.13

How the Mortgage Interest Deduction Could Change
Yahoo! Finance | 09 July 2013
Congressional action on the U.S. tax code could dramatically alter one of its sacred cows…

A Reversal of Mortgage Rate Fortunes: Mortgage Rates Have Another Historical One Day Move as Affordability Begins Hitting Constraints.
Dr. Housing Bubble | 07 July 2013
On Friday the mortgage markets had another historical move…

Blackstone Raises $5 Billion Rental Bet With Lending Arm
Bloomberg | 08 July 2013
Blackstone Group LP (BX), the private-equity firm that has spent $5 billion…