Homebuilders Plunge as New Buyers Could See U.S. Tax Break Cut

The silhouette of a worker is seen inside a home under construction at the M/I Homes Inc. Bougainvillea Place housing development in Ellenton, Florida, U.S., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release housing starts figures on July 19.Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg
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Millennials looking to enter the housing market might not be cheering the Republican tax plan.

The bill’s talking pointsBloomberg Terminal, released Thursday, suggest that the interest deduction for existing home mortgages will be preserved in full, but newly purchased homes will see the cap cut in half, to $500,000.