(Bloomberg) -- House Republican leaders began rolling out atax bill Thursday that contains sweeping changes for business and individual tax rates, including ameasure to cut the corporate tax rate to 20 percent.

The bill would cap the mortgage-interest deduction on new home sales at $500,000 -- adeparture from the current cap of $1 million for couples filingjointly, according to a memo written by the House Ways and MeansCommittee.

The National Association of Realtors, which has been wary of thetax plan, said the memo “appears to confirm many of our biggestconcerns.”

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