Real estate
January 4, 2018
Douglas Elliman listing in New York. Image credit: Douglas Elliman
By Brielle Jaekel
New York sales transactions priced more than $5 million are primarily settled in cash, which will make the upcoming cap on mortgage interest deduction in the United States' new tax law almost irrelevant to luxury real estate.
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