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THK SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN Section January 2, 1983 HOUSING DEMAND INDICATORS Treasury Chiefs Tax Plan Alarms Housing Industry erything you read in the papers." Fitzwater noted that the proposal would raise only modest amounts of revenue, and most industry spokesmen pointed to that as evidence that the Treasury's real goal is limiting or eliminat ing all mortgage interest deductions. "It's really the first step toward an all-out assault on mortgage deductibility," said Bill Ellingsworth of the National Association of Home Builders. Mark J. Riedy of the target for those who loc only at economic efl ciency, as this admini tration is prone to do said Carlson. He addc that the proposal illu trates the "limited pe spective of the Treasui Department.

TIm Washington Poat Mortgage Bankers Association of America and Jack Carlson of the National Association of Realtors described it as a "foot in the door," and Scott termed it a "nose under the tent." The mortgage-interest deduction is "a tempting RATIO OF HOUSE PRICE TO ANNUAL INCOME MORTGAGE PAYMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF INCOME 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I NOW OPEN '82 '83 '84 '70 -71 "72 73 '74 '75 '76 '77 '78 '79 '80 This Short-Term Investment Option, Offering Excellent Returns for a Reasonable Amount of Investment Capital and Risk. ments by Treasury Department spokesman Marlin Fitzwater that Regan is studying the need for new tax increases to cut federal deficits. However, Regan has not spelled out what new taxes he has in mind, and President Reagan warned reporters, "Don't believe ev- Business Park Site Purchased Real estate developer Robert J. Harris has sold the land in his Broadway Business Park 200 Wilshire, to InterFirst Bank of Dallas in a purchase leaseback arrangement. The bank now owns the land under the development and Harris is leasing it.

The property contains four buildings, two of which are executive office buildings. The other two are office-warehouse buildings. The mortgage, filed with Oklahoma County, is worth $2,025 million. The end of rapid home-price inflation around the nation, interacting with continuing disposable-income growth, has brought the median price relative to household income Into better alignment, as shown by this chart supplied by Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago. But it also has dampened the capital gains growth that had come to be associated with home ownership, thus depressing the growth of household assets, the bank said.

City Conventions Draw More WASHINGTON Representatives of housing and related industries have reacted with anger and alarm to word that Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan may propose eliminating tax deductions for mortgage interest on second homes. "Details are skimpy as to what the Treasury means by second homes, but assuming it includes any structure other than a primary residence, this is a premier example of callous disregard for good sense both for consumers and for producers and workers in the housing-related industries," said Randall Scott of the American Land Development Association, a trade group representing a variety of types of developers, including builders of vacation homes. Eliminating the deduction would mean that much rental housing no longer would make economic sense, resulting in "a massive dumping of rental property on the resale market," Scott said. That, in turn, would undercut prices of existing houses and "disast-erize new housing production," he charged.

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Of those, 41 percent were national or regional meetings and 59 percent were state gatherings. The estimate of convention dollars generated into the local economy is based on a formula used by the Office of the International Association of Conventions and Visitors Bureaus. That group estimates that an average convention delegate stays in a host city for three days and spends a total of $294. "Despite the downturn in the general economy, the convention business for Oklahoma City continues to build and grow," said Edwin de Cordova, chamber vice chairman assigned to the convention and tourism division. "We expect to surpass a delegate count of one-half million in 1983.

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Major land deals are those of $100,000 or more. $200,000 Plus Lennart and Elisabet Fagraeus from John and Marcia Powell, 2624 Penn Brook Lane, $275,000. Joseph Hartman, Terrell Johnson, William Anderson, George Egner and Francis Howard from John and Karen Collins, 1123Quail Creek Road, $245,600. $100,000 Plus Jerry and Fay Tate from Earl and Norma Snedek-er, 816 Canary Drive, Edmond, $190,200. Michael and Linda Mudd from A.E.

And Genevieve Seutter, 206 Karen Drive, Edmond, $190,000. Alice Runkle from Michael and Judith Hancock, 12709 Green Valley, $170,000. John McClure and Debra Rutan from Crestmark Homes, 2604 Windmill Road; Edmond, $145,000. Properties from Memorial Industrial Park, 3525 Railway Drive, $144,000. Gary and Ronda Zenker from Adonai 8116 Azailia Drive, $143,500.

John and Merla Mourer from Calvin Bivings Homes, 3029 Burlingame, $142,500. John and Kathleen Trotter from Thomas and Mar-. cia Young, 3033 Burlingame, $140,000. Allen and Margaret Nelson from Jeffrey and Carol Blair, 4901 Jessie James Drive, Edmond, $131,500. Earnest and Gerri Upton from Trumbly and Sybert Homes, Edmond, $130,000.

Verna Ruth Little and Leslie Gay Julian from James and Mary Ann Davis, 2713 St. Andrews Terrace, $127,000. Mark and Jami Haywood from AMW Homebuild-ers, 3609 SE 44, Edmond, $120,000. J.D. and Ruth Montgomery from Hazel Odom Cregger, 4413 Post Road, $120,000.

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