E-6. This year, Benjamin Hassell paid $20,000 of interest on a mortgage on his home in borrowed $600,000 to buy the residence and ntly worth $1,000,000), $12,000 on a $150,000 home equity loan on his home, and $10,000 of interest on a mortgage on his vacation home (loan of $300,000; home purchased for $400,000). How much interest expense can Benjamin deduct as an itemized deduction