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9. That's hilarious as, in many parts of the country, housing is unaffordable

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:16 PM

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Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages. [View all] highplainsdem Saturday OP

Just to be sure hardly anyone will ever be able to pay it off. Ocelot II Saturday #1

And if they do, the banks will get about double the interest. highplainsdem Saturday #4

That sounds like what we call "rent" HAB911 Saturday #2

Yep, with property taxes! leftstreet Saturday #7

Imagine the interest paid over time on a 50 year mortgage. Raftergirl Saturday #3

I'm glad I paid off my house this year. kimbutgar Saturday #5

No one will ever own their home again. sinkingfeeling Saturday #6

Exactly! Not a single one of the 330 million plus PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #8

That's the point edhopper Saturday #17

So I guess you would have to buy that first house at 15 The Madcap Saturday #10

Yeah, Pulte Builders was thrown out of Michigan many years ago. louis-t Saturday #12

Canada briefly tried 40 year mortgages under Stephen Harper Fiendish Thingy Saturday #13

Yes, that worked really well for car loans . . . hatrack Saturday #14

The numbers bottomofthehill Saturday #15

Additionally the numbers bottomofthehill Saturday #16

It'll be so much easier for a default to happen during 5 decades Ilsa Saturday #18

Sold real estate for most of my 20's... WarGamer Saturday #20

Rentier capitalism Prairie Gates Saturday #21

A 50-year mortgage isn't rentier capitalism -- it's financial leverage. Abolishinist Sunday #22

This is another stupid trump idea LetMyPeopleVote Monday #23