America’s New Housing Fix: A Mortgage You Can Die With

The 50-Year Mortgage: When Housing Policy Gives Up

Because nothing says “healthy housing market” like creating mortgages long enough to outlive the borrower, Washington has begun floating a brilliant new idea: the 50-year mortgage.

Yes — the country that already has the longest standard mortgage term in the developed world has decided the next logical step is multi-generational debt. Why fix affordability when you can simply stretch it into eternity?