The idea of a 50-year mortgage is catching attention as policymakers and banks look for ways to make housing more affordable.
50 YEARS??? YOU’RE GONNA DIE BEFORE YOU OWN YOUR HOUSE.
On paper, a longer-term loan sounds like a relief: smaller monthly payments, easier qualification, and more “buying power.” But the math and economics show you’re getting completely scammed.
The problem is that normalizing 50-year mortgages allows house prices to continue to increase to ever more unsustainable levels so that the only way people can afford to buy a house is with a 50-year mortgage.
If you really want to help people afford homes, here’s how you do it:
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Does The 50-Year Mortgage Math Add Up?
A $400,000 loan at 6.31% for 30 years costs $2,478 a month. Stretch that to 50 years at 6.71%, and the payment drops to $2,318, which is a savings of just $160 per month, or about 6.5%. SPOILER ALERT: That’s not life-changing. But over the life of the loan, the borrower pays nearly $500,000 more in interest.
According to FRED data, the median household income in the US is roughly $79,000 per year, meaning a $2,318 mortgage already consumes over 35% of pre-tax income, well above the safe threshold for housing costs.
Boomers with 17 paid off properties watching you take a 50-year mortgage pic.twitter.com/KkMNAHG4L3
— Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79) November 10, 2025
Here’s the rub: Does it not occur to these vultures in Congress that 30 years is already your whole lifespan?
- Does it not occur to them that mortgages are already spectacularly better for the banks, frontloaded with interest and you only start building equity after 10 years at least?
- Does it not occur to them that the average mortgage is only paid on for a couple years before people sell and move out?
- Does it not occur to them that they can refinance?
You’re better off buying
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Banks Win, Buyers Lose
Under a 50-year mortgage, it takes nearly 30 years to build $100,000 in equity, compared to 12 years on a 30-year loan, according to an AP analysis. The borrower spends decades mostly paying interest, not principal.
“Extending the term doesn’t make homes affordable,” economist Mike Konczal said. “It just normalizes debt servitude as the baseline for middle-class life.”
And given that the average first-time homebuyer is now around 40, according to the National Association of Realtors, a 50-year mortgage would end when the borrower turns 90. It also doesn’t help that you’re paying property taxes on that home once you are finally done paying it off.
“You took a 50-year mortgage?”
Yes, Dave.
“You also took a 15 year car loan?”
That’s correct, Dave. pic.twitter.com/Ndiu3KI0r9
— Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79) November 11, 2025
The best way to fix the housing crisis is to cap lending to say 3x annual salary and house prices would plummet overnight. Builders would have to start building affordable homes to stay in business instead of overpriced McMansions.
This will never happen, obviously, because banks would see a massive drop in profits and boomers would be seething that the house they bought for $50k in 1988 is now worth only $200k instead of $600k.
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According to FRED and Zillow Research, US home prices have risen 44% since 2020, while real wages have barely moved.
This 50-year mortgage idea from Trump, coupled with his 15 year car loan, seems more like desperation than smart policy.
The best, and we mean best case scenario, is that whatever amount the house you’re paying a mortgage on appreciates over time and becomes pure profit that you can pocket on selling.
If a house doubles in price in 15 years, when you sell, the amount that it has doubled by becomes your own cash. But it would mean you’re speculating on a housing market that is already extrmely high, volatile and possibly in a bubble as it stands.
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Key Takeaways
- The idea of a 50-year mortgage is catching attention as policymakers and banks look for ways to make housing more affordable.
- Best case scenario is that whatever amount the house you’re paying a mortgage on appreciates over time
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