The recent interest in a 50- year mortgage says a lot about where the housing market is today. Buyers feel shut out, lenders are fighting for volume, and policymakers are searching for ways to make ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. Yesterday I posted about the straightforward part of 50-year ...

Last week, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Administration Bill Pulte revealed a plan to offer 50-year mortgages to the public. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, created in the 1930s, helped ...

This is part 1 of a two-part look into the 50-year mortgage plan. President Trump started promoting 50-year mortgages as a way to help younger people buy homes. On the surface, it sounds like ...

Most homebuyers choose 30-year mortgages, but this week, President Trump floated the idea of a 50-year mortgage to make homeownership more affordable. It comes as the median age of first-time ...