• bebabalula@feddit.dk
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    6 months ago

    Is this an actual thing in the us? We don’t have 50 year mortgages in Denmark but I can get a 30 year fixed interest at 3.5%

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      6 months ago

      No, but our Treasury Secretary recently floated the idea so it might become a thing soon. I believe there are already some 40-year mortgages, but they’re rare and non-standard. The 30-year mortgage has been an American institution since it was standardized under FDR’s New Deal in the 1930s.