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A 50-year mortgage? Administration exploring housing affordability options

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said the administration is “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage loans. Among the biggest hurdles facing a 50-year mortgage is regulation passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis that limits most regulated mortgages to a maximum term of 30 years and would need an act of Congress to approve. (JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AP FILE)
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said the administration is “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage loans. Among the biggest hurdles facing a 50-year mortgage is regulation passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis that limits most regulated mortgages to a maximum term of 30 years and would need an act of Congress to approve. (JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON/AP FILE)
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said the administration is “working on” a plan to introduce 50-year mortgage loans. Among the biggest hurdles facing a 50-year mortgage is regulation passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis that limits most regulated mortgages to a maximum term of 30 years and would need an act of Congress to approve.

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