Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Belle again. So today, we're going to talk about Trump's 50-year plan. The president is Gerald Ford.
Chapter 2: What is Trump's 50-year plan and its context?
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The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon, and you bought the house you pay off this year under a 50-year mortgage. If you missed it, Trump suggested 50-year mortgages as a solution to housing affordability. Obviously, that prompted a lot of questions. But the core question is, of course, is this a good idea? The short answer is probably not. Not for most people. Let's be clear.
Trump didn't come up with the idea of a 50-year mortgage. They were used regularly in some parts of California around 2006. You know, before the housing crisis. They're still around, but they're non-qualified mortgages, which means they don't meet Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requirements. Short version, they're relatively rare.
My guess is that Trump wants to make them qualified mortgages. All the signs are there that this is a bad idea. But does it address affordability? Not really. Let's just run the numbers. The median home price in the U S right now is a bit above 400,000. We'll just call it 400.
So a 30 year, $400,000 mortgage, putting nothing down and using a 5% interest rate gives you a monthly payment of $2,147.29 per month. Changing that to a 50-year mortgage makes the payment $1,816.56. So it's about 330 bucks a month cheaper. But that isn't the end of the story.
The total cost of the 30-year loan, meaning all the money paid on the principal and in interest over the course of the loan, is $773,023.14, meaning you paid $373,023.14 in interest. The total cost of the 50-year mortgage is $1,089,933.05, with $689,933.05 just in interest. I'm sure some are asking, why nothing down? Because 20-year-olds typically don't have $80,000 to put down.
And if you're getting a 50-year mortgage, you've got to start early so you don't die before you pay it off by 2075. 50-year mortgages also limit one of the financial benefits of buying a house, building wealth through equity. Sure, you still build it, but so much more slowly.
After 10 years of paying on the 50-year $400,000 mortgage we talked about, you still owe more than $376,000 of the original $400,000 balance. You've paid more than $215,000, but only knocked off about $24,000 of the principal. On the 30-year loan, you've knocked off about $75,000 of the principal after 10 years.
The number of people who complete their 50-year mortgage will probably be low, basically creating a situation where banks are really just renting the property to buyers.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of 50-year mortgages on housing affordability?
But the buyers don't get any of the benefits of living in a rental. All repairs are on you, not the landlord. This isn't a solution. This is another billionaire wealth transfer from the working class. The solution is better wages and better benefits for the working class. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.