EPISODE · Nov 10, 2025 · 7 MIN
The 50-Year Mortgage Is a Total Scam and Here's Why
from Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski · host Finance, Investing, & Markets
LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Trump’s proposed 50-year mortgage plan is not about helping young buyers at all. It’s a massive bailout for homebuilders, lenders, and Wall Street investors hiding behind “affordability.”In this episode:Why 50-year mortgages are just “extend and pretend” for a broken marketHow this quietly props up builders and corporate landlordsWhat Milton Friedman warned about: the seen and the unseenWhy prices will rise — not fall — under this planAnd how leverage turns the middle class into lifelong debt slavesIt’s not housing reform. It’s a handout for the powerful — wrapped in fake populism.
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LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Trump’s proposed 50-year mortgage plan is not about helping young buyers at all. It’s a massive bailout for homebuilders, lenders, and Wall Street investors hiding behind “affordability.”In this episode:Why 50-year mortgages are just “extend and pretend” for a broken marketHow this quietly props up builders and corporate landlordsWhat Milton Friedman warned about: the seen and the unseenWhy prices will rise — not fall — under this planAnd how leverage turns the middle class into lifelong debt slavesIt’s not housing reform. It’s a handout for the powerful — wrapped in fake populism.
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