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702: Seeing Greene: Do 40-Year Mortgages Ever Make Sense?

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Should I Use 40 Year Loans?

There is a danger to 40 year loans and the last time we saw them was 2005, six with the market was red hot. The reason that they introduced 40 year loans into the market was because you couldn't afford the house at the price the seller wanted on a 30 year loan. So by making it a 40 year loan, they could reduce your payments to the point that you could now get pre-approved. That is dangerous because it allows you to pay more for a house than you really should be paying.

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