Homeowners vote red. Renters vote blue.

Will President Donald Trump’s 50-year mortgage make a red voter out of you?

That is what the president hoped on Saturday, when he posted the idea of stretching out the customary 30-year repayment terms for home mortgages to 50 years.

Turns out, that idea is smoke and mirrors. But at least Trump is recognizing that home affordability is a real crisis, not fake news.

“Affordability” is the campaign pledge that produced big wins on election day, and most of the winners were Democrats.

Affording a home is increasingly out of reach. The median age of the first-time homebuyer just hit 40 years old, according to the National Association of Realtors. Many women are worried about hitting the brick wall of no longer being able to bear children, and they s

See Full Page