Matt Yglesias writes about the 30-year fixed rate mortgage in the United States and asks whether it would survive the end of government subsidies through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: One is that if you look at other developed countries you generally don’t see the American-style 30-year fixed rate mortgage. Instead you either have short-term loans that need to be periodically refinanced at new interest rates, or else something more like an Adjustable Rate Mortgage.
via Not Quite Noahpinion: 30 year fixed rate mortgages are awesome.
