40-Year & 50-Year Mortgages: The Hidden Danger No One’s Talking About
Release Date: 11/19/2025
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info_outlineIn this episode of Talk Property To Me, Brad East and Aaron Downie break down one of the biggest debates in Australia’s housing market: Are 50-year mortgages the future of property affordability? 🇦🇺🏡
With affordability at record lows, rising interest rates, and the average first-home buyer now aged 36+, longer loan terms are gaining attention. But what does stretching your mortgage to 40 or even 50 years actually mean for your finances?
Today, we analyse the real numbers, the hidden risks, and how longer mortgages impact negative equity, borrowing capacity, property prices, and investors vs first-home buyers.
🔍 Key Topics Covered
✨ How 40–50 year mortgages really work
✨ Impact on monthly repayments & long-term interest
✨ Why banks benefit more than borrowers
✨ Negative equity risks in a falling market
✨ How longer terms affect first-home buyers
✨ Impacts on investors & borrowing capacity
✨ Will this push Australian property prices even higher?
✨ Policy contradictions: interest-only vs 50-year loans
✨ What Australia actually needs: supply, policy reform & realistic solutions
Whether you're a first-home buyer, investor, or simply tracking the Australian property market, this breakdown gives you the real numbers behind one of the most controversial affordability ideas in years.
💬 Do you think 50-year mortgages would help or hurt Australia’s housing market? Drop your thoughts in the comments!