Donald Trump’s 50-year mortgage plan is being panned. It also wouldn’t fly in Canada

Nov 14, 2025 - 11:00
Donald Trump’s 50-year mortgage plan is being panned. It also wouldn’t fly in Canada
Real estate sale signage is shown on a street in Oakville, Ont., west of Toronto, on Thursday, Nov.7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan

Many industry observers have been cool to Donald Trump’s proposal to allow 50-year mortgages in the United States. And it’s very unlikely such an idea would gain traction anytime soon in Canada, where amortization periods have been shortened over the last two decades.