Greetings On The Money Readers,

I was just on vacation – somehow avoiding recent travel chaos amid the longest government shutdown in history, which is thankfully over. But I also missed the news about the possibility of a 50-year mortgage option for American homebuyers, so I reached out to a few experts to get their thoughts.

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