Eli5: Why do mortgages go 15 or 30 years?

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Car loans have gone from 48 month payment terms to 60 months, to 72, even 120 months. Why are mortgages typically for 30 years? Do people really pay 30 years without moving to pay off the notes? Since housing prices are going up and wages aren’t keeping up, why aren’t there 40 or 50+ year mortgage repayment options to make payments more affordable? Thank you!

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So imagine you give someone a million and you say you want 1,2 mill back. If you give this loan for 50 fucking years you are probably dead before you see profits.

Talk about long term profits but there is a fucking line to everything.

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