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by throw0101a 1860 days ago
> The majority of mortgages are 30 year fixed.

*in the US. US ≠ World. In other jurisdictions in may be different, and since the article is in a dot-ca, they're in Canada, so things are different.

In Canada the amortization is 25-30 years, but most people don't get mortgages with a term that is greater than 5 years. You then renew at that point.