--- title: "8 Mortgage rate Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Mortgage rate quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Mortgage rate sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/mark-zandi-12567_advantage_there-is-no-better-way-to-quickly-buoy-h_610385.jpg" --- > [There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of the currently record low fixed mortgage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-zandi/there-is-no-better-way-to-quickly-buoy-hard-pressed-homeowners-than/) [Mark Zandi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-zandi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/mark-zandi-12567_advantage_there-is-no-better-way-to-quickly-buoy-h_610385.jpg) > [“The state arbitrarily set the mortgage interest rate at 8.5 percent—below the prime rate of 9 or so percent—so banks could make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-auletta/the-state-arbitrarily-set-the-mortgage-interest-rate-at-8-5-percent/) [Ken Auletta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-auletta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de0/ken-auletta-27794_bottom-line_the-state-arbitrarily-set-the-mortgage-i_774671.png) > [Read books are far less valuable than unread ones. The library should contain as much of what you do not know as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-nicholas-taleb/read-books-are-far-less-valuable-than-unread-ones-the-library-should/) [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/nassim-nicholas-taleb-352_book_read-books-are-far-less-valuable-than-un_1116738.png) > [You have a job but you don't always have job security, you have your own home but you worry about mortgage rates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-may/you-have-a-job-but-you-don-t-always-have-job-security-you-have-your/) [Theresa May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/theresa-may-2801_choices_you-have-a-job-but-you-don-t-always-have_1244143.jpg) > [The two questions that anyone ever asks me are: 'Are house prices going to go down?' and 'Is it a good time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-davis/the-two-questions-that-anyone-ever-asks-me-are-are-house-prices-going/) [Evan Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/evan-davis-10785_ask-me_the-two-questions-that-anyone-ever-asks_1270186.png) > [They flooded liquidity in the marketplace but the mortgage rate is based much more on expectations of inflation. So if the average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-raines/they-flooded-liquidity-in-the-marketplace-but-the-mortgage-rate-is/) [Franklin Raines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-raines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/franklin-raines-28925_average_they-flooded-liquidity-in-the-marketplac_1392821.jpg) > [We think if the economy remains weak that we could see mortgage rates trail down and we think that we could see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-raines/we-think-if-the-economy-remains-weak-that-we-could-see-mortgage-rates/) [Franklin Raines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-raines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/franklin-raines-28925_customer_we-think-if-the-economy-remains-weak-tha_2689527.jpg) > [Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-raines/well-we-re-just-now-seeing-the-reductions-in-mortgage-rates-the/) [Franklin Raines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-raines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/franklin-raines-28925_customer_well-we-re-just-now-seeing-the-reduction_2785219.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mortgage-rate/#itemlist", "name": "Mortgage rate Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of the currently record low fixed mortgage rates and significantly reduce their monthly mortgage payments.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Zandi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-zandi/there-is-no-better-way-to-quickly-buoy-hard-pressed-homeowners-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/mark-zandi-12567_advantage_there-is-no-better-way-to-quickly-buoy-h_610385.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/mark-zandi-12567_advantage_there-is-no-better-way-to-quickly-buoy-h_610385.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/mark-zandi-12567_advantage_there-is-no-better-way-to-quickly-buoy-h_610385.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of the…” — Mark Zandi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The state arbitrarily set the mortgage interest rate at 8.5 percent—below the prime rate of 9 or so percent—so banks could make more money out of state. 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