Arabia Quote by Al-Waleed bin Talal

A lot of the problems in the mortgage world, people said, were because our competitors were evil. But a lot of it was a…

— Dan Gilbert

A home is a home, and excess supply leads to prices falling.

— Nouriel Roubini

The universe of mortgage lending has gotten to the point where there is a place in it for everybody.

— Joe Mays

Funny money has always been the reason housing prices have risen too fast. First, it was liar loans and negative-amortizing mortgages, where the total…

— Glenn Kelman

Since loans are getting more expensive and there's less money available, we're seeing a commensurate decline in growth. Higher costs and lower growth, in…

— Paul Achleitner

It is hard to be enthusiastic about the economy's prospects when house prices are falling: Households spend less, small business owners can't use homes…

— Mark Zandi

Very few people can afford to be poor.

— George Bernard Shaw

Most people who are poor have their money in a bank account that earns negligible interest. With the rapid inflation that we have because…

— Francis X. Suarez

“Already in 2001, 63 percent of very low income households were putting more than half their income toward housing, leaving too little for other…

— Kathryn Edin

Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the financial calamity and Great Recession that…

— Mark Zandi

House prices just soared beyond - beyond reason in many places and they got financed in silly ways, and people lied about loans, all…

— Warren Buffett

No country can be complacent in making sure that excessive debt of the household doesn't create excesses and weaknesses in the financial system. Everything…

— Nouriel Roubini