Built Quote by Alan Greenspan

Consumers going through foreclosure typically will see their credit scores drop, raising longer-term questions about their ability to rebound financially and perhaps pursue a…

— Ben Bernanke

Even though some down payments are borrowed, it would take a large, and historically most unusual, fall in home prices to wipe out a…

— Alan Greenspan

Foreclosure is to no one's benefit. I've heard estimates that mortgage investors lose 40 to 50 percent on their investment if it goes into foreclosure.

— Henry Paulson

The key to house prices is the share of foreclosure or short sales in the total housing market. When that share rises, house prices…

— Mark Zandi

While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S.

— Ben Bernanke

Foreclosures are a significant problem; they're an economic problem.

— Henry Paulson

In the past, if a homeowner with a mortgage had a problem making the payment, often he'd get together with a lender and strike…

— Henry Paulson

Foreclosure is nothing new. And it certainly will always be a fact of life for some.

— Lisa Madigan

Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly…

— Ben Bernanke

I'm telling you that there is no silver bullet to keep home prices from going down or to prevent all foreclosures.

— Henry Paulson

The decline in home equity makes it more difficult for struggling homeowners to refinance and reduces the financial incentive of stressed borrowers to remain…

— Ben Bernanke

If home ownership is the American dream, then foreclosure certainly is the American nightmare. It destroys more than credit. It destroys lives. And its…

— Lisa Madigan