Bullet Quote by Henry Paulson

Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife.

— Mark Zandi

A decline in the national housing price level would need to be substantial to trigger a significant rise in foreclosures, because the vast majority…

— Alan Greenspan

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

— Henry Paulson

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

That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in…

— Franklin Raines

By buying off the bottom in the real estate markets, I'm doing the best I can to protect myself from any future calamity. Time…

— Porter Stansberry

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

Well, actually, if you can stay in your home that is a better deal for the neighborhood. It's certainly a better deal for the…

— John Garamendi

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

I kind of hate to be the voice of doom, but I just can't see how prices can't go down. I think people have…

— Sarah Beeny

Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the…

— Kamala Harris

“Myth: US housing market is in recovery. Fact: Big banks have been hiding their bloated home inventory, seized by virtue of home foreclosures.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour