Advantage Quote by Mark Zandi

Opt for a fixed-rate rather than an adjustable-rate mortgage.

— Suze Orman

We have to be pretty tough with mortgage companies and say you have got to give people the chance to work out their debts,…

— George Osborne

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

No one pushed harder than Congressman Barney Frank to force banks and other financial institutions to reduce their mortgage lending standards, in order to…

— Thomas Sowell

The way we finance homes in this country is slow, filled with middlemen, who run a nonstandardized evaluation process. This makes financing a home…

— Barry Ritholtz

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off.

— David Axelrod

If you're going to live in the house make it your goal to just pay off your mortgage.

— Suze Orman

For many people, the mortgages they took out before 2008 are so high that they would be better off walking away from their houses.…

— Michael Hudson

The aim of promoting low down payments is to push prices back up so that fewer houses are going to be in negative equity…

— Michael Hudson

Despite a lingering low inventory and increasing prices, consumers still have the confidence to purchase a home. More and more people recognize the many…

— Dave Liniger

While I encourage people to save 100% down for a home, a mortgage is the one debt that I don't frown upon.

— Dave Ramsey

It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.

— Suze Orman